The government on Saturday notified an eight-member high-level committee to examine and make recommendations at the earliest on the issue of holding simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha, state assemblies, municipalities and panchayats.

In a recent judgment, the Second Additional District and Sessions Court in Virajpet sentenced the editor and a reporter of the 'Cauvery Times,' a daily newspaper in Kodagu district, to one year of imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on each of them. This decision came in response to their violation of the law by publishing the photograph of a minor who was raped and murdered in 2019.

The Karnataka government has established a new protocol requiring the Chief Minister's authorization for the appointment of officers in any government department. This directive comes after the conclusion of the official period for public transfers, as announced by JD Madhuchandra Tejaswi, the additional secretary of the government in the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR) of Karnataka.

A day after a protest over Maratha quota turned violent in Maharashtra's Jalna, leading to some police personnel and others getting injured, the situation is under control on Saturday and the police have filed a case against more than 360 persons, of whom 16 have been identified, for their alleged involvement in violence, an official said.

The state government has issued an official order appointing IPS officer Jitendra Kumar Dayam as the Superintendent of Police (SP) for the Anti-Naxal Squad in Udupi district. Prior to this appointment, Dayam had been awaiting his next posting.

Union minister Kaushal Kishore's son has been booked under the Arms Act, a day after a 30-year-old man was shot dead under mysterious circumstances at his home here, police said on Saturday.

In response to a recent incident in Mangaluru where a bus conductor tragically lost his life after falling from a moving bus, an awareness program focused on safety was conducted in the city, targeting bus owners, drivers, and conductors.

Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, DK Shivakumar, responded to a query regarding a legislator's recent letter to the Chief Minister requesting a meeting to address issues in his and neighboring constituencies. Shivakumar questioned whether it was forbidden for a legislator to express concerns to the Chief Minister.