Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Friday said it will write to the Centre requesting for changes in the guidelines in the "drought manual", aimed at declaring drought, based on ground realities.

JD(S) leader and former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Friday said his party has decided to work together as an opposition with the BJP, in the interest of the state.

A 49-year-old pastor has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl who was studying in a pre-university college attached to a city church, police said on Friday.

JD(S) Supremo and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda has clarified that the party will not form an alliance with the BJP for the Lok Sabha elections in 2024, following debates on the possible alliance moves of the JD(S) for the elections next year.

The opposition BJP and the JD(S) boycotted proceedings of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly for the second day on Friday, after the Speaker suspended 10 BJP members for the remainder of the session, for their "indecent and disrespectful" conduct in the House.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday called BJP MLAs "uncivilised" for tearing up copies of bills and the agenda and throwing it at Deputy Speaker Rudrappa Lamani who was presiding over the assembly session.

Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka has granted an interim stay on the proceedings against seven students and two faculty members of Jain University in a case in which they were accused of performing a 'derogatory' skit against Dalits and B R Ambedkar.

The regional office of the Food Corporation of India is offloading wheat and rice to private buyers under the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS-Domestic) via e-auction on every Wednesday to keep the retail price under check, Bhupendra Singh Bhati, General Manager at the FCI's Karnataka office here said on Wednesday.