Karnataka government on Friday issued order of transfer to Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner, IAS N Ravi.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Friday said the entire state cabinet has been called to New Delhi by Congress President M Mallikarjun Kharge for a meeting with the party top brass.

Union Minister of State for External Affairs R K Ranjan Singh on Friday cancelled all his programmes scheduled here following the attack on his house in Manipur by a violent mob and said the clashes in the northeastern state were not communal but due to a misunderstanding between two communities.

 A tragic incident unfolded on Thursday night in Narayanapura, Kalaburagi district, resulting in the death of a 51-year-old head constable. Mysore Chauhan, a resident of Afzalpur taluk in Kalaburagi district, lost his life after being run over by a tractor while he was carrying out his duties to curb illegal sand transportation in the area.

Malayalam filmmaker and Sangh Parivar fellow traveller Ramasimhan Aboobakker announced that he has quit the BJP.

Former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has strongly criticized the decision of the Siddaramaiah-led government to repeal the Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2022, commonly known as the Anti-Conversion Bill. Bommai accused the Congress government of engaging in divisive politics and appeasement tactics since coming into power.

A young man was reportedly stabbed in Janata Colony, Surathkal, on Thursday night. The victim, identified as Muhammad Shafi, a 35-year-old resident of Kana Colony, was allegedly attacked by a 24-year-old individual named Twahir, who also resides in the same area.

A local court here on Friday convicted and sentenced a suspended IPS officer in a sexual harassment case.
The court sentenced former ADGP Rajesh Das to three years imprisonment and also levied a fine of Rs 10,000 on him.