The Central Zone police arrested eight persons including a son of former MLA on charge of cheating people by duping them to believe that they will get Rs 100 crore for cashew nut business here. Interestingly, police sources said that the accused had misused the office of Opposition Leader BS Yeddyurappa on the first floor of the Vidhana Soudha for their business.

 A car hit the people who were standing on the roadside after its tyre exploded killing four persons including a boy and woman on the spot near Didaguru Haralalli in Honnali taluk on Wednesday.

Facing disapproval from women lawmakers for comparing himself to a rape survivor, Karnataka Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar Wednesday expunged his own remarks made in the House and sought pardon from them.

The body of a girl who was missing mysteriously for the last ten days was found in a coffee plantation on Wednesday.

 "No BJP leaders have contacted me and I will not fall prey to Operation Lotus strategy of the BJP", said Ballari rural MLA B Nagendra.

Alleging that Hassan BJP MLA Preetham Gowda spoke lightly on former prime minister HD Deve Gowda, while saying that "JDS party will not survive for more days. BJP is permanent like Sun and the Moon", JDS workers lay sieged the house of the MLA at Vidya Nagar in the city and stoned it on Wednesday. In the incident, BJP worker Rahul was injured and he was admitted to a hospital.

Four disgruntled MLAs who were revolted against Congress and two independent MLAs and settled in Mumbai, on Wednesday attended the Session.

Bengaluru, Feb 13: "I will be in the party. I will not desert Congress. I have come today as there is voting. Due to my personal reasons, I have not attended the CLP meeting. I will not resign from the post", MLA Umesh Jadav said after he returned to Bengaluru on Wednesday.