Bengaluru: Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister and Finance Department LK Ateeq, who was due to retire from service on January 31, 2025, has been extended as Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister until further orders. The Karnataka government has issued an order in this regard.

Kalaburagi (Karnataka): Three people died and equal number of them were injured after the car they were travelling in allegedly collided head-on with a truck here on Monday, police said.

Bengaluru (PTI): A 49-year-old ex-Air Force man allegedly jumped onto the track while a train was approaching at Jalahalli metro station on Monday morning, but the timely action of metro staffs saved his life, officials said. Following the incident, metro services were briefly affected on the Green Line.

A businessman from Kerala, who was traveling in his car in the taluk on Monday morning, was stopped by a group of robbers on the outskirts of Mysuru city and robbed of his car.

Two individuals were arrested in connection with a brutal assault on three labourers, with three more suspects still at large.

Banana farmers in Karnataka are grappling with crop damage as extreme cold weather this winter threatens their harvests.

Amid growing factionalism within the Karnataka BJP, Karkala MLA V. Sunil Kumar has reportedly requested to be relieved from his position as the party's state general secretary.