Mandya (Karnataka): Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambareesh on Monday said she was confident of getting a BJP ticket to contest the Lok Sabha election from here even as there are strong indications that the party's alliance partner JD(S) is firm on fielding its candidate in the segment.

Bengaluru, Feb 26: A 57-year-old woman succumbed to Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), commonly known as monkey fever, in Shivamogga district, taking the death toll due to the virus in Karnataka to four since January this year, Health officials said on Monday. She hailed from Uttara Kannada district, one of the regions affected by the virus.

A political slugfest has erupted between the ruling Congress and the BJP in Karnataka over a United Kingdom professor being denied entry into India to attend a state government-organised conference on Constitution here.

Bengaluru Metro on Monday sacked a security supervisor for allegedly barring a farmer from using its train services for being "inappropriately dressed." A commuter had posted a video of the February 18 incident at Rajajinagar Metro station on 'X'.

A young man from Bangalore who went missing during a trek in the Charmadi reserve forest in Belthangady taluk has been found safe by the police.

A gruesome incident unfolded in a house under the jurisdiction of the K.R. Pura police station, where miscreants murdered an elderly woman, dismembered her body, and concealed it in a drum before running away.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday warned that democracy will not survive if the BJP, which is "against the constitution, social justice and equality", is not defeated in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls and removed from power.

Bengaluru: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday claimed that efforts are underway to change the Constitution, and warned people that there would "certainly be a dictatorship" in India if they don't stand strong and united in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.