Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday made a passionate appeal to the Tamil Nadu government to cooperate with the implementation of the Mekedatu project across river Cauvery which, he said, would be more beneficial to the neighbouring State.

A tragic incident occurred near Shirur in Ankola taluk where a landslide resulted in the deaths of seven people, including five members of a single family. The victims have been identified as Lakshmana Nayka (47), Shanti Nayka (36), Roshan (11), Avantika (6), and Jagannath (55). Information about the other two deceased individuals is still pending.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday informed the Legislative Assembly that 1.5 tmcft of water is flowing to Biligundlu in Tamil Nadu daily, with increase in the inflow into the four major reservoirs in the Cauvery river basin in his state, following good rains in the catchment areas.

Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje demanded on Tuesday Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's resignation, claiming that he was involved in the alleged Mysuru Urban Development Authority and Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribe Development Corporation scams.

A massive landslide near the National Highway in Shirur, Ankola taluk, has led to fears that seven individuals, including five from the same family, may be trapped under mud.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka cabinet on Monday decided to implement the recommendations of the seventh Pay Commission effective from August one, official sources said.

Bengaluru: With opposition parties targeting his government over alleged financial irregularities in a state-run corporation in both Houses of Karnataka legislature and planning to raise the Mysuru Urban Development Authority 'scam' issue, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said he has answers to their "every word" and it is not in his nature to sit quietly, afraid of politically malicious criticism.

Bengaluru: Reacting to Union Minister HD Kumaraswmay’s allegations of corruption in garbage disposal tender, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Monday called on Kumaraswamy to come before the media for a discussion rather than doing ‘hit and run’ on the streets.