Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Thursday apprised Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh of the losses due to floods in parts of the state and sought central financial assistance of Rs 1,118 crore.

A four-year-old boy was attacked by a pack of dogs in the limits of HAL police station on Wednesday evening. The seriously injured child has been admitted to the hospital.

Former finance minister Yashwant Sinha opined that the demonetisation introduced by the Narendra Modi government at the centre was a failed experiment due to which unorganized labourers and small industries were affected.

District Minister SR Mahesh said that the state government has so far released total Rs 115 crore to take up relief works in the ravaged district.

Karnataka would switch over to battery-driven electric buses in Bengaluru and phase out polluting diesel vehicles for public transport over the next five years, a senior Minister said on Wednesday.

The idea of creating a 'Hindu Rashtra' led to four activists being murdered by one nameless underground organisation. The organisation has members from Sanatan Sanstha, Hindu Janajagruti Samiti and many other right wing organisations, according to the Special Investigation Team (SIT).

An FIR was booked against actor-cum-social activist Prakash Raj on charges of making a statement on cow, at Hanumantha Nagar police station here on Wednesday.

BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa made a serious allegation that “telephones of former chief minister Siddaramaiah, mine and other leaders are being tapped in the state and though I have raised the issue earlier, no action was taken”.