The state government is likely to introduce in the winter session of the Karnataka Assembly this year a Bill to levy a cess that will fund the welfare of gig workers, an issue that is being discussed for several months.

A senior leader in the Tumakuru district unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Sogadu Shivanna, is reported to have been physically assaulted in the presence of Union Minister V Somanna, during a function celebrating the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Tuesday said that alleged role of "outsiders" belonging to the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) in the violence at Nagamangala will be examined and action taken based on the probe report.

The District Court has issued an order to confiscate the furniture of the Shivamogga Deputy Commissioner's office due to a delay in compensating a landowner after the acquisition of his property for road development.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said the state government is planning to develop Kalaburagi into a smart city with an estimated investment of Rs 1,685 crore, which will improve the quality of life for its residents and attract investment in backward districts.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah garlanded the statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at Timmapuri Circle in Kalaburagi on Tuesday morning as part of the Kalyana Karnataka Utsav celebrations.

Former Prime Minister and JD(S) patriarch H D Deve Gowda on Tuesday greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 74th birthday and wished he may grow from strength to strength to successfully lead India in this third term.

Kalaburagi (Karnataka): Abdul Naeem, one of the three young men from Karnataka who returned from the Russia-Ukraine war zone said he was just miles away from the border and could hear loud explosions of bombs dropped by drones.