Bengaluru: JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday alleged that there was a "big whale" behind the leaking of explicit videos of women being sexually abused allegedly by his nephew and party MP from Hassan Prajwal Revanna.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday said he will campaign for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is contesting the Lok Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh's Raebareli.

Karnataka's Deputy Chief Minister, DK Shivakumar, felicitated two SSLC students for their outstanding academic achievements in the recently announced SSLC results. Ankitha, hailing from Bagalkote, achieved a perfect score of 625/625 marks in her class 10 exams. Ankita Basappa was a student of Morarji Desai Residential School in Mellageri, Mudhol taluk. In recognition of her remarkable performance, she was awarded a cash prize of Rs 5 lakhs.

JD(S) MLA and former minister H D Revanna was released from the Central Jail at Parappana Agrahara at Anekal town on the outskirts of Bengaluru on Tuesday.

In Bengaluru, DCM DK Shivakumar expressed optimism regarding the formation of the Government at the centre, citing a prevailing pro-INDIA alliance sentiment across the nation. Speaking to the media near his residence in Sadashiva Nagar, he emphasized the positive atmosphere and the alliance's potential to secure government formation.

The Karnataka High Court has overturned a decision by the Railway Claims Tribunal and granted Rs 8 lakh compensation to the family of a woman who tragically lost her life while attempting to board a wrong train in February 2014.

In light of the Prajwal Revanna sex scandal case, the Karnataka State SDMC Coordination Central Forum has penned an open letter to the Chief Minister, urging the immediate arrest of Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna wherever he may be, and the initiation of legal proceedings against him under the IT Act, IPC, and the UAPA.

Bengaluru: Distancing from Eknath Shinde’s “toppling Karnataka Congress government post general elections,” remark, state BJP President BY Vijayendra claimed, “ We are happy as opposition party, and are fulfilling all the responsibilities as the opposition party should do. We are not attempting to topple the Congress government for any reason. I don't have any information regarding Shinde’s statement.”