Former Chief Minister, Leader of the opposition Siddaramaiah said, “The Anti-conversion law is not required now. Attempt to implement this law is being done to target one community. This is being done to needlessly harass them. The BJP has come forward to table this bill out political ill-will”, he said. 

Belagavi: Karnataka Assembly Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri on Sunday said he would explore the possibility of earmarking two days exclusively to discuss issues in north Karnataka region during the 10-day legislature session which starts on Monday.

Bengaluru: A 40-year-old man who had made a derogatory post on social media against the Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat has been arrested, police said on Sunday.

Bengaluru: Karnataka on Sunday logged 330 fresh COVID-19 cases and four deaths taking the cumulative infections and fatalities to 30,00,435 and 38,257.

New Delhi: Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda often championed farmers' causes and as a tribute to his commitment and initiatives towards the community, peasants of Punjab named one of the finest varieties of paddy after him, says a biography on him.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday hinted that the draft of the anti-conversion bill would be approved by the state cabinet and it may be introduced in the winter session of the assembly in Belagavi.

Balehonnur: A 27-year-old pregnant woman passed away on Sunday while giving birth to her child at the Primary Health Center here in Balehonnur leading to protests from the family members of the patient and locals.

Bengaluru: In what has become the third confirmed case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in Karnataka, a 34-year-old man has tested positive for the virus after returning from South Africa.