Bengaluru: Seeking clarification, Karnataka Governor has sent back to the government a bill that sought to collect funds from temples with over Rs 10 lakh annual income, citing that a case concerning the earlier related act and amendments made to it is still pending in Supreme Court.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday condemned Prime Minister Narendra Modi led union government’s action of freezing the Congress party’s bank accounts. Calling it an act of, ‘abuse of power and an authoritarian move to punish the opposition parties,” He urged the Election Commission to direct the central government to withdraw its action immediately .

BENGALURU: Metro Rail services were briefly disrupted after a 19-year-old college student died by allegedly jumping in front of a moving train that arrived at Attihuppe station here on Thursday, officials said.

Amid state government’s push to introduce State Education Policy (SEP) from the upcoming academic year, replacing the National Education Policy (NEP) revoked in 2023, College students in the city have voiced concerns over complications navigating through the Unified University and College Management System Portal (UUCMS). Many students also termed using the portal an ‘arduous task’.

Madikeri: Kushalnagar Taluk, a tourist car en route to Dubare was attacked by a wild elephant near Valnuru Thyagathur on Thursday here in the Kodagu district.

A 35-year-old man, Mada, was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Kattakal Podu village of Hanur taluk in the district.

The Congress government in Karnataka has "sacrificed" the drinking water needs of the state's farmers and citizens for the "selfish" coalition politics of INDIA alliance, state BJP President B Y Vijayendra alleged on Thursday, following DMK's promise to stop construction of Mekedatu dam in its manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls.

An FIR has been registered against former minister CT Ravi in the Chikkamagaluru city police station for posting hateful content on social media.