Belagavi: City police has formed anti-stabbing squads to check bags of youngsters, including students, and vehicles of suspects, after an incident of a student being stabbed by two minors following a fight for a window seat in a city bus came to light last week.

Belagavi (Karnataka): Bharamgouda Alagouda Kage, the ruling Congress MLA from Kagwad, on Monday "threatened to resign" from the Karnataka Assembly, alleging "administrative collapse" in the state.

Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "trivialising" the opposition, and criticised his absence from the all-party meetings convened after the Pahalgam terror attack.

Karnataka is experiencing a demographic shift, with the population under 18 years steadily decreasing while the number of adult voters and senior citizens continues to grow. This trend, particularly evident in several districts, raises concerns about a potential population crisis driven by declining birth rates.

Former MP D K Suresh on Monday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning in a money laundering case against a woman who is alleged to have cheated a number of people, official sources said on Monday.

Cybercriminals used more than 65,000 mule bank accounts from Karnataka in 2024 to funnel illicit funds, according to data from the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C), an agency under the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Namma Metro’s average daily ridership dropped marginally in May, with 7.56 lakh commuters using the service each day — a slight decline from April’s average of 7.62 lakh, according to data from Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL).

The wife of late SM Yahya, former Minister in the Government of Karnataka, passed away on Monday in Bengaluru. She was the mother of SM Aftab, President of Bhatkal Muslim Jamaat, Bengaluru.