A tragic incident occurred in Chikkinduvadi village of Kollegal taluk as a 28-year-old motorbike rider lost his life in a collision with a goods carrier.

Depressed over his inability to repay the money he had borrowed due to the loss of crop, a 48-year-old farmer of Kadur taluk allegedly committed suicide on Thursday.

Flight operations took off at Shivamogga airport in Karnataka on Thursday with an IndiGo flight from Bengaluru landing here.

Kalaburagi: The Kalaburagi Municipal Corporation on Wednesday imposed a fine on the Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, IT and BT and Kalaburagi district incharge Minister Priyank Kharge, for placing a banner of the Gruha Lakshmi Scheme.

Bengaluru: Flight operations at Shivamogga airport in Karnataka would begin on Thursday, according to Infrastructure Development Minister M B Patil.

A clash of words erupted between Mohammed Haris Nalapad, the leader of Karnataka Youth Congress, and local police officials following the denial of permission by Mysuru ASP BN Nandini for Youth Congress members to welcome Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at the city airport on Wednesday. Rahul Gandhi's visit was in connection with the launch of the 'Gruha Lakshmi' scheme initiated by the state government.

The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday pitched for Arvind Kejriwal as the prime ministerial candidate for the opposition INDIA bloc, saying that as Delhi chief minister he has given a model that the whole country can benefit from.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that the party has honoured the key pre-poll promises made to the people in Karnataka and that the "work" carried out by the Siddaramaiah-led government would be replicated across the country.