Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday hit out at the BJP, which is slated to hold a state-wide protest on Monday on the "Waqf issue", alleging that their motive is purely political, with no genuine interest in protecting the welfare of farmers.

Kannada film director Guruprasad was found hanging in a residential complex in the outskirts of the city on Sunday, police said.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday asked state BJP chief B Y Vijayendra to have a discussion with his disgruntled party leaders before challenging him to a debate.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Saturday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for criticising Congress over poll promises, citing data from the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has assured steps to include Kannada language on the labels of all products manufactured in the state, in addition to English.

In an incident of alleged suicide reported from Arabommanahalli of Sedam taluk, a local resident is learned to have taken his own life by consuming pesticide as he was being harassed for property.

More than 30 people returning from a visit to the Thattekare Mahadeshwara temple were injured as the goods vehicle they were traveling in toppled on the road near Hunasepalya in Hanur taluk on Friday night.

The Karnataka Waqf Board has claimed ownership of 53 historical monuments across the state, including notable sites like Gol Gumbaz, Ibrahim Rauza, and Bara Kaman in Vijayapura. In 2005, the Waqf Board declared 43 of these sites in Vijayapura, once the capital of the Adil Shahi dynasty, as Waqf properties. However, these sites have since faced encroachments and unauthorised modifications.