With Siddaramaiah asserting that he will be the Chief Minister of Karnataka for a full five-year term, Deputy CM D K Shivakumar on Wednesday said he has no objection and that he will standby and support the former.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday asserted that he will be in office for a full five-year term.

Serious concerns have emerged over the conduct of clinical trials at Healthcare Global Enterprises Ltd (HCG), a leading cancer hospital based in Bengaluru, after the former Chairperson of its Ethics Committee (EC), Justice P Krishna Bhat (Retd), flagged alleged violations of ethical norms, patient safety protocols, and regulatory compliance.

 A major political controversy erupted in Karnataka after BJP MLC N Ravikumar made vulgar and derogatory remarks against the state’s Chief Secretary, Dr. Shalini Rajneesh, during a protest near the Gandhi statue at Vidhana Soudha on Monday.

A lawyer for Elon Musk’s X told the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday that if every “Tom, Dick and Harry” government official is authorised to send content takedown notices then it would amount to misuse of official powers, remarks that drew strong condemnation from the Centre as well as the judge.

A recent survey on the Scheduled Caste (SC) population in Karnataka, overseen by Justice Nagamohan Das, has revealed a decline in SC numbers—contradicting national and historical state trends that indicate steady growth.

In a significant step towards securing the rights of gig workers, the Karnataka government has constituted a multi-stakeholder working group to determine the quantum of fee to be levied towards securing the welfare of gig workers.

Slamming the BJP-led government at the Centre for the railway fare hike, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has demanded its immediate rollback.