Categorically declining the role of BJP in the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh, former chief minister and BJP leader Jagadish Shettar said that the culprits in the case should be punished.

As the Tunga river is overflowing on the SK Border and Nemmar road which connects Mangaluru and Chikmagaluru, the traffic movement on the road was suspended on Thursday.

Torrential rain continues to hit the coffee land Chikmagalur. Places like Kalasa, Horanadu and Kudremukh is receiving highest amount of rain due to which Hebbal bridge is completely submerged in the water.

Bengaluru: Mohammed Nalapad, who was arrested for assaulting 24-year-old Vidvat in an uptown Farzi café in the city on February 17, has been granted conditional bail by the High Court after spending 116 days in Parappana Agrahara jail.

For the first time in the history of Karnataka politics, father and daughter together entered the Assembly. With the election of Soumya Reddy, daughter of former minister and MLA Ramalinga Reddy, from Jayanagar Assembly constituency, the election for which was held on June 8, both Soumya and her father Ramalinga Reddy entered the 15 Assembly together.

Progressive thinker Prof Mahesh Chandra Guru alleged that the Hindu fundamentalists have their role in the murder of progressive people.

Special Investigating Team (SIT), investigating into the Gauri murder case, disclosed on Wednesday that names of noted writers and others like Garish Karnad and others were in the hit-list of suspected killers.

Based on a statement of the complainant, the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday dismissed an FIR filed against senior journalist Agni Sridhar at Yelahanka police station. The FIR was filed against Sridhar that he has threatened the complainant with dire consequences.