Prabhakar Kore, Executive Chairman of the Karnataka Lingayat Education Society (KLE) and former Rajya Sabha member, has been conferred the Padma Shri in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the fields of education and literature.

The Padma Awards for 2026 were announced on Saturday, with eight achievers from Karnataka finding a place on the prestigious list this year.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday asserted that JD(S) MLA H D Revanna was arrested as per law and government didn't interfere in the matter.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has expressed severe displeasure about ministers in his Cabinet skipping sessions of the Legislature and has reportedly written to the Cabinet ministers instructing them to unfailingly attend the sessions.

Recent deaths of wild animals in zoos across Karnataka, including in Davangere, Belagavi and Mangaluru, have exposed a shortage of trained wildlife veterinarians in facilities run by the Zoo Authority of Karnataka, raising concerns over preparedness and institutional support for animal care.

The Karnataka government on Tuesday approved cash rewards for police personnel involved in the investigation of the rape case against former Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna and the probe into the Nyamati bank robbery, recognising their role in cracking the high-profile cases.

A woman farmer was allegedly tied to a pole and assaulted by members of a neighbouring family after cattle damaged her crop in GR Nagar village of Hanur taluk. A video of the incident has gone viral on social media.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Sunday said that the world today is viewing India through Bengaluru, underlining global confidence in the country's growth and its youth.