Taking a dig at BJP's state-wide drought study tour, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday asked the opposition party to approach the Central government and ensure that the state gets the relief funds at the earliest.

Karnataka Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara on Tuesday said Rudragouda D Patil whose name has figured in the First Division Assistant recruitment test scam, has escaped to Maharashtra, and police have been directed to catch him wherever he was holed up.

Veteran politician and former minister D B Chandre Gowda, who vacated his Lok Sabha seat for former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi that allowed her to stage a political comeback post Emergency in 1978, passed away at his residence in Daradahalli in Mudigere taluk in the district, during the early hours of Tuesday, due to age-related ailments.

Two riders were killed on the spot after their motorbike rammed into an electricity police by the road near The Birchwood Retreat resort in Suntikoppa late Monday night.

Alleging that the Congress administration in Karnataka has completely failed in all sectors and it is totally bankrupt, veteran BJP leader B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday said that this government is "as good as dead." Claiming that his party will not allow the government to continue "this way," the former Chief Minister threatened about BJP launching an agitation against its failures and irresponsible practices.

Bengaluru: Rejecting Narendra Modi's charges against him and his government as a "bundle of lies", Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said he did not expect such talk from the Prime Minister, and sought evidence on the allegations made.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said many BJP and JD(S) legislators, leaders and workers will be joining the Congress in the state voluntarily in the coming days, and asserted that his party was not indulging in "Operation Hasta".

Bengaluru: The former driver of a senior geologist who was found murdered at her residence here was arrested on Monday. He admitted during police interrogation that he killed her as he was upset that she had dismissed him from his job a few days ago.