Karnataka BJP leaders are gearing up to lay siege to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's residence in Bengaluru on July 3, demanding his resignation over an alleged illegal money transfer scam.

The Karnataka police have arrested a 47-year-old man in Mumbai for allegedly cheating many people with the promise of facilitating admissions in medical colleges, a police official said on Saturday.

In a brazen attack on Friday night, miscreants assaulted police officers and freed an accused in a theft case near the railway underbridge in Betageri.

Amid raging debate over the possibility of change in Chief Minister and demand for three more Deputy Chief Ministers in Karnataka, state Congress President D K Shivakumar on Saturday asked partymen and leaders to refrain from issuing public statements on the issue and warned of disciplinary action.

A tragic accident in Kuntur village, Kollegala taluk, claimed the life of a young man after his bike collided with a peacock crossing the road. The victim, identified as Revanna (25), son of Vasi Rajugowda from Surapura village in Kollegala taluk, was travelling from Surpur to Kuntur when the incident occurred.

In a recent development, the state government has appointed B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan, the minister in charge of Vijayanagar district, as the in-charge minister of Ballari district.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Friday refused to stall the investigation against former Hassan BJP MLA Preetham Gowda, who is accused of distributing explicit videos of sexual assault allegedly involving former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna.

Bengaluru: A special court for public representatives in Bengaluru has summoned BJP MLA Harish Poonja along with 64 other party members over allegations of obstructing police duties during protests against the arrest of Shashiraj Shetty, the BJP Belthangady Taluk Yuva Morcha taluk president.