Bengaluru: Senior Congress leaders including former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and KPCC Chief DK Shivakumar were on Thursday detained by police in Bengaluru while they were holding a demonstration demanding suspension of Eshwarappa from state’s cabinet of ministers.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday ruled out any action against 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, until preliminary inquiry is completed.

Bengaluru: Karnataka on Wednesday recorded 55 fresh COVID-19 cases and zero fatality, taking the total infections to 39,46,176 till date, the State Health Department said.

Bengaluru: In the aftermath of the suicide of Santosh Patil, a contractor who alleged harassment by BJP Minister Eshwarappa and blamed him for his death in the suicide note, the state Contractor`s Association on Wednesday accused the BJP of indulging in rowdyism and threatened to halt all government-contracted work for one month starting May 25.

Amid mounting opposition pressure for his resignation over the death of a civil contractor, senior Karnataka Minister K S Eshwarappa on Wednesday ruled out stepping down from his post, as he wondered if a Whatsapp message can be treated as a "death note."

Vijaypura: In a tragic incident reported from Bhathagunaki village of Indi Taluk in the district two brothers died after being accidentally electrocuted while trying to turn on the motor of the well at their plantation here on Tuesday evening.

Concerning the Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s silence on the suicide case of contractor Santhosh Patil who had accused Minister K. S. Eeshwarappa of demanding commission and the mounting atmosphere of communal tension experienced in the state the SDPI workers accused the CM of inaction and displayed black flags to the Chief Minister and his entourage passing through Valachchil on Wednesday. 

Concerning the death of contractor Santhosh Patil, a relative of the deceased Prashanth Gowdappa Patil, a resident of Belagavi has reportedly registered a case against Minister K. S. Eeshwarappa and two close aides identified as Basavaraj and Ramesh under section: 306 Rw 34 IPC at the Udupi police station on during the early hours on April 13, Wednesday.