Belagavi: Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday urged the union government to collaborate with the state government for the implementation of the Mekedatu Project which will aid in supplying drinking water and generate electricity to Bengaluru, Mysuru, Mandya and other cities. Shivakumar was speaking during the question hour of the winter session of the legislative assembly at the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha.

Ullal: In a tragic incident, a 28-year-old resident of Kolya Saraswat Colony, Varun Gatti, lost his life on Wednesday night after an altercation with two individuals who were reportedly discarding liquor bottles near a school in the colony.

Mysuru: A tusker was found dead at an agricultural field in Hunsur Wildlife range of Nagarahole Tiger Reserve in Karnataka on Thursday, in a suspected case of electrocution, forest department officials said.

Bengaluru: A private hospital in Bengaluru Rural district was sealed and four of its employees were detained after a female foetus was found inside a dustbin of its premises, police said on Thursday.

Belagavi: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has called upon his Cabinet members and other Congress legislators to actively promote the benefits of government guarantees while campaigning for the party in the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Bengaluru: A 21-year-old woman, Seema, died on the spot while her husband and their two-and-a-half-year-old daughter sustained minor injuries after a BMTC bus collided with the two-wheeler they were traveling on, on the Madiwala flyover near the Silk Board Junction in the city on Wednesday.

Puttur: A 24-year-old scientist, Bharat, who was a native of Kallarpe of Aryapu village of the taluk, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at home late Wednesday night.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka Congress has strongly criticized members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state for their apparent silence and lack of condemnation regarding the recent security breach incident in the Indian Parliament. On Wednesday, two individuals jumped into the Lok Sabha from the visitors' gallery, while others staged a protest outside the Parliament building.