Belagavi: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday came down heavily on Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray faction) leader Sanjay Raut and called him a traitor.

Belagavi(KTK): The Karnataka government on Thursday decided to conduct mandatory testing of Influenza Like Illness (ILI) and Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) in the state amid a spurt in COVID-19 cases in some parts of the world, including China.

Amid spurt in COVID-19 cases in some parts of the world and cases of Omicron subvariant BF.7 found in the country, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday appealed for public cooperation in implementing the preventive measures that the government will prescribe, and also called on them to take the booster dose of vaccine.

The Karnataka government has supported in the Supreme Court the trial of a man in a marital rape case saying the state high court has considered all related questions of law, amid a raging debate on whether to do away with a section in law that decriminalises rape by a husband.

A young woman was brutally murdered with her throat being slit in broad daylight near Lourdes School at Church Road in P.J Extensions on Thursday.

Former ministers and senior BJP leaders K.S Eeshwarappa and Ramesh Jarkiholi, who were both keen on obtaining ministerial positions, met Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday night. In the background of receiving assurances from the CM regarding their desired ministerial positions, both BJP leaders attended the assembly sessions on Thursday, after forgoing them for the past 3 days.

A Karnataka lawyer has written to Karnataka Assembly Speaker seeking the Suvarna Vidhan Soudha to be rented out for his daughter's birthday celebrations.

Belagavi (K'taka): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday defended the demolition of a portion of a dargah between Hubballi-Dharwad for a Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) corridor and said his own property worth crores of rupees has been acquired for the project.