The Karnataka Lokayukta police on Saturday said they have caught "red-handed" Excise Department Deputy Commissioner of the Bengaluru Urban District Jagadeesh Naik and two other officials, while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 25 lakh.

The construction of the Vijayapura airport has been completed and flight operations are likely to begin by March, subject to clearance from the Supreme Court, S G Nanjayyanamath, Chairman of the Karnataka State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (KSIIDC), said on Friday, Asianet News reported.

Former Chief Minister and MP Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said that no one can suppress the strength of former minister Gali Janardhan Reddy and B. Sriramulu, and asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party will always stand with them.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar has cancelled his scheduled visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, citing official engagements in New Delhi and Bengaluru.

Bengaluru Metro has become the costliest in the country, thanks to the state government's "negligence" in correcting mistakes caused by anomalies in fare fixation, Bengaluru South BJP MP Tejasvi Surya said on Saturday.

Two Naxalites were gunned down in an encounter with the security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Saturday, police said.

 Karnataka’s largest prison, Parappana Agrahara Central Jail, is functioning under conditions that pose serious risks to security and governance, with acute staff shortages, outdated surveillance systems and deep administrative lapses, a high-level committee has found.

The Bannerghatta Police late on Friday night reportedly arrested cow vigilante and murder accused Puneeth Kerehalli in connection with allegations of harassment and intimidation of migrant workers in parts of Bengaluru.