Ramanagara MLA H.A. Iqbal Hussain has said that Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar will soon become the Chief Minister of Karnataka, adding that the final decision in this regard will be taken by the Congress high command.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Thursday said he had no information regarding any proposed Cabinet reshuffle, adding that the decision, if taken, would be made entirely by the Chief Minister and the party leadership.

A horrifying incident has shaken Mysuru during the ongoing Dasara festivities, after the body of a minor girl who sold balloons at the Dasara Exhibition was found on the exhibition grounds on Thursday morning. Police and locals suspect the child may have been raped and murdered.

The Karnataka Government has appointed retired IAS officer G V Krishna Rao, former Additional Chief Secretary, as the recovery commissioner to confiscate, forfeit and attach properties derived from illegal mining activities, a government order said.

A seven-year-old student was killed in a fire accident that occurred at a residential school in Kodagu district on Thursday, police said.

A 29-year-old man who went missing as a teenager 13 years ago from Udupi district has been traced in Bengaluru, where he is now working as an interior designer.

Five districts in Karnataka, including Bengaluru Urban, are facing alarming levels of groundwater extraction exceeding 100%, according to recent data. However, the state overall has shown improvement compared to earlier estimates by the Union government.

To accommodate the festive rush during Diwali, the South Western Railway has announced special trains from Bengaluru to Talaguppa (Jog Falls) and Belagavi.