Bengaluru: Aam Aadmi Party’s state president, Dr Mukhyamantri Chandru, has held the Karnataka government directly responsible for the rise in farmer suicides caused by illegal practices of microfinance institutions. In a letter addressed to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, he urged immediate and stringent legal action against such entities.

Kalaburagi: The Karnataka government has issued an order appointing Shinde Avinash Sanjeevan as the new Commissioner of the Kalaburagi City Corporation.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government announced a significant bureaucratic reshuffle on Friday, transferring several Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers across the state.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre has directed officials to make it mandatory to obtain permission from the "appropriate" authorities for any kind of filming in the state's forest areas.

Bengaluru: The body of a Bangladeshi woman, who was allegedly sexually assaulted and later killed, was recovered from Kalkere lake here on Friday morning, police said.

Bengaluru, January 24 (PTI): A 55-year-old man died by suicide by jumping from the second floor of a mall here, police said on Friday. The deceased has been identified as T C Manjunath, a resident of Ullal Upanagar in the city, they said. The incident occurred in Mantri Mall located in Malleswaram around 9 pm on Thursday, police said, adding a note recovered from his pocket stated that no one was responsible for his death.

Bengaluru: A 39-year-old cab driver died by suicide after setting himself on fire with kerosene outside his estranged wife's house here over family feud, police said on Friday.

Metro train services will start functioning from 6 am on January 26 from all four terminals, including Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Station, Majestic, instead of 7 am, officials said on Friday.