Chikkaballapura (K'taka): A class 9 student of a government residential school was eight months pregnant when she gave birth to a baby boy at a hospital here, police said on Thursday, following which a case of rape under the IPC and POCSO has been registered.

Belagavi (Karnataka): Seven men were arrested and two minors apprehended in a case of moral policing in which they allegedly assaulted two cousins whom they mistook to be an interfaith couple, in Belagavi, police said on Thursday.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has written to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh requesting him to allow the state to showcase its tableau themed 'Brand Bengaluru' in the Republic Day parade at 'Kartavya Path' this year.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister N S Boseraju on Thursday raised concerns over "unscientific removal" of silt in lakes under the jurisdiction of the state's minor irrigation department and directed officials to immediately take stringent action to put an end to it.

 The carcass of a tiger was found in a coffee plantation in Kottageri village of Balele hobli, Ponnampet taluk, and the forest officers have opined that the wild cat died of exhaustion.

Karnataka Ministers on Thursday headed to New Delhi to attend a meeting convened by the central leadership of the Congress to discuss strategies for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in the State.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday endorsed the Congress high command's decision not to attend the consecration ceremony of Ram temple in Ayodhya, saying the BJP has turned a religious event into a political affair.

Assuring that the Karnataka government would come up with a new clean mobility policy, Large and Medium Industries Minister M B Patil on Wednesday invited the Japanese delegation to consider investing in the sector.