Hassan: With the incidents of heart attack rising in the district, three people succumbed to heart attack on Wednesday night in three separate cases reported from Hassan city, Alur and Sakleshpur.

BJP leader R Ashoka on Thursday said Chief Minister CM Siddaramaiah's "repeated chest-thumping" about completing a full term, despite the supposed "power-sharing agreement", was nothing short of a direct snub to the Congress high command.

Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw on Thursday opposed Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's remarks linking covid-19 vaccines with a spate of heart attack deaths in the state's Hassan district, saying such claims are "'factually incorrect" and "misleading".

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast widespread rainfall across Karnataka over the next seven days, with "heavy to very heavy rain" expected in several districts and "extremely heavy rainfall" likely at isolated locations.

A government-run Karnataka Public School (KPS) in K.R. Pet, Mandya district, has come under scrutiny after accusations surfaced that it has been charging fees from students although the institution is supposed to impart education free of cost.

In a troubling development, Karnataka has recorded a sharp rise in offences linked to religion, with cases surging by nearly 65% over the past four years.

After repeated delays, Bengaluru's long-awaited Yellow Line of the Namma Metro is expected to become operational in early August, according to sources quoted by Deccan Herald on Thursday.

Renowned javelin thrower and double Olympic medalist Neeraj Chopra paid a courtesy visit to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at his official residence, 'Kaveri', in Bengaluru on Thursday.