The Karnataka High Court has directed prison authorities across the state to raise awareness among inmates about the consequences of violating parole conditions and the punishments that may follow if they fail to surrender within the stipulated period after temporary release.

Former Karnataka chief minister Jagadish Shettar on Monday hit out at the Congress government in the state, for citing a circular issued by the earlier BJP government led by him, to defend their decision making "prior permission" mandatory for private organisations to use public premises for their activities.

A case has been registered against the founder of Ola Electric and other senior officials of the company following the suicide of a 38-year-old engineer, who had accused them of "harassment", police said on Monday. The deceased identified as K Aravind, had been working as a Homologation Engineer with Ola Electric in Koramangala since 2022.

With the opposition BJP alleging that Ministers and officials in the Karnataka government were tasked with collecting funds for the Congress party ahead of the upcoming Bihar assembly polls, Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Monday asked the saffron party to provide evidence to support their claims.

Expressing displeasure over the central government's flood relief allocation to Karnataka, Minister Priyank Kharge on Monday said the BJP ruled states consistently receive more funds, while states not aligned with the NDA or the saffron party are "always short changed".

A 34-year-old man allegedly died by sucide by jumping from the third floor of a mall here on Monday morning, police said.

State Home Minister G. Parameshwara has stated that the ideology of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) does not align with democratic principles, even after the organization has completed a century of existence.

Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge has criticised BJP MP Tejasvi Surya for publicly supporting a government employee suspended for participating in an RSS route march, calling it a “disturbing endorsement of service rule violations.”