Shimoga: A 38-year-old rowdy sheeter, Rajesh Shetty, was hacked to death in broad daylight by a group of assailants near Bomanakatte on Saturday here.

Mysuru: BJP leader MP Renukacharya has accused MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal of working against the BJP, acting under a contract from the Congress party. The BJP leader was speaking at a media briefing held at a private hotel here on Saturday.

A 93-year-old woman prisoner at the Kalaburagi District Prison, who had developed health problems on account of age and needed the help of a nurse to attend to her, was released on parole on Thursday.

Farmers in Karnataka who suffered crop losses on 1.58 lakh hectares due to heavy rains will be compensated within a week, Revenue minister Krishna Byre Gowda announced on Friday.

The Karnataka High Court bench that heard the bail petitions of Kannada film star Darshan Thoogudeepa in the Renukaswamy murder case on Friday has scheduled the next hearing for December 3, following senior advocate Sandesh Chouta’s argument that there was no evidence of the victim dying in a shed at Pattanagere, West Bengaluru.

A surprise inspection by the Lokayukta on Friday uncovered severe violations and shortcomings at KC General Hospital, a government-run healthcare facility in Bengaluru.

The Karnataka High Court has quashed a May 20, 2022, National Green Tribunal (NGT) order that held the Madras Engineering Group (MEG) and Centre, Bengaluru, responsible for pollution in Halasuru Lake.

Karnataka Congress leader B Gurappa Naidu, who has been booked for alleged sexual harassment and outraging the modesty of a woman, was on Saturday expelled from the primary membership of the party for a period of six years.