Bengaluru, Sep 1: Former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Sunday slammed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for 'refusing' to allow a plea by senior Congress leader D K Shivakumar for exempting him from appearance before it on Monday in view of Ganesha Chaturthi festival.

Gundlupet: A 55-year old farmer in Gundlupet of Chamarajnagar District was attacked and killed by a tiger here on Saturday evening.

Bengaluru: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Saturday threatened police officers in Shivamoga and added that they will be transferred to stranded and waterless areas if found harassing people.

Bengaluru: Metro rail services were affected here on Saturday evening due to technical failure, the BMRCL said. 

New Delhi: The CBI has taken over investigation into alleged phone tapping of politicians, their relatives and bureaucrats during the previous Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka, officials said on Saturday.

Bengaluru: Senior Karnataka Congress leader Siddaramaiah has stoked a row with an objectionable remark apparently directed at the Janata Dal (Secular), his party's ally in the previous coalition government, though he later claimed that he had only used a common Kannada adage and referred to the BJP.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) on Saturday announced Balachandra Jarkiholi as its new president, making him the first person on the post hailing from North Karnataka.

Bengaluru: Former CBI official Ashok Kumar Malhotra will investigate the letter that Cafe Coffee Day owner V.G. Siddhartha purportedly wrote to the company's board on July 27, two days before he went missing and was then found dead on July 31, a CCD official said on Saturday.