Bengaluru: Karnataka Congress on Saturday appointed HK Patil as the new campaign committee chairman.

 The dissatisfaction among those who were declined ministerial berths during Cabinet expansion is brewing up at a time when the coalition government is preparing to expand its Cabinet. Daughter of former minister Ramalinga Reddy, and MLA Soumya Reddy is also joined the wagon.

The much-awaited expansion and reshuffle of the six month-old H D Kumaraswamy-led coalition Cabinet in Karnataka would be carried out here Saturday evening.

Mysuru: In a sudden development, zilla panchayat president Nayeema Sultan resigned from her post on Friday.

Belagavi: The Legislative Council Session was held for ten days from December 10 to 21. The Council has approved total nine Bills which were approved by the Assembly. After receiving 47 questions, 22 were answered during Zero Hour, said Council Chairman K Pratap Chandra Shetty, who announced the adjournment of the Session sine die.

Bengaluru: A right-wing Hindu outfit has appealed to police to ban new year celebrations on the city's signature locations like MG Road and Brigade Road on December 31 to "protect the sanctity of Bengaluru."

Bengaluru: The Karnataka Commercial Tax Department seized arecanut worth Rs 12 crore, stored without valid records from a godown and slapped a penalty of Rs 72 lakh.

New Delhi/Bengaluru: Finally, AICC president Rahul Gandhi has given green signal to expand the Cabinet of the Congress-JDS coalition government in the state and reshuffle some portfolios.