Bengaluru: Water Resources Minister DK Shivakumar said that the department has planned to give Rs 1 crore each as prize to 60 gram panchayats which construct more check dams in order to improve the groundwater table in the state.

Bengaluru: Strongly brushing aside the statement of a self declared cyber expert that slain journalist Gauri Lankesh, who knew about tampering of Electronic Voting Machines before 2014 Lok Sabha elections, was agreed to write about it in her magazine due to which she was killed, Kavitha Lankesh, sister of Gauri Lankesh, said that “as per the information I knew, it was completely false. I don’t know as to why he has given such statement? I would not believe that my sister was targeted in EVMs tampering issue”.

Bengaluru: Congress MLA J N Ganesh, facing an attempt to murder case after allegedly assaulting his lawmaker colleague Anand Singh, Thursday purportedly came out with his account, blaming the latter for the turn of events.

Bengaluru: The ruling Congress-JD(S) coalition in Karnataka will take a decision on seat sharing for the coming Lok Sabha elections in three or four days, coalition coordination committee chairman Siddaramaiah said Thursday.

Bengaluru: Amid reports that he was being wooed by BJP, Congress MLA Umesh Jadhav who skipped the recent CLP meeting and remained incommunicado surfaced in his native Kalburgi Thursday and said he was still with the party, but dropped hints he was keeping his options open.

Bengaluru: Karnataka social welfare minister Priyank Kharge Thursday caused a stir after seeking to compare media with terrorists claiming incidents of "partial truth" in reporting, but later clarified he meant no offence.

Bengaluru: Hosapet legislator Anand Singh, who was attacked at the Eagleton resort in Bidadi, has been admitted to the Narayana Nethralaya on Thursday.

Chikkamagaluru: A woman was killed and two others injured when an Omni car was plunged into a trench near Malagi village in Jayapura today morning.