The Karnataka State Allied Healthcare Council (KSAHC) held a meeting on Tuesday, February 3 in Bengaluru under the Chairmanship of Dr. Sharan Prakash Patil, Minister for Medical Education.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday demanded that the Centre abolish the VB–GRAMG scheme and restore the MGNREGA saying the "repeal" had taken away the constitutional right to work of Dalits, tribals, women, small farmers and rural labourers, besides undermining the powers of elected panchayats.

A man was allegedly murdered by his friend after being suspected of having an illicit relationship with the accused’s wife in Badami taluk of Bagalkot district.

A 43-year-old man was killed in a violent altercation in Siddapura on Monday night, allegedly triggered by a family dispute involving a woman’s extramarital relationship and her daughter’s complaint of harassment. Police have arrested seven people in connection with the incident.

The owner and staff of a pub here have been booked for allegedly serving alcohol to a 15-year-old boy who fell from the seventh floor of an apartment building and died, police said on Tuesday.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that officials concerned have been instructed to let the Kannada movie ‘Landlord’, which reflects social inequality and caste-based oppression, be exempted from payment of tax.

Karnataka Legislative Council on Tuesday witnessed an uproarious scene over the alleged derogatory remarks made by Congress MLC Nazeer Ahmed against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Congress government in Karnataka on Tuesday moved a resolution in the Legislative Assembly urging the Centre to immediately repeal the new rural employment legislation VB-G RAM G act and reinstate the UPA-era MGNREGA in its original form, amid strong objections from opposition BJP.