Prison authorities on Saturday launched a probe after purported videos surfaced on social media showing inmates at the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison allegedly watching television and using Android phones, sources said.

A forest department staff member was seriously injured after a leopard attacked him during a combing operation to trace a tiger in the Bandipur Tiger Reserve area.

A major accident occurred on Saturday on the Mahadeshwara Betta main road between Ellemala and Mallayyanapura in Hanur taluk, when a lorry and a tempo traveller collided head-on, leaving more than 12 people injured.

Deputy Chief Minister and KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar announced that 1,12,40,000 signatures have been collected across Karnataka as part of the Congress-led nationwide campaign against alleged “vote theft.”

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday alleged that after Narendra Modi became Prime Minister, he "destroyed all constitutional and independent institutions in the country" and made them, including the Election Commission, subordinate to the central government.

Actor Rukmini Vasanth has alleged that an unknown individual has been impersonating her and contacting people under false pretences using her name.

Asserting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has consistently worked for the welfare of farmers, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi has said Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's attempts to blame the Centre for sugarcane price issues are not only "unjust" but also a "cruel joke".

 State BJP president B.Y. Vijayendra on Friday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party would not indulge in politics over the issues faced by sugarcane farmers, asserting that the party’s support for the ongoing farmers’ agitation is based on humanitarian concern, not political gain.