DHARWAD: The district administration has stepped up its crackdown on the sale of Plaster of Paris (PoP) idols ahead of the Ganesh festival and seized idols from workshops in the city on Monday.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Monday appointed senior IPS officer K Ramachandra Rao as the DGP for Directorate of Civil Rights Enforcement, withdrawing the compulsory leave imposed on him following the arrest of his stepdaughter and actress Ranya Rao in connection with a gold smuggling case.

Bengaluru: Senior Congress MLA K N Rajanna, who was sacked from his ministerial post, on Monday said he would travel to New Delhi to address "misconceptions" about him with the party's high command.

Bengaluru: Congress MLA Belur Gopalakrishna has made a strong statement regarding the allegations of hundreds of bodies being buried in Dharmasthala. Speaking to reporters at Vidhana Soudha on Monday, he said that if no bodies are found during the investigation, the anonymous person who made the allegations should be given the death penalty.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Cooperation Minister K N Rajanna was on Monday removed from the Council of Ministers after Chief Minister Siddaramaiah recommended his sacking to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot.

Chamarajanagar (Karnataka): A tourist had a narrow escape after being attacked by a wild tusker in Bandipur National Park, Gundlupet taluk of Chamarajanagar district, officials said on Monday.

Tumakuru (Karnataka): Police cracked Lakshmi Devi murder case in Koratagere in Tumakuru and arrested her dentist son-in-law Dr Ramachandrappa S and his two accomplices.

K.N. Rajanna has submitted his resignation from the ministerial position.