Mysuru: Farmers, led by Kuruburu Shanthakumar, the State President of the Karnataka State Sugarcane Growers' Association, were taken into custody by local police as they protested against the celebration of Mysuru Dasara.

Forest officers led by Range Forest Officer Naveen Kumar have arrested two individuals involved in the illegal hunting and smuggling of wild animals at Bandipur National Park. The arrests were made near the Basappa Temple in a targeted operation aimed at dismantling the smuggling network operating within the park.

In a significant breakthrough, the Vemagal Police have apprehended three out of six suspects involved in the heinous murder of Congress Srinivaspur Taluk President and former President of the Kolar Zilla Panchayat, Srinivas, popularly known as Councillor Srinivas. The Congress leader was brutally attacked by a group of six men wielding lethal weapons in Srinivaspur on Sunday, tragically succumbing to his injuries at Jalappa Hospital in Kolar.

Bengaluru (PTI): Ousted Karnataka JD(S) president C M Ibrahim on Sunday asserted that he is in Janata Dal (Secular) both "technically and mentally", and still heads the party in the state, as his removal from the post was wrong.

Former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who recently underwent Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) surgery and is recovering at a private hospital here, on Sunday said that he will get well soon and return to serve people.

Bengaluru (PTI): Spurred by the huge response and public appreciation for the Shakti scheme that provides free travel for women across the state, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has directed officials to purchase 5,600 buses for the state road transport corporation.

The health officers of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) conducted an inspection on Friday on the pubs, bars and restaurants in the eight zones of the BBMP and issued notices to outlets that had failed to follow regulations of the city corporation.

A 30-year-old man, Syed Razaq, who was allegedly attacked on Friday night using lethal weapons in a field near Gowdarahalli in Bhadravathi taluk, is learned to have died in the field after bleeding heavily.