Defending police firing on anti-CAA protesters in Mangaluru on December 19, Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraja Bommai said that police had to resort to firing when protesters hurled petrol bombs, stones and attempted to barge into the police station before police fired and shot down two protesters.

A poet and a journalist have been arrested in connection with recital of a poem against CAA and NRC at a government sponsored function in Koppal district of Karnataka last month, police said on Wednesday.

Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court on Monday observed that Mangaluru Police should register FIR in the complaints filed by victims and the families of deceased in Mangaluru Police firing and lathi charge cases.

Bengaluru: Noted South Indian actress Kishori Ballal who played the role of Shahrukh Khan’s mother in Bollywood movie Swades, passed away on Monday at a private hospital in Bengaluru where she was being treated for age related illness.

Bengaluru: City Police Commissioner Bhaskar Roa on Monday violated the law and protocol and reportedly entered Vidhan Sabha on uniform.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday felicitated Srinivas Gowda who recorded 100 meter run in only 9.5 seconds beating the world record of Ussain Bolt, the fastest man in the world.

The ruling BJP in Karnataka is likely to push for a resolution in favour of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) during the ongoing Assembly session, top sources said on Monday.

Hubballi: Three Kashmiri engineering students who were on Monday re-arrested for raising pro-Pakistan slogans on Saturday were assaulted in the court premises here when they were reportedly being produced before magistrate.