Bengaluru: The state government has passed an order appointing office bearers to Karnataka Sahitya Academy on Saturday. 

Bengaluru: Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation on Saturday said it has released Rs 84 crores to pay their staff dearness allowance arrears, leave encashment and gratuity, officials said. The moves came on the directions of Karnataka Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy, they said.

Senior BJP leader K S Eshwarappa on Friday announced that he will contest as an independent candidate from the Shimoga seat in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, blaming party veteran and former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa for his son K E Kantesh being denied a ticket for the Haveri constituency.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi would formally kickstart the BJP's Lok Sabha election campaign in Karnataka on Saturday from Congress President M Mallikarjun Kharge's home turf - Kalaburagi.

Haveri: Former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday during a press conference in the city asserted that he had not deceived Former Deputy Chief Minister Eshwarappa and that he had asked the high command to give ticket to Kantesh in view of social justice. He further clarified that he agreed to contest after the high command’s instructions.

Bengaluru: Minister for Infrastructure Development M B Patil said that the railway officials have been convinced to reduce the duration of Bangalore-Bagalkota-Vijayapura train journey from 14 hours to 10 hours. He was addressing the media at Khanija Bhavana, Bengaluru, on Friday after a meeting with the officials of Department of Infrastructure Development and the Southwestern Railway to discuss on the slow progress of 9 cost sharing railway projects in the state.

BENGALURU: A 37-year-old woman from Uzbekistan was found dead in a hotel under suspicious circumstances in the city, police said on Friday.

Senior Karnataka politician and former Deputy Chief Minister, KS Eshwarappa, declared his intention to contest independently from the Shivamogga constituency in the forthcoming general elections. Eshwarappa made this announcement during a meeting held at the Banjara community hall in the city on Friday.