The Congress on Saturday announced its first list of 124 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Karnataka with former chief minister Siddaramaiah being fielded from his Varuna seat.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Friday announced its decision to abolish the four per cent quota for religious minorities' and add it to the existing quota of two dominant communities of the poll-bound state.

Nagpur: The Nagpur police have recovered two mobile phones and as many sim cards from a jail in Karnataka's Belagavi, days after a person made threat calls to Union minister Nitin Gadkari's office here identifying himself as a jail inmate, an official said on Friday.

Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a visit to poll-bound Karnataka on Saturday -- his seventh this year -- during which he will take part in various official events and address a mega public meet organised by the BJP.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is on an official visit to the city to attend various events, on Friday met Karnataka BJP strongman and former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, at his residence here for breakfast and held discussions.

The City Police took into custody Congress leaders who staged a protest opposing the delay in a hike in reservation for SC/ST applicants in the education and employment fields.

Two riders died as their two-wheelers collided near the Sri Talumarada Thimmakka Park on Chelur-Bidare Road in Gubbi on Thursday night.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday said he has agreed for small theatres in tier-1 and tier-2 cities following demand from the public.