Mysuru: Six cars were injured in a serial accident near Kalaghatta village of Hunsur taluk, on Sunday.

Karnataka’s Deputy Chief Minister, D K Shivakumar, has sparked speculation by indicating his interest in contesting the upcoming Assembly bypoll from the seat vacated by H D Kumaraswamy of the Janata Dal (Secular).

The Bhatkal Rural Police have arrested Raghavendra Rajeeva Swamy, the primary accused in a case of financial misappropriation involving Sriram Finance. Swamy's arrest follows the earlier detentions of the second and third accused in the same case.

JD(S) MLA and former Karnataka Minister H D Revanna on Sunday termed the allegations against his son and MLC Suraj Revanna of sexually abusing a male party worker as a "conspiracy" and said he has faith in God and the judiciary.

A case of alleged sexual abuse of a male party worker against JD(S) MLC Suraj Revanna has been handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for probe, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said on Sunday.

In a tragic incident reported from Kalaburagi, a police constable took his own life by hanging himself at a farm on Udanur Road in the city last night.

In a significant jolt to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 100-day agenda to start mining iron ore in Devadari Hills of Sandur in Ballari, Karnataka’s Minister for Forests and Environment, Eshwar Khandre, on Saturday ordered a halt to the leasing of 401.5761 hectares for iron ore mining in the Devadari Hills.

JD(S) MLC Suraj Revanna -- the brother of former MP Prajwal Revanna who is facing allegations of sexually abusing several women -- was arrested on Sunday on charges of "unnatural offences" against him, police sources said.