Opposition leader in the Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah has accused the state government of not inviting him to the program to confer the ‘Karnataka Ratna’ award posthumously on late Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar on Tuesday evening.

Senior movie actor Rajinikanth arrived at the HAL Airport in the city as a guest for the event to confer the ‘Karnataka Ratna’ award posthumously on late Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar on Tuesday evening.

Members of the nomadic communities flocked around Cooperation and District In-charge Minister S T Somashekhar during the Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations here on Tuesday, demanding title deeds for houses and shouting slogans.

Local police stopped Shiva Sena activists from Maharashtra from crossing the border to Belagavi district in order to prevent the Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations.

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai hoisted the state flag and received the guard of honour at the 67^th Kannada Rajyotsava program held at the Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru on Tuesday.

Karnataka's highest civilian award 'Karnataka Ratna' will be conferred posthumously on late actor Puneeth Rajkumar on Tuesday, on the occasion of the 67th Kannada Rajyotsava (the state formation day).

Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka has quashed a case against an alleged Campus Front of India (CFI) member, who shouted slogans against the Supreme Court judgement in the Babri Masjid case, because the police had failed to seek sanction from the government before charging him under Section 153A of IPC.

Bengaluru: The state government will celebrate the 67th Karnataka Rajyotsava on November 1 in the most meaningful way, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Monday.