Former Prime Minister and JD(S) patriarch H D Deve Gowda who was conferred a honorary doctorate by the Bangalore University on Tuesday said he wants to be remembered as a man who fought to the best of his ability to secure water rights for his people.

Former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has undergone a coronary artery bypass surgery, and is recovering at a private hospital here, sources close to him said.

Srirangapatna: Mysuru royal family member Pramoda Devi Wodeyar on Monday officially inaugurated the traditional and historic ‘Srirangapatna Dasara Mahotsava.’ The festival will be held for the duration of three days starting from October 16.

Bengaluru: Thousands of activists from the ‘Bahutva Karnataka’ gathered on the streets of MG road to stage a silent protest on Monday evening, condemning the recent Israeli attacks on Gaza.

Bengaluru (PTI): Defying the Janata Dal (Secular) supremo and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda's decision of his party's alliance with the BJP for the Lok Sabha elections, the party's Karnataka unit president C M Ibrahim on Monday said the JD(S) will not join the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance.

Belagavi (K'taka) (PTI): A 38-year-old woman accused of extorting several men by honey trapping them, was allegedly physically assaulted and paraded with footwear garland by a group of angry villagers in Karnataka's Belagavi district, police said on Monday.

In a devastating accident on the outskirts of Naregal town in Gajendragadh taluk, an SUV carrying people, including three women, met with a fatal collision with a bus. The incident resulted in the immediate demise of five passengers in the SUV, while five children suffered severe injuries.

Blaming the previous BJP government for the current power crisis in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said due to drought this year, consumption has gone up from 10,000 MW to 16,000 MW in October.