Bengaluru: With Bengaluru growing rapidly as a metropolitan city, Karnataka Minister for Infrastructure Development MB Patil on Thursday, 20 June, held a meeting with officials regarding the construction of a second airport for the city.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Friday ruled out contesting in the Channapatna bypoll.

The Karnataka government announced on Thursday the establishment of 33 police stations dedicated to handling cases of atrocities against Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) communities. This initiative is aimed to improve the efficiency of investigations and increase the currently low conviction rates for such cases.

BY Vijayendra, President of the Karnataka State Unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), announced that the party would decide on its candidate for the upcoming by-election in the Channapatna constituency after discussions with its ally, the Janata Dal (Secular) [JD(S)]. The by-election is necessary due to the resignation of HD Kumaraswamy, the JD(S) State President, who stepped down as an MLA after winning the Lok Sabha seat from Mandya.

The Karnataka BJP unit will felicitate its 19 Lok Sabha MPs and Union Ministers from the state on June 22, the BJP state chief B Y Vijayendra said on Friday.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) recently escorted suspended JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna to his residence as part of ongoing investigations into allegations of rape and sexual harassment leveled against him.

Three forest guards were seriously injured while attempting to evade an elephant attack during a patrol in the forest area near Gundimala in Hanur taluk. The incident occurred on Thursday night near PG Palya.

The Karnataka police, probing the Renukaswamy murder case, has said Kannada film star Darshan Thoogudeepa had contacted several individuals soon after the alleged killing, while another accused has confessed that the victim was administered electric shock.