Madikeri: BJP members, led by State President BY Vijayendra, who staged a protest in Kushalnagar on Saturday, following the alleged suicide of party activist Vinay Somaiah, were detained by the police as they attempted to lay siege to the office of the Deputy Superintendent of Police.

Davanagere: Three people died on the spot and two others were injured in a head-on collision between a car and a bus on the Birur-Sammasagi State Highway stretch near Attigere village in the taluk on Saturday morning.

Koppal: Kannada and Culture Minister Shivaraj Tangadagi has opined that former police officer K Annamalai’s decision to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) backfired on him as he is likely to lose the Tamil Nadu State President post now.

BJP on Saturday staged a protest in Kodagu district's Kushalnagar, demanding the naming of two Congress MLAs in the FIR, in connection with the alleged suicide of a saffron party worker, even as Chief Minister Siddaramaiah accused them of doing politics over death.

Five people, including a 13-year-old girl, died and 11 others were injured after a mini bus they were travelling in allegedly rammed into a parked truck near Nelogi Cross in Jewargi taluk of this district in the wee hours of Saturday, police said.

The Karnataka Forest Department has made little progress in recovering encroached forest land, managing to reclaim only 13.6 percent of the total encroached area over the last decade.

Madikeri: The Kodagu district unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staged a road blockade protest in Madikeri on Thursday, demanding the immediate arrest of those allegedly responsible for the suicide of party worker Vinay Somaiah.

Bengaluru: Minor Irrigation Minister N. S. Boseraju on Friday dismissed speculation regarding a change in the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President or a possible cabinet reshuffle, stating that no such decisions have been made at present.