Belagavi (K'taka): Targeting the Congress government in Karnataka over its handling of rain and flood situation in the state and in providing relief to those affected, senior BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday alleged that those in power are busy in politics to save their position.

Four women drowned after the car they were travelling in fell into Visvesvaraya Canal in Mandya district of Karnataka, police said on Sunday. The incident happened on Saturday night near Gamanahalli in Srirangapatna taluk of the district, and those dead have been identified as Mahadevamma and her relatives Sanjana, Maadevi and Rekha.

Davanagere: Tragedy struck in Davanagere as two students of a private college in the city allegedly took their own lives after an intimate video of them went viral on social media.

Bengaluru, July 29: With accidents on rise on the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said he would meet Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari and point out the flaws on the expressway and changes to be made.

In a significant development, “Pragatipara Sangatanegala Horata Samithi,” a coalition of more than 60 + organizations from Karnataka staged a massive protest at the freedom park on Friday, demanding a fair investigation by the SIT (Special Investigation Team) into the decade-old Sowjanya murder case which has now again resurfaced. The murder, which occurred more than a decade ago, is now being brought back into the spotlight, additionally with renewed hope for justice under the newly inducted Congress government in Karnataka.

Bengaluru: A single judge bench of the High Court of Karnataka headed by Justice Srinivas Harish Kumar has dismissed the bail plea filed by gangster Ravi Pujari alias Raviprakash in a case registered at a police station here.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara on Friday said the government has not taken the incident of filming in a washroom in an Udupi college lightly.

Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka on Friday issued notice to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on a petition seeking his disqualification from Varuna assembly constituency alleging election malpractice.