To protect the environment and serve the local community, the Maratha Light Infantry Regimental Centre (LIRC) in Belagavi conducted a 'Swachhta Abhiyan' at Savagaon Lake on Monday.

Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Monday blamed the Congress government’s “bad governance and appeasement politics” for the stone-pelting incident during the Ganesh immersion procession in Maddur.

Karnataka government issued an order on Monday approving the construction work of the second floor at the 100-bed Chintamani Public Hospital in Chikkaballapura district. 

In a road accident reported from near the sugar factory in Malavagoppa of the taluk, a 27-year-old woman was killed on the spot after being run over by a private bus, following a collision between two motorbikes.

Journalist and editor of the Kannada daily Vishwavani, Vishveshwar Bhat, has reportedly paid a fine of Rs 1 lakh and apologized to former chairperson of Kannada Sahitya Parishat District Unit Dr. Basava Prabhu Patil Bettadoor who had accused Bhat of publishing a defamatory and fake news about him.

The Congress got a simple majority in the Karnataka Legislative Council with the four vacant seats in Council filling officially on Sunday.

Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara on Monday said that Hindutva organisations were also involved in the stone-pelting incident that took place during the Ganesh idol immersion procession in Maddur.

Responding to the recent violence during the Ganesh idol immersion procession in Maddur, Minister Chaluvaryaswamy on Monday said that swift action has been taken and 21 people have already been arrested in connection with the incident.