Bengaluru: Veteran Kannada film actress Leelavati passed away on Friday (December 08). The revered actress had been battling age-related illness and died after she did not respond to treatment.

Sirsi: Five persons were killed after the car they were travelling in collided with a state-owned bus at Bandal village in Sirsi Taluk of Uttara Kannada district on Friday, police said.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to order a probe into the allegations by senior BJP leader Basanagouda Patil Yatnal that a Muslim cleric he had shared the dais with had links with the terror group ISIS.

With a section of BJP MLAs reportedly miffed over "poor" floor management by their leadership in the Karnataka Assembly, its Legislature Party leader R Ashoka on Friday admitted that there was lack of coordination in communicating decision to its members seated on back benches.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said Kannada and English along with Maths and science will be taught for two years on an experimental basis in the registered madrasas for two years.

A report published in Prajavani on Friday has stated BJP MLA Basanagowda Patil Yatnala and family Sufi leader Sayed Tanveer Hashmi, popularly known as Tanveer Peera are business partners. This revelation comes amidst accusations by MLA Yatnal against Tanveer Hashmi of having links with ISIS and other terrorist organizations.

An earthquake of magnitude 3.0 shook parts of Vijayapura district in north Karnataka bordering Maharashtra on Friday morning, the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre said.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Thursday said he will discuss with the Finance Department about bringing dialysis treatment under 'Ayushman Bharat Arogya Karnataka' (ABRK) health insurance scheme to facilitate dialysis in private hospitals.