Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA) to initiate action against seven officials of the department for allowing private companies to encroach on government properties in Kodigehalli and Kotihosahalli here and build housing complexes on it.

Ramanagara: In a tragic incident in Picchanakere near Harohalli of Kanakapura taluk of the district, a five-year-old girl died on the spot after she fell from the school bus and the rear tyre of the bus ran over her head.

Bengaluru: Aiming to unseat the ruling BJP, the Congress will hit the road in poll-bound Karnataka from January 11 with an election tour titled 'Praja Dhwani', jointly led by party state unit President D K Shivakumar and Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Siddaramaiah.

The High Court of Karnataka granted the State government two more days to give information on the delay in granting permission to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to attach former minister Gali Janardhana Reddy's properties.

A BJP activist was killed and two of his friends were injured on Monday night in a firing by an unknown person when they went fishing in Tambalageri in Yasalur hobli of the taluk.

 A woman and her two-and-half year-old son were killed after an under-construction pillar of the "Namma Metro" (Bengaluru Metro) on Outer Ring Road near HBR Layout here collapsed, police said on Tuesday.

Bengaluru, Jan 9: The High Court of Karnataka on Monday expressed its displeasure at the Union Government seeking repeated adjournments in the petition filed by microblogging site Twitter against take-down orders issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).

Shivamogga (K'taka): A Bajrang Dal activist escaped unhurt when a man wielding a machete attempted to attack him in Sagar here on Monday, police said.