New Delhi: The CBI has taken over investigation into alleged phone tapping of politicians, their relatives and bureaucrats during the previous Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka, officials said on Saturday.

Bengaluru: Senior Karnataka Congress leader Siddaramaiah has stoked a row with an objectionable remark apparently directed at the Janata Dal (Secular), his party's ally in the previous coalition government, though he later claimed that he had only used a common Kannada adage and referred to the BJP.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) on Saturday announced Balachandra Jarkiholi as its new president, making him the first person on the post hailing from North Karnataka.

Bengaluru: Former CBI official Ashok Kumar Malhotra will investigate the letter that Cafe Coffee Day owner V.G. Siddhartha purportedly wrote to the company's board on July 27, two days before he went missing and was then found dead on July 31, a CCD official said on Saturday.

New Delhi: Senior Karnataka Congress leader D K Shivakumar appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday for the second straight day in a money laundering case, officials said.

Bengaluru: Disqualified MLA MTB Nagaraj on Friday warned former minister and Congress MLA DK Shivakumar against instigating him.

Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Chief Minister criticized the BJP government at the centre for using investigating agencies for vendetta politics against political opponents.

Bengaluru: In a show of solidarity and support towards those affected by the devastating floods in Karnataka recently, the Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) and Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (Fairfax) (through its affiliate Fairbridge Capital Private Limited, India) – have jointly contributed a sum of Rs. 7 crore towards the Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) to aid relief operations.