Bengaluru: After a purported video of a Congress worker taking off shoes from the feet of the Karnataka Chief Minister even while holding a tri-colour in hand surfaced online, BJP State President B Y Vijayendra on Wednesday urged Siddaramaiah and the ruling party to apologise to the people for "insulting" the country and the national flag.

Bengaluru: JD(S) leader and Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday questioned the MUDA's decision to take back 14 plots allotted to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's wife Parvathi B M, and said it amounts to "destruction of evidence".

Bengaluru: A 23-year-old passenger, who recently lost his job and failed to get employment thereafter, stabbed a city bus conductor after he was asked to move away from the door of the vehicle for safety reasons, police said on Wednesday.

Mysuru: Minister of Kannada and Culture Shivaraj S Tangadagi has said that renowned shehnai player from Haveri district Pt. Basavaraj Bhajantri has been selected by the Karnataka and Culture Department for the ‘Rajya Sangeetha Vidwan’ award this year.

Bengaluru: Six men who allegedly barged into the house of a rowdy-sheeter’s friend in Rajgopal Nagar when he was there and attacked him with rods and machetes recently, were arrested by the city police on Monday.

Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, urging the transfer of the investigation into the MUDA scam involving Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to central agencies. In his letter, Kumaraswamy expressed concerns over the impartiality of the ongoing probe by the Karnataka Lokayukta, highlighting the involvement of IPS officer M Chandra Sekhar, ADGP SIT in the Lokayukta, whom he accused of being closely aligned with the Congress-led state government.

Facing the Lokayukta police and ED probes on MUDA 'scam', Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Wednesday Mahatma Gandhi's life and thoughts have given him courage, strength and hope in his "current struggle."

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah inaugurated the ‘Kittur Vijayotsava’ celebrations on Wednesday by lighting the ‘Vijaya Jyothi’ outside the Vidhana Soudha. The event honours Rani Chennamma of Kittur and Sangolli Rayanna, both of whom are remembered for their resistance against British colonial rule.