Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Wednesday approached the High Court challenging the Central Administrative Tribunal’s (CAT) order reinstating Additional Commissioner of Police Vikash Kumar Vikash, who was suspended following the tragic stampede at Chinnaswamy Stadium here last month, which claimed 11 lives and injured 56 others.

 With Siddaramaiah asserting that he will be the Chief Minister of Karnataka for a full five-year term, Deputy CM D K Shivakumar on Wednesday said he has no objection and that he will standby and support the former.

Dakshina Kannada Women Police have conducted a raid on a building in Samethadka in the city on being tipped off that it was a site for flesh trade and arrested two suspects.

A case has been registered after a death threat was allegedly sent via WhatsApp to Azad Samaj Party (Kanshiram) president Chandra Shekhar Aazad, police said here on Wednesday.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday asserted that he will be in office for a full five-year term.

Serious concerns have emerged over the conduct of clinical trials at Healthcare Global Enterprises Ltd (HCG), a leading cancer hospital based in Bengaluru, after the former Chairperson of its Ethics Committee (EC), Justice P Krishna Bhat (Retd), flagged alleged violations of ethical norms, patient safety protocols, and regulatory compliance.

Sigachi Industries Ltd on Wednesday said it lost 40 of its team members in the recent explosion and fire at its Pashamylaram plant. The company also announced an ex-gratia of Rs 1 crore each to the kin of the deceased in the deadly incident.

Semaglutide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist, has seen widespread use globally for treating type 2 diabetes and obesity. However, the growing popularity of these drugs has also brought new safety concerns to light.