Bengaluru: In preparation for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, BY Vijayendra, the State President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), issued a directive on Thursday appointing 11 members as spokespersons, with former MLC Ashwath Narayan named as the chief spokesperson.

Bengaluru: A first-year engineering student shot himself dead with a licensed pistol of his father at his residence here, police said on Thursday.

Bengaluru: As part of its ongoing effort to redefine connecting people' in the online era, the Karnataka Postal Circle will be reviving its annual state-level philatelic exhibition, which was last held in 2019 in Mangaluru.

Bengaluru: Bengaluru has witnessed a significant increase in crime against women in 2023 with the city police registering 3,260 cases including 1,135 related to molestation, shows official data.

Bengaluru: V Sunil Kumar, the BJP State General Secretary, was taken into custody by Sadashiva Nagar Police in Bengaluru during a solo protest staged against the arrest of Srikanth Pujari. Pujari was apprehended in connection with a three-decade-old incident of violence in Hubballi following the Babri Masjid demolition.

Bengaluru: The BJP in Karnataka on Thursday launched a campaign, 'I'm also a Karsevak, Arrest Me Too' as it stepped up its protests in several parts of the State over the recent arrest of a Hindu activist in connection with a 31-year-old case related to the Ram Janmabhoomi agitation.

Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday took cognizance of a newspaper report on prevalence of manual scavenging in the state and termed it as a "shame on humanity".

Bengaluru: Lavanya Ballal Jain, a spokesperson for the Congress party, has become the target of online trolling after a heated TV debate with BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla. The incident occurred during a live interview where Poonawalla made comments on Jain's name, leading to a sharp exchange between the two.