The three vacant posts in the Legislative Council would go for by-election on October 3. The by-election would be held for the seats which were vacant due to the resignation of Dr G. Parameshwar, K.S. Eshwarappa and V. Somanna.

KPCC President Dinesh Gundu Rao made a strong allegation that Rajya Sabha Member Prabhakar Kore, BJP state president B.S Yeddyurappa and former DCM K.S Eshwarappa were the main ‘Kingpins’ behind the conspiracy of toppling the Congress-JDS coalition government in the state.

A mother and her child died on the spot when an unidentified vehicle knocked them down in the Hebbal police station limits here on Friday.

Airport Development Authority of India South Zone Regional Director S Srikumar said that Mangaluru International airport terminal extension work would be completed by March 2020.

The State Bank of India (SBI), the lead lender to the now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines, on Friday denied reports of any laxity in moving the court to stop industrialist Vijay Mallya from fleeing abroad.

Following an old enmity, a group of people attacked a youth with sword and iron rod and attempted to kill him, at Kelaginapete of Kanyana in Vittla on Friday.

The CBI on Friday arrested an Under Secretary of Ayush Ministry R.K. Khatri on charges of receiving Rs 10 lakh bribe for clearing pending bills of the complainant and allow him to continue his work, an official said.

Social activist and senior advocate S.R Hiremath alleged that the name of Umesh Mohan Hingorani, the second son-in-law of former chief minister S.M Krishna, was mentioned in the Panama Papers which leaked the details of ill-gotten assets of noted personalities of the country and abroad.