Bengaluru: Thieves struck a park near the Judicial layout in Bengaluru amidst pouring rain in the early hours of Wednesday and made off with a sandal wood tree.

Channapatna (Karnataka): BJP leader C P Yogeeshwara on Wednesday said he will be the joint candidate of the BJP-JD(S) alliance for the upcoming Channapatna Assembly bypolls, and expressed confidence that leaders of both parties will announce his name soon.

Bengaluru: Congress general secretary (Organisation) K C Venugopal on Wednesday held discussions with Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, who is also the party's state President, here.

Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP MLA Munirathna on Wednesday walked out of the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison here, where he was lodged for nearly a month in connection with a rape case. His release was initiated by the jail authorities a day after a special court granted him bail in the case filed against him by a 40-year-old woman.

Former Karnataka Minister B Nagendra, who walked out of the jail on Wednesday, alleged that he was pressurised by the ED to name Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar in the multi-crore scam in Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Wednesday advised people to take necessary precautions following incessant rains in the city, as he declared the government's preparedness to deal with the situation.

K. Marigowda has resigned from his position as the Chairman of the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) following allegations of irregularities in the distribution of plots.

Karnataka High Court has ruled that chanting 'Jai Shri Ram' inside a mosque does not hurt any religious sentiments on Tuesday. It made the observation while dismissing criminal proceedings against two individuals who were accused barging into a mosque in D K District and raising the slogans last year.