“The BJP leaders have converted the Ayodhya dispute as a political issue to gain political mileage. If they have real concerns over the feelings of the people, they would have developed Ayodhya. But the BJP has gained political advantage due to Ayodhya Ram Mandir issue instead of developing the Ayodhya city”, said freedom fighter H.S. Doreswamy.

 "It is the responsibility of the Coordination Committee to solve the problems if any in the coalition government. I was appointed as the Coordination Committee chairman to solve any problems that could arise in the government. So, I am then troubleshooter", said former chief minister Siddaramaiah.

City corporation former mayor Ravi Kumar alias Gadda Ravi was hacked to death here on Sunday morning.

The incident happened near Batawadi in the city. The Miscreants beat him on his head with lethal weapons. It is said that a group of seven Miscreants who came in a vehicle killed him. Police sources also said that Ravi kumar was a rowdy sheeter in Kyatasandra police station limits. He won in the last election held for the city corporation.

As dissent has erupted in BJP against the party’s Bengaluru in-charge R. Ashok following the party’s failure to get BBMP’s control, the pressure is mounting to replace him, and a few leaders in BJP have decided to complain party high command.

A boy child died after coming into the contact of a snapped live wire from a motor. The incident took place in Ammathi village of Virajpet taluk.

Eight people, including Yenepoya Medical College, have been chosen for the state government’s Senior Citizen Service Award, informed Minister of State for Women and Child Welfare Jayamala.

Police officials at Malavalli Police Station in Mandya district of Karnataka are no strangers to witnessing and investigating gory crimes. But the officers on Saturday flinched when a man nonchalantly arrived at the police station on a motorcycle and walked in with the severed head of another man in his hand.