Bengaluru: To clear the festive rush during Ganesh Chaturthi, South Western Railway (SWR) will operate special train services between Hubballi–Yesvantpur and Yesvantpur–Mangaluru Central.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) on Friday announced that it will operate 1,500 special buses from Bengaluru to various destinations across the state to meet the festive rush during Gowri and Ganesha festivities on August 26 and 27.

Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has announced that Booker Prize-winning writer Banu Mushtaq will inaugurate the Mysuru Dasara celebrations this year.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said 20 stampedes took place in the BJP-ruled states, and blamed "mass hysteria" for the Chinnaswamy stadium incident in June that killed 11 people.

The delay in inviting civil work tenders for Namma Metro’s Phase 3 has pushed the project deadline by six months to May 2031 and increased costs by 5 per cent to over ₹16,300 crore, officials said as reported by Deccan Herald.

A youngster who had been wheeling on the Sigandoor cable bridge recently was fined Rs 5,000 by Sagara Rural Police officers and made to give them a confessional statement.

According to a recent study, Karnataka has seen a 17% decrease in registered births since 2012. The trend has been ascribed by experts to declining fertility rates, fewer marriages and an increase in the number of couples opting to remain child-free.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah addressed the state Assembly on Friday regarding the tragic stampede that occurred outside Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium on June 4, which resulted in the loss of 11 lives. Expressing his deep distress over the incident, Siddaramaiah defended his government amid calls for his resignation from the BJP.