BJP MLA Muniratna has been remanded to 14 days in judicial custody by a Special People's Court in Bengaluru in connection with a rape case.

The Karnataka High Court, during a hearing on the Prajwal Revanna sex scandal case, remarked that sharing obscene videos linked to the scandal is a serious offense. The court expressed concern, stating that the act of sharing a pen drive containing explicit videos has insulted the victims.

Another letter written by Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot to the Chief Secretary, expressing "perplexity", as to how the government came to know about the "confidential material" relating to Lokayukta's request to him seeking prosecution or investigation sanction against some opposition leaders, surfaced on Friday.

JD(S) leader and Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Friday hit out at the ruling Congress in Karnataka for leveling allegations against him in connection with a land denotification in Bengaluru, and claimed that he had no role in it.

With Tirupati Laddu row snowballing into a major controversy, Karnataka government on Friday issued a circular instructing all temples coming under the Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Department, to maintain quality in 'prasada' prepared there.

Eastern Zone IGP Ramesh B has said that 30 people have been arrested in connection with the stone-pelting incident here during the Ganesha idol immersion procession on Thursday. He added that an FIR has also been filed for creating ruckus in a residential area, other than during the procession.

Farhatabad Police have arrested Padmavathi, a Group-D employee who had recently been transferred as sweeper from Bidar to the District Central Jail in the city, under charge of supplying narcotics to the prison inmates.