Madikeri: Amid heavy rains, Kodagu Deputy Commissioner Venkat Raja has issued order declaring holiday for all schools and Pre-University Colleges on Saturday, July 27. The order was issued as a precautionary measure in the backdrop of heavy rains lashing across the district.

Bengaluru: In a significant development for India's mineral resources, Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Jitendra Singh has announced about the discovery of Lithium deposits in the state's Mandya and Yadgir districts. The metal is predominately used in rechargeable batteries for mobile phones, laptops, digital cameras and electric vehicles, reports IndiaToday.in.

Bengaluru: Shalini Rajneesh will be the new Chief Secretary of Karnataka, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H K Patil said on Friday.

Bengaluru: On Thursday, the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in Karnataka passed a resolution in both houses of the legislature to abolish the all-India medical exam NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test). With this move, Karnataka becomes the third state to pass a resolution against NEET, following Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.

Hubballi: A man who had been accused of theft, Farhan Shaikh, was shot at in the leg by Keshwapura Police after he attacked police officers during a search operation near Tarihal Cross on Gamanagatti Road near the city on Friday morning.

The Kempegowda International Airport continued to witness strong passenger growth, with 1.02 crore passengers from April to June of this financial year, meaning overall passenger traffic has increased by 7.2 percent over the same period of the last fiscal year, according to the Air Traffic Report of the Airports Authority of India. Growth has largely come from international passengers, which grew by 20.3% this quarter.

MPs of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal Secular (JDS) staged a protest on the Parliament premises today, calling for the resignation of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The protest was fueled by allegations of corruption against the Karnataka government, including accusations of misappropriation of funds from the Valmiki Corporation and illegal auctioning of vacant plots by the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA).

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday strongly defended himself in connection with the alleged fraudulent allotment of sites to land losers by Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), including to his wife Parvathi, and asserted that neither he or his family has any role in it.