KPCC president Dinesh Gundurao said that as there were many able Dalit leaders in Karnataka who have the capacity to become chief minister, the Congress was committed to make a dalit leader as chief minister in coming days.

Transport Minister DC Thammanna said that as the transport corporations were incurring losses due to repeated increase in petroleum prices, it was inevitable for the government to hike the bus fares.

Slain journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh'ssister Kavitha Lankesh Thursday came out against any move to handover the probe in the case to the CBI, saying the Special Investigation Team of the Karnataka police had made a lot of progress, arresting 16 suspects.

The decision to have English as the medium of instruction in 1,000 government schools in the state from next academic year is set to become a new bone of contention between Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and his Congress predecessor Siddaramaiah.

Rubbishing BJP's claim that the coalition government in Karnataka would collapse due to internal rift, Congress leader Siddaramaiah Thursday said the Congress-JDS alliance was strong and they would contest the Lok Sabha polls together.

Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy met Union Coal Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday here and demanded the Centre to ensure immediate supply of coal to Raichur Thermal Power Station (RTPS).

Vijyapura: BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa has said that the party has not to do anything with the statement of MLA Umesh Katti in which he had said "the Congress-JDS alliance government will fall in the next 24 hours.  MLAs of both the parties are in our contact." His statement is not correct, Yeddyurappa said.