Reiterating his pitch for three more Deputy Chief Ministers in Karnataka, Cooperation Minister K N Rajanna on Wednesday said there is nothing wrong with what he has proposed, as it keeps in mind the Congress party's interests in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. It is not based on anyone's instigation, he clarified.

A 41-year-old autorickshaw driver has been sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment by special judge KN Roopa of a fast-track court for sexually harassing his minor daughter. The accused, arrested in October 2021 based on a complaint from his wife to Parappana Agrahara police, was also fined nearly Rs 2 lakh.

A 44-year-old international passenger, identified as Gafoor Valiya Peedikayil from Kasaragod, was arrested on Monday for assaulting a Bengaluru Customs officer at Terminal 2 of the airport.

Swami Abhinava Halashri of Hirehadagali taluk in Vijayanagara taluk, was arrested in Cuttack in Odisha on Tuesday and remanded in Bengaluru CCB Division police officers for 10 days. The pontiff is suspected to have been involved in the case of duping businessman Govindababu Poojary from Byndoor in Udupi district of crores of rupees with an assurance that Poojary would be given the BJP local ticket for the last Assembly elections.

The Dharwad bench of the Karnataka High Court has directed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Karnataka Department of Health and Family Welfare to pay a retired person the gratuity amount of about Rs. 4.1 lakh, inclusive of 10 per cent interest.

An FIR has been filed at the Ashok Nagar police station in the city against the Vikram TV YouTube channel, under the allegation of carrying videos with death threats issued to multilingual film star Prakash Raj.

The government is mulling not to give permits to hookah bars in the state, Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will be holding a meeting with all Members of Parliament and Union Ministers from Karnataka in the national capital on Wednesday, to discuss a host of issues concerning the state, especially the release of Cauvery river water to neighbouring Tamil Nadu.