Kalaburagi: Amid demands by some ministers that three deputy chief ministers should be appointed in Karnataka, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday said such demands should not arise when elections are around the corner.

Bengaluru, Jan 9: Lokayukta sleuths on Tuesday carried out raids on six government officials at about 30 locations in connection with accumulating assets disproportionate to their known sources of income, Lokayukta sources said.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the state and union governments over the reported shortage of over 16,000 medical professionals in the state.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has tested positive for Covid-19 and is under home quarantine, the Special Secretary to the Governor, R Prabhu Shankar, said on Tuesday. ''The governor has tested positive for Covid-19. He is being continuously monitored and his health is stable,'' Shankar said in a statement.

Thiruvananthapuram: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor backed Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday regarding his remarks about the Karnataka government celebrating the consecration of the Ram temple at Ayodhya across the state.

Panaji: The chief executive officer of an artificial intelligence start-up, arrested for allegedly killing her four-year-old son in a service apartment in North Goa, tried to end her life after committing the gruesome crime, police said on Tuesday, citing initial investigations.

Mangaluru: It has been reported that the city police and absconding rowdy sheeter Akasha Bhavan Sharan were engaged in a shoot-out near Jeppu, Kudpadi in Nandigudda in the city on Tuesday.

Mangaluru: Durga Vahini, the women's wing of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), on Tuesday demanded the immediate arrest of Mangaluru Urban Development Authority Commissioner Mansoor Ali, who is accused of allegedly harassing a woman staff at his office.