Bengaluru: On January 12, a Dalit organisation filed a complaint against Vishwaprasanna Theertha Swamiji of Pejawara Mutt and Ajith Hanumakkanavar, anchor of Suvarna News TV, for making derogatory statements in support of caste-based boycott.

In a distressing incident reported from Yadgir district, the lifeless body of a newborn child was discovered amid the refuse dumped in a cemetery near Jhandakera Santraswadi in Surapura town on Monday morning.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Monday said that a meeting of the state level Lok Sabha election committee will be held on January 19 in Bengaluru followed by a party workers convention on Jan 21 in Mangaluru.

Bengaluru: The Kumta police in Uttara Kannada district have registered a case on its own against BJP MP Anantkumar Hegde for his provocative speech.

Sankranti festivities turned fatal for a family of four, including two little children, when a vehicle hit the motorcycle they were riding, on their way to purchase clothes for the occasion, in Kollegal on Monday morning.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said there was no question of sparing anyone involved in the gangrape of a woman allegedly by six youth. Six people allegedly barged into a hotel room and assaulted an inter-faith couple during their stay in Hanagal Taluk of Haveri district on January 8, following which two of them have been arrested.

Karnataka BJP president B Y Vijayendra appointed heads of the party's 39 district units on Sunday, months ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

Hubballi: Former Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said that attempts have been made to hush up the moral policing incident of Haveri in which the police have charged the accused with gangrape, by offering money to the victim.