Bengaluru: Following the announcement of the "Shakthi" yojana by the Karnataka government, which provides free bus services for women across the state, students in Bengaluru have expressed concerns about decreased bus availability and overcrowding during peak hours.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Monday filed an appeal before the High Court against the dismissal of his petition by a single judge in which he had challenged the sanction accorded by the state government to the CBI for prosecuting him.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday ordered an inquiry into deaths allegedly due to drinking contaminated water recently in Koppal and Raichur district, and warned that the Chief Executive Officers of the Zilla Panchayat will be directly held responsible and suspended if such incidents happen again.

Bengaluru: Taking note of severe drinking water woes in some places due to lack of rain in the last few days, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday chaired a meeting in which he directed district administrations concerned to take immediate measures to ease people's worries.

Chamarajanagar: In a case reported from GP Mallappapuram of Kollegal town, Chamarajanagar district, a 43-year-old man took his own life by hanging at his residence on Sunday, just five days after his wedding.

Kannada film actor and BJP member of the Rajya Sabha Jaggesh, accompanied by his wife, met Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar at a guest house in the city on Monday.

In a devastating incident, a young couple, engaged to be married, lost their lives due to asphyxiation caused by a gas leak from a geyser in their home in Tarabanahalli, Chikkajala. The victims have been identified as Chandrashekhar, a native of Gundlupet, and Sudharani from Gokak. Both were employed at a hotel near Nandi Hills.

Two individuals tragically lost their lives and four others sustained severe injuries when their car collided with a lorry while attempting to overtake it near Vijayapura Gate on National Highway 4, close to Chitradurga, on Monday morning.