Recent incidents involving auto drivers and passengers in Bengaluru have been generally reported as language conflicts between Kannada and Hindi speakers. However, anthropologist Usha Rao suggested that class and privilege, rather than mere linguistic differences, often lie at the heart of these tensions.

A devastating road accident near Amanikere in Channarayapatna taluk claimed the lives of a father and son, while the senior victim’s wife sustained serious injuries. The incident occurred when their car, reportedly suffering a brake failure, collided with another vehicle and then crashed into a roadside tree.

A police constable was suspended for allegedly misbehaving and harassing a woman techie on the pretext of passport verification, police said on Monday.

The Karnataka Chapter of the Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) has strongly condemned the alleged illegal raid, harassment, and attempted detention of its National Secretary, Nadeem Khan, by Delhi Police officials at the residence of his brother, Kashif Khan, in the Sampigehalli Police Station limits.

Bengaluru and other parts of Karnataka will continue to receive rainfall for the next two days owing to Cyclone Fengal, the India Meteorological Department said on Monday.

Days after he launched a month-long anti-Waqf march that apparently did not have the state unit's sanction, Karnataka BJP MLA and known Yediyurappa critic Basanagouda Patil Yatnal has been served with a showcause notice by the party for his "continuing tirade against the state level party leadership."

An IPS officer died in an accident while he was on his way to take up his first posting in Hassan district, police said on Monday.

Three women died and several people were injured when a bus crashed into a divider on the Chikkanahalli flyover in Sira Taluk here in the early hours of Monday, police said.