Vijayapura: DCM D K Shivakumar stated that a technical committee comprising the Central team and retired members of Central Water Commission (CWC) had been formed to check dam safety in the state. The team was already visiting the dams across the state, he said. He was addressing a press meet after offering ‘bagina’, along with the CM, to Lal Bahadur Shasthri dam at Almatti in Vijayapura on Wednesday.

Bengaluru: BJP State General Secretary V. Sunil Kumar has announced that the BJP will stage protests in all district headquarters of Karnataka on August 22 to condemn the Congress's alleged insult to the Governor and demand the resignation of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. According to the announcement, the protests will take place across the state, including in Bengaluru, with participation from state core committee members, local MPs, MLAs, former ministers, and other party representatives.

Bengaluru: In the wake of violent statewide protests condemning Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot's grant of permission to prosecute Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, the state constitutional head's security has been tightened, Raj Bhavan sources said on Wednesday.

Bengaluru: A war of words has broken out between Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy over the Lokayukta's Special Investigation Team (SIT) seeking Governor's sanction to prosecute the latter in an alleged illegal mining lease case.

Bengaluru: Taking a jab at Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's remarks about his arrest in the mining case, Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel and Karnataka JDS President, HD Kumaraswamy, retaliated on Wednesday.

Bengaluru: Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday said he will willingly resign if the need arises unlike Chief Minister Siddaramaiah who found fault with Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot’s permission to investigate and prosecute him in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority land allotment 'scam.'

The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash a criminal case registered against BESCOM officials after the death of a woman and her nine-month-old child due to electric shock as the woman came in contact with a live wire broken and lying on a public road.

The central government's decision to halt the recruitment of 45 senior positions through lateral entry has been termed as a victory for the INDIA alliance's struggle by Karnataka State Health Minister Dinesh Gundurao. The Modi government's move to recruit individuals from the private sector into high-ranking positions in various central government departments was met with strong opposition from the INDIA alliance, which labeled the process as unconstitutional.