Karnataka should have a say implementing the decisions of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA), especially on releasing water when it is low in its reservoirs across the river basin, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said on Tuesday.

Senior journalist and former media advisor to the Chief Minister, Dinesh Amin Mattu said that AHINDA (Minorities, Backward and Dalits) class should come to the mainstream of all sectors including literature, media, theatre and culture at this juncture.

Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said that he would shortly hold a meeting with the heads of all nationalized banks and their officers to discuss on waiving off the farm loans scientifically.

Food and Civil Supplies Minister BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan said that the government is planning to increase the quantity of rice being given to the BPL beneficiaries under Anna Bhagya scheme.

 “I won’t claim that I am a popular leader of the Muslim community. I am just a public servant. I’ll also come to former minister Tanveer Sait’s constituency. Let him also come. Then people will know who can pull the crowd”, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan challenged Tanveer Sait.

Hubballi-Dharwad Police Commissioner MN Nagaraj suspended a policeman here on Tuesday on charges of sharing a post against the state government in his Facebook account.

Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Tuesday said the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S)-Congress coalition government is committed to waiving farm loans.

A diesel tanker burst into flames after it toppled near Giriyapura in Kadur taluk in Chikmagaluru on Tuesday, June 19. One person was burnt alive in the incident, it is learnt.