Women and Child Development Minister Lakshmi Hebbalkar has announced that the funds for two installments of the Gruha Lakshmi scheme will be released after March 31.

Amid the ongoing debate over the Karnataka government's decision to provide a 4 per cent reservation for Muslims in government contracts, RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale on Sunday asserted that the Constitution does not allow religion-based quota.

The claims made by BJP Tamil Nadu president K Annamalai over Parliamentary delimitation not affecting the southern states do not matter and it is the words of the Prime Minister and the Home Minister that count, Karnataka Deputy CM D K Shivakumar said on Sunday.

Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP president B Y Vijayendra on Saturday urged Speaker U T Khader to withdraw the suspension order of 18 legislators.

Chennai/Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar said he welcomed the black flags shown to him by the BJP when he reached Chennai on Saturday.

Bidar: The Karnataka Land Grabbing Prohibition Special Court in Bengaluru has ordered the issuance of a bailable warrant against the Bidar Deputy Commissioner after the district administration failed to submit a report in a government land grabbing case involving Aurad BJP MLA Prabhu Chauhan.

Bidar: In a unique protest over the ongoing water crisis, residents of Eklur village in Basavakalyan taluk locked Panchayat members inside the Gram Panchayat office, expressing their frustration over the lack of action to resolve the drinking water problem.

Mysuru: In an operation near Gopalpura of the taluk on Friday night, the district police arrested a man accused in a dacoity case by shooting him in the leg as he tried to escape by attacking a police inspector and a constable.