Bengaluru: The state government has issued a circular to concerned departments saying "Owing to noise pollution, air pollution and the pollution caused by the remains of the crackers after they have exploded, the state government is prohibiting the manufacture and sale of series crackers."

Ramnagar: BJP president of Ramnagar district unit M. Rudresh has reportedly given a hint that he will be resigning from his post.

About 6 per cent of the electorate cast their votes Saturday in the first two hours of polling for the by-elections to three Lok Sabha and two assembly constituencies in Karnataka.

Ramnagar: Voting process at a polling booth in Mottedoddi of Ramanagar was temporarily stalled after a snake was found inside the polling center.

Shimoga: The voting process has begun in Shimoga, Mandya, Bellary districts for Lok Sabha; and two assembly seats of Jamkhandi and Ramanagar. However, even after two-and-half hour passed, the voting process is yet to begin at Nelagalale Village in Shimoga district.

Voting for the bypolls to the three Lok Sabha and two assembly constituencies in Karnataka began on Saturday, which is seen as a litmus test for the ruling Congress-JDS coalition.

Bengaluru: Former Deputy Chief Minister of the state MP Prakash's son former MLA of Harapanahalli MP Ravindra breathed his last at around 3.45 am on Saturday morning at a hospital in Bengaluru.  

Mother and her daughter slipped into a canal and drowned near Shivanasamudra in the taluk on Friday.