Bengaluru: The Karnataka Nataka Academy has announced the annual awards for the year 2025–26, and Shashidhar Adapa B. of Dakshina Kannada district has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister Eshwar Khandre on Thursday directed local bodies to strictly enforce the ban on the manufacture and sale of Gowri and Ganesha idols made of Plaster of Paris.

Bengaluru: Forest, Ecology and Environment Minister Eshwara B. Khandre has clarified that forest dwellers and tribal communities who hold rights under the Forest Rights Act, 2006, are permitted to graze their cattle in forest areas. However, a restriction has been imposed on the mass grazing of cattle brought in from neighbouring states.

Bengaluru: In a significant move to curb child marriage, the Karnataka cabinet on Thursday approved the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Karnataka Amendment) Bill, 2025, which seeks to make even engagements involving minors a punishable offence.

Bengaluru, Jul 24 (PTI): Karnataka Cooperation Minister K N Rajanna, who had earlier hinted at "revolutionary" political developments in the state post-September, reiterated on Thursday that he stands by his statement.

Hubballi/Dharwad (Karnataka): Two suspected robbers were shot at when they tried to escape from the police in the wee hours of Thursday, near the Police Training School here, said Hubballi-Dharwad Police Commissioner N Shashikumar.

Bengaluru: The mother of a 14-year-old girl who died in the June 4 stampede near Chinnaswamy Stadium during the RCB victory celebrations has filed a police complaint, alleging that her daughter's belongings, including a pair of gold earrings, were stolen during the post-mortem.

Sakaleshpur: More than 25 passengers were injured in a major accident involving a head-on collision between two KSRTC buses near Maranahalli on National Highway 75 in Sakaleshpur taluk.