Food and Civil Supplies Minister BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan said that the government is planning to increase the quantity of rice being given to the BPL beneficiaries under Anna Bhagya scheme.

 “I won’t claim that I am a popular leader of the Muslim community. I am just a public servant. I’ll also come to former minister Tanveer Sait’s constituency. Let him also come. Then people will know who can pull the crowd”, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan challenged Tanveer Sait.

Hubballi-Dharwad Police Commissioner MN Nagaraj suspended a policeman here on Tuesday on charges of sharing a post against the state government in his Facebook account.

Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Tuesday said the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S)-Congress coalition government is committed to waiving farm loans.

A diesel tanker burst into flames after it toppled near Giriyapura in Kadur taluk in Chikmagaluru on Tuesday, June 19. One person was burnt alive in the incident, it is learnt.

Burglary took place at a retired Chief Secretary Kaushik Mukharjee’s house in HSR Layout here, in which the accused made away with valuables worth around Rs. 25 lakh.

Amidst speculations about the next candidate to head the executive, the state government has decided to extend the service of the Chief Secretary of Karnataka government, K Rathna Prabha for further period of three months, for which Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy sent a letter to the Central government to approve the extension of the service of the officer.

Newly elected MLA from Jayanagar Assembly constituency took oath at the Vidhana Soudha here on Monday.