Bengaluru: The city police have arrested an IT cell employee of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) party for allegedly carrying out a malicious campaign against the Karnataka government on social media platform during the recent Telangana Assembly election.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Friday dismissed a petition challenging the oath by nine ministers and 37 MLAs that was allegedly not in the prescribed format.

Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka on Friday adjourned to January 5 the hearing on a petition challenging the withdrawal of the sanction to prosecute Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar in a disproportionate assets case.

Belagavi: Karnataka Higher Education Minister Dr. MC Sudhakar responding to concerns about law violations by stone mining and crusher units in the state during the question hour of the winter session of the assembly on Friday, informed the assembly that stringent measures will be initiated against such units after a drone survey in 9 districts of the state.

Vijayapura: Passengers had a narrow escape when the bus they were travelling in from Bengaluru to Vijayapura was gutted in fire moments after they deboarded it on Friday morning, police said.

The return of the Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), also known as 'monkey fever,' has been confirmed in Shivamogga district. A 53-year-old woman residing in Attisara village near Shedgar in Theerthahalli taluk tested positive for the disease during an RT-PCR test.

A collision between a KSRTC bus, en route from Raichur, and an auto-rickshaw near the Central Prison on the outskirts of Kalaburagi town resulted in the instantaneous death of two women on Friday afternoon.

BJP chief J P Nadda on Friday condemned as "shameful" the Karnataka incident where a Dalit woman was assaulted and paraded naked, saying such "heinous crimes" against women are happening "at regular intervals" since the Congress came to power in the state.