Accusing the BJP government in Karnataka of curtailing the legislature session by a day for Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visit, Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah on Thursday said, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai lacks guts to ask him not to come during the session.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said services of the remaining 30,867 "Pourakarmikas" (civic workers) working in the State will be regularised in the coming days.

Mysuru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's brother Prahlad Modi and family members, who were undergoing treatment at a hospital here after sustaining injuries in a road accident, on Wednesday left for Ahmedabad following their recovery.

Belagavi (K'taka): The Karnataka government on Wednesday said it would appeal to the Central government for its approval to rehabilitate thousands of families displaced by a power project in Shivamogga district.

Belagavi (K'taka): The Opposition Leader in the Karnataka Assembly on Wednesday Siddaramaiah (Congress) took a dig at the ruling BJP in the State and the Centre by saying that the farm crisis continues while the promised doubling of income for the farmers has not seen the light of day.

Belagavi (K'taka): BJP National General Secretary C T Ravi on Wednesday said his party will be giving a special focus on the 'Old Mysuru' region in the runup to 2023 assembly polls in Karnataka, as the party has realised that without winning the confidence of people in the region, it cannot get majority.

 A group of miscreants attacked the St Mary's Church in town on Tuesday evening and destroyed several equipment as well as the idol of Infant Jesus in the church.

Veteran Congress MLA and former Karnataka minister Raghunath Vishwanath Deshpande on Wednesday won the Best MLA Legislator Award.