Bengaluru: The Congress in Karnataka on Friday launched a sarcasm-laced campaign alleging that the Modi government’s gift to Karnataka was ‘Chombu’ – Kannada for a round water pot.

The murder of the daughter of a city Corporation Councillor on the campus of her college here has sparked widespread condemnation and protests.

Two former BJP MLAs Malikayya Guttedar and Sharada Mohan Shetty on Friday joined the Congress, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

Fakira Dingaleshwar Swami of Shirahatti Fakkireshwar Math, who is contesting the Lok Sabha polls, has declared assets worth over Rs 9.74 crore.

 In a shocking incident, unknown assailants brutally murdered four individuals, including the son of Gadag-Betageri City Municipal Council president Sunanda Bakale, late on Thursday night. The victims have been identified as Kartik Bakale (27), Parashuram (55), Lakshmi (45), and Akanksha (17), all residents of Koppal.

Hubballi (Karnataka): The daughter of a Congress Corporator was stabbed to death by her acquaintance inside BVB college campus here on Thursday after she allegedly rejected his proposal, police said.

Shivamogga (Karnataka): JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Thursday said 2024 will herald an era of a new change in Karnataka politics and his party and the BJP will again form a government in the state in the future, as in 2006.

Bengaluru: In a case of double murder in Bengaluru, a 24-year-old woman was allegedly stabbed to death by her acquaintance who later died on the spot after he was hit with a stone by the woman's mother at Jayanagar area here on Thursday, police said.