A recent report on participatory government published by the non-profit Janaagraha states that corporation elections in Bengaluru and ten other cities in Karnataka have been postponed by an average of 22 months.

The BJP in Karnataka on Tuesday slammed the Congress government over the suspension of former Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) Commissioner G T Dinesh Kumar describing him a "sacrificial lamb".

Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Arvind Bellad, has issued an apology to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for his recent remarks.

A 21-year-old Dalit woman named Mariamma, from the Madiga community, was allegedly poisoned to death in Vithalapura village of Gangavathi taluk after her inter-caste marriage. The victim's father has accused 13 members of her husband’s family of being involved in her death.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said he is "not worried or tense" as claimed by opposition leaders in the wake of Governor's sanction for his prosecution in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allotment issue, as he has not committed any wrong.

A yoga guru in Chikkamagaluru has been arrested on charges of raping a foreign woman by convincing her that they shared a relationship in a previous birth.

A 39-year-old Israeli national, residing on Millers Road, fell victim to a cyber fraud, losing nearly Rs 2 lakh after being deceived by a group of individuals posing as FedEx employees and Mumbai police officers.

A 21-year-old BBA aviation student at Krupanidhi Group of Institutions in Chikka Bellandur, Bengaluru, was allegedly assaulted by his seniors for refusing to shave his beard and moustache. The victim, Dhruv (name changed), a resident of Hado Siddapura originally from Kerala, suffered a fractured hand and a forehead injury in the attack.