Bengaluru: JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday called BJP a party full of "hypocrisies and lies" and Union Home Minister Amit Shah "a political chameleon" and "reincarnation" of Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Saturday effected a major reshuffle in the police department by promoting 53 Indian Police Service officers and transferring many of them.

Bengaluru: Urging party workers to ensure that BJP forms a government with two-thirds majority in Karnataka, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday asserted that the party will go alone in the 2023 assembly polls, and said it will be a direct contest as voting for JD(S) is like casting the ballot for Congress.

Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah took a dig at Union Home Minister Amit Shah for calling the Congress corrupt by terming the latter a "political trader" who inducted tainted people in the state BJP.

Chikkaballapur: In the backdrop of New Year celebrations, District Commissioner NM Nagaraj has issued an order prohibiting tourists from entering the prominent tourist spot at Nandi hill station.

 The 20th special annual edition of Vartha Bharathi was released on Saturday morning by Dr K P Ashwini, the first Asian expert selected to the United Nations Human Rights Council.

Hitting the ground running in poll-bound Karnataka, Union Home Minister Amit Shah called both the Congress and JD(S) as 'parivaarvadi' (dynastic politics) and corrupt and urged the people of Mandya and Old Mysuru region to support the BJP and bring it to power with a majority in the state.

Karnataka Energy Minister Sunil Kumar has said that the government will cut down on the power tariff in the areas under BESCOM and MESCOM. Posting about the matter on his social media handle, the minister said that every unit of power will now cost 37 paise lesser under BESCOM limits and 39 paise lesser under MESCOM.