Bengaluru: GN Bettaswamy, a BJP leader in Tumkur, was admitted to Siddaganga Hospital after experiencing chest pain. Bettaswamy was reportedly denied a ticket to contest in the upcoming assembly elections from the Gubbi constituency, which led him to a state of depression.

Byndoor (Udupi): Actor Rishab Shetty was spotted with the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Basavaraj Bommai, during a visit to the Kollur Mookambika temple on Thursday.

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to list for hearing a plea challenging the Karnataka government's decision to scrap the four per cent reservation for Muslims in the state

BJP MLA Nehru Olekar on Thursday quit the party after being denied a ticket to contest in the May 10 Assembly elections.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday recorded the statement of RJD chief Lalu Prasad's daughter Chanda Yadav in a money laundering case linked to the alleged land-for-jobs scam in the railway, sources said.

The Bombay High Court has said refusing a divorced woman to adopt a child on the ground that she is working and hence would not be able to give personal attention to the child reflects a "mindset of medieval conservative concepts".

A major accident was averted on Wednesday when a fire broke out near the helipad at Areshiroor near Byndoor just as the helicopter in which CM Bommai arrived was about to take off.

Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad's son Asad, wanted in the Umesh Pal murder case, was killed in an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh Police in Jhansi on Thursday, officials said.