Concerning the news that Former Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy is setting up a new regional party Kalyana Rajya Pragati Paksha (KRPP) before the state elections next year, his brother G. Somashekhar Reddy has said, “My brother is not quitting the BJP or starting a new party”.

In the background of demands by Hindutva groups to formulate new laws against Love Jihad, the Minister for Home Affairs Araga Jnanendra said that the anti-conversion law consisted of sections that additionally aimed to prevent ‘Love Jihad’. Therefore, a special law to prevent it is not required, he informed. 

In an apparent suicide, a mother jumped into a canal with her two daughters on Tuesday evening at the Ukkali village in Basavanabaagevadi Taluk in the district. 

Bengaluru: Preparing for the assembly elections, Karnataka Congress president D K Shivakumar on Tuesday invited Kannadiga Non Resident Indians (NRIs) to share their suggestions for the party's manifesto ''Global Karnataka, Better Karnataka''.

Bengaluru: A man in Bengaluru shot a man who was trying trespass and attempt robbery at his house in the wee hours of Tuesday here under the Sampigehalli Police Station’s jurisdiction.

Bengaluru: In a freak incident of theft reported in Bengaluru, the thieves made away with the cash dispensing machine from ATM center here under the jurisdiction of Bellandur Police Station.

Bengaluru: A 30-year-old man was on Tuesday mowed down by a BMTC Bus here under the jurisdiction of Peenya Police Station in the city.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Tuesday constituted a five-member cabinet sub-committee to make recommendations on providing internal reservation for Scheduled Castes (SC).