The fifth World Coffee Conference will be organised from September 25 to 28 at the iconic Bangalore Palace here.

A day after the JD(S) officially joined hands with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), hitting out at their action minister for Rural development, Panchayat Raj and IT & BT Minister suggested that the JD(S) should write to the Election Commission of India to officially rename themselves from Janata Dal Secular to Janta Dal, dropping the term secular from its official name.

Senior Congress legislator in Karnataka, Basavaraj Rayareddy, has extended his support to Minister KN Rajanna's proposal for the appointment of three new Deputy Chief Ministers (DCMs) in the state ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. In a press statement on Saturday, Rayareddy not only endorsed the demand but also suggested increasing the number of new DCMs to six.

A petition has been filed with the Bengaluru City Civil and Sessions Court, urging media organizations to refrain from using the name 'Kundapura' when referring to the accused Hindutva activist, Chaithra Kundapura, in their print, online, and television news reports.

Former Karnataka Chief Ministers BS Yediyurappa and Basavaraj Bommai and senior BJP leaders were detained by the local police on Saturday, during a mega protest rally they participated in opposing the government move to let the waters of River Cauvery to Tamil Nadu.

In the wake of a call by pro-Kannada organisations for a 'bandh' to oppose the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu from dams in Karnataka, most of the shops in the district headquarters town of Mandya, the Cauvery heartland, remained closed on Saturday.

Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday took a swipe at the BJP and the JD(S) over their alliance and said the SC, ST, OBC, minorities and women of Karnataka must take note of this tie-up between "conservative, regressive and misogynist parties".

A poster featuring Karnataka's Minister for Fisheries, Port, and Inland Transport, Mankal Vaidya, has stirred controversy as it circulates widely on social media. The poster supposedly conveys the minister's wishes to Republic Bharat on the launch of their Kannada News Channel.