Bengaluru: Small-scale traders across Karnataka are set to begin a two-day protest on July 23 and 24, opposing GST notices served to them reportedly by the state’s Commercial Tax Department. The protest, led by the Karnataka Karmika Parishath, will not involve a complete shutdown of business, but traders will stop selling dairy products, including tea and coffee, reported Deccan Herald.

Bengaluru: The Energy Department has announced that online services of five Electricity Supply Companies (ESCOMs) will be unavailable for two days, from 8:30 PM on July 25 to 10:00 PM on July 27, due to an Information Technology (IT) system upgrade.

Hubballi: Responding to BJP’s criticism that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the Dharmasthala complaint is politically motivated, Health and Family Welfare Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Tuesday challenged leaders from Dakshina Kannada district to make such claims themselves.

Bengaluru: The Central Crime Branch (CCB) has arrested nine foreign nationals who were found to be illegally residing in Bengaluru even after the expiry of their passports and visas.

Bengaluru: A 31-year-old labourer died hours after allegedly developing breathing difficulties while cleaning a manhole here, with police on Tuesday confirming the arrest of four people in connection with the incident.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday condoled the death of veteran CPI(M) leader V S Achuthanandan and said that he was a steadfast voice for justice and remained true to his principles.

Three members of a family died and two others are undergoing treatment following suspected food poisoning in Raichur district, police said on Tuesday.

Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Tuesday said that a Special Investigation Team (SIT), constituted to probe allegations of mass burials in Dharmasthala in the Dakshina Kannada district, will soon visit there and begin the inquiry.