Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday announced Rs five lakh compensation to next of the kin of women who died following child birth complications in Ballari Medical College and Research Centre.

Bengaluru: Rejecting calls for B Y Vijayendra's ouster as Karnataka BJP president, party national general secretary Radha Mohan Das Agrawal on Saturday said the leadership is not changed based on someone's demand.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Saturday said there won't be any political "witch hunting", while taking action on the recommendations of the Justice Michael D' Cunha Commission, which investigated alleged irregularities in the purchase of equipment and medicines during the Covid-19, when the BJP was in power.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivkumar on Saturday said that no one in the party should talk about any power-sharing "agreement or formula" involving him and CM Siddaramaiah, as he clarified that there was no such a thing.

With the number of maternal deaths in Ballari rising to five, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said action will be taken against the guilty based on the report by an expert committee, headed by the Development Commissioner, inquiring into it.

The Bengaluru city police on Friday told the Karnataka High Court that actor Darshan, the prime accused in the Renukaswamy murder case, had misused his interim bail granted for back surgery, as he had not yet undergone the procedure. They argued that Darshan should be directed to surrender and that his bail should be cancelled.

Nagamma, a 93-year-old woman prisoner granted parole last month following the intervention of Upalokayukta Justice B. Veerappa, passed away a few days after returning home.

The Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka government on Friday approved two key measures that are expected to fetch the exchequer at least Rs 10,818 crore from the mining sector.