The Karnataka government has scheduled an important meeting on September 16 to discuss the possible inclusion of the Kuruba community from Bidar, Kalaburagi, and Yadgir districts in the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category.

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed three Public Interest Litigations (PILs) challenging the state government's decision to invite Booker Prize-winning author Banu Mushtaq as the chief guest for the inauguration of this year’s world-famous Mysuru Dasara celebrations.

A couple allegedly strangled their two children to death before attempting to take their own lives due to mounting financial troubles, police said on Monday.

Environmental and heritage conservation activists have raised serious concerns ahead of the upcoming public hearing for the proposed Sharavathi pumped storage power project, warning that the project could lead to the destruction of protected historical monuments located within the Sharavathi Lion-Tailed Macaque (LTM) Sanctuary.

Police have busted a child-lifting gang operating in the district hospital and rescued a one-and-a-half-month-old baby within 24 hours of the abduction, officials said here on Sunday.

The toll in the Ganesha procession accident in Hassan district has gone up to 10 on Saturday, police sources said.

 Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, on Saturday, insisted that building a casteless society is the essence of the Constitution.

A 45-year-old woman pedestrian was killed when a goods vehicle ran over her in Cottonpete area of Bengaluru, police said on Saturday.