Bengaluru: Six men who allegedly barged into the house of a rowdy-sheeter’s friend in Rajgopal Nagar when he was there and attacked him with rods and machetes recently, were arrested by the city police on Monday.

Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, urging the transfer of the investigation into the MUDA scam involving Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to central agencies. In his letter, Kumaraswamy expressed concerns over the impartiality of the ongoing probe by the Karnataka Lokayukta, highlighting the involvement of IPS officer M Chandra Sekhar, ADGP SIT in the Lokayukta, whom he accused of being closely aligned with the Congress-led state government.

Facing the Lokayukta police and ED probes on MUDA 'scam', Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Wednesday Mahatma Gandhi's life and thoughts have given him courage, strength and hope in his "current struggle."

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah inaugurated the ‘Kittur Vijayotsava’ celebrations on Wednesday by lighting the ‘Vijaya Jyothi’ outside the Vidhana Soudha. The event honours Rani Chennamma of Kittur and Sangolli Rayanna, both of whom are remembered for their resistance against British colonial rule.

Forest, Ecology and Environment Minister Eshwar Khandre has declared that, in a move to control the number of trekkers in sensitive routes in Karnataka, the Forest Department will launch on Thursday a single website for the purchase of trekking tickets.

The Enforcement Directorate has issued summons to RTI activist Snehamayi Krishna who has complained against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah relating to the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) issue.

In a significant move to address the blood requirements of patients with rare blood groups, the Rotary Bangalore TTK Blood Centre, part of Bangalore Medical Services Trust (BMST), launched a ‘Rare Blood Donor’ program on Tuesday. This initiative, in collaboration with the Karnataka State Blood Transfusion Council, was unveiled by Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on National Voluntary Blood Donation Day.

A BMTC Volvo bus conductor was stabbed by a passenger near the Whitefield police station in Bengaluru after advising him to move away from the footboard for safety reasons.