The Janata Dal (Secular) has reportedly added 2.5 lakh new members within a week of launching its statewide missed call campaign, as part of a 58-day outreach drive aimed at preparing for the 2028 Assembly elections.

A rowdy-sheeter was brutally hacked to death with lethal weapons near the Bommanakatte lake bund in Bhadrawati late on Saturday night.

In a tragic incident, two teenage boys drowned while swimming in a check dam near the Gudda Thimmappa Temple on the outskirts of Kariganur village.

A controversy has erupted after the newly appointed Deputy Commissioner of Hassan, K.S. Latha Kumari, was seen touching the feet of Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti and Railways, V. Somanna, during his official visit to Kodimath in Arasikere taluk.

An FIR has been registered against three teachers of St. Mary's Girls High School in Vasanth Nagar for allegedly transferring students who scored low marks in Class 9 to a government school without informing their parents, in order to have them appear for the SSLC board exams.

Bengaluru: A group of bike taxi riders protesting outside the Vidhana Soudha here on Saturday against the suspension of its operations following a Karnataka High Court directive, were detained by the police here.

Bengaluru: An FIR has been registered against Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) officials in connection with the death of a 10-year-old boy due to electrocution in K R Puram area here, police said on Saturday.

Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge has written a letter to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar seeking clarification on the denial of political clearance for his scheduled official visit to the United States.