An Anganwadi helper, Teja, allegedly faced caste abuse while conducting a dengue awareness campaign in Mathasagar village, Sakleshpur taluk. The incident led to the filing of a case against Kumaraswamy and his wife, Shruti, at the city police station.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Friday dismissed any rumours of "adjustment politics" in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, and said that Congress party workers fought the election hard.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said an appeal will be filed against the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee's (CWRC) directive to the State to release one tmcft of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu daily till the end of this month.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's economic advisor Basavaraj Rayareddi has said that huge allocations to the five guarantees of the state government have made it difficult to get funds for developmental works.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Friday adjourned to July 26 hearing on a petition filed by former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa seeking quashing of a POCSO case against him, and exempted the veteran BJP leader from personally appearing before a Bengaluru court in connection with the matter on July 15.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Friday said there was no need for the Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe into alleged financial irregularities in a state-run corporation, as the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the state government was already on the job.

The BJP on Friday accused the Congress government in Karnataka of diverting the fund meant for the welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to fulfil the guarantees promised by Rahul Gandhi during the state elections. Addressing a press conference, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said what the Congress government is doing in Karnataka is in violation of the Constitution and demanded action.

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday took former Minister B Nagendra into custody, as part of a money-laundering probe linked to the alleged irregularities in the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Limited, official sources said.