Bengaluru: Noted Kannada poet and writer Dr. H S Venkateshmurthy was on Wednesday selected to preside over the 3-day 85^th Akhil Bharat Kannada Sahitya Sammelan that is slated to be held in Kalaburagi between February 5 –7.

Bengaluru: Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda's grandson Suraj Revanna and over 150 others have been booked on charges of attempt to murder and rioting at Nambihalli in Hassan district, police said on Wednesday.

Bengaluru: The Bidadi ashram of self-styled godman Swami Nithyananda, who is facing charges of illegal confinement of children and has been charge-sheeted in a rape case, is almost empty and the key people who handled the daily affairs are missing.

Officials of the Income Tax and Excise department jointly carried out raids at the residence of Congress candidate from Ranebennur assembly segment K B Koliwad, drawing the ire of the party workers.

Bengaluru: Alleging that the ruling BJP, fearing defeat in the December 5 bypolls, has tried to contact some of its MLAs with an intention to engineer defections, the Congress in Karnataka Monday warned the saffron party of a backlash from the party and people if they went about it.

Bengaluru: The high-octane campaign for the December 5 bypolls in Karnataka that will determine the future of the BJP government in the state ended on Tuesday, with leaders of political parties making a last bid to woo voters.

Bengaluru: Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said the party leadership would take a call on possible tie-up with JD(S) to form a government in case the ruling BJP fails to retain its majority following the December 5 assembly bypolls in Karnataka.

Kalaburagi: An eight year old girl was raped and brutally murdered in an incident reported from Yakapur village in Chincholi Taluk in Kalaburagi District here.