Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday said the Congress party would evaluate and rectify the mistakes it committed in the Lok Sabha elections in the state.

Bengaluru: Congress legislator Basanagouda Badarli took oath on Thursday as a Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) at the Conference Hall of the Vidhana Soudha, in the presence of Chairperson of the Council Basavaraj Horatti and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar.

Bengaluru: Union Minister of State Shobha Karandlaje has appealed to Union Home Minister Amit Shah to direct central agencies to thoroughly investigate the illegal transfer of funds from the state-owned Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.

The Madras High Court on Wednesday sought clarification from Shobha Karandlaje, Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment, regarding her allegation that the bombers involved in the Rameshwaram Café blast in Bengaluru on March 1 were trained in Tamil Nadu.

Senior BJP leader B Sriramulu on Thursday alleged that the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation scamsters honey-trapped government and bank officials to misappropriate money.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said action will be taken and responsibilities will be fixed in connection with an alleged illegal money transfer scam involving a state-run Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation, once the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case submits its report.

The Kutta police have arrested five accused in connection with the rape of a minor girl and the attempted rape of another minor. The accused, identified as Navindra (24), Akshay (27), Rahul (21), Manu (25), and Sandeep (27), were arrested within 12 hours of the incident.

Lokayukta sleuths on Thursday carried out raids in several places against 11 government officers and engineers in disproportionate assets case in Karnataka, Lokayukta sources said.