Bengaluru: Senior BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal on Friday said “loafers” in his party were involved in making CDs, referring to the CD scandals that recently shocked Karnataka’s political circles.

Bengaluru: Senior lady officer of Karnataka Police Shobha Khatavkar was on Friday evening found dead in her flat in suspicious conditions here in the city. She was 53.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Minister K S Eshwarappa, against whom police have booked a case for allegedly abetting the suicide of contractor Santosh Patil, on Friday submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.

Bengaluru: Accusing the Karnataka government and Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai of trying to protect Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister K S Eshwarappa, the opposition Congress on Friday demanded his arrest and that he should be booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Raising doubts over the alleged suicide of contractor Santosh Patil which led to the resignation K. S. Eshwarappa from his Ministry, BJP National General Secretary, C. T. Ravi on Friday questioned why the contractor chose to committee suicide only in Udupi and not any other place?

Ahead of his resignation, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Minister K S Eshwarappa on Friday told his supporters and party workers that he will come out clear as innocent from the allegations made against him as part of a conspiracy and will certainly become a minister once again.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said the resignation of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Minister K S Eshwarappa, against whom police have booked a case for abetting the suicide of contractor Santosh Patil, cannot be considered a "setback" for the government.

Mandya: In an unfortunate incident, a man was reportedly killed after coming into contact with live electric cable at Sakshibeedu Village, K R Pete Taluk here on Thursday afternoon.