Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka has directed the Chief Commissioner of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), and Secretary of e-Governance “to come up with a system of verifying the identification of the person who is dead on the basis of e-KYC like usage of Aadhaar.” This was necessary, the HC said, “so that no error occurs in the details which are entered firstly by the hospital and secondly while issuing the death certificate.”.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Bar Council has suspended the enrolment of a 46-year-old advocate from Bengaluru for alleged sexual harassment of a junior in his office and referred the matter to a Disciplinary Committee.

Mysuru: A 48-year-old woman was killed in a tiger attack in a village in Hediyala Range of Bandipur Tiger Reserve on Friday, officials said.

Bengaluru: Bengaluru Police have registered an FIR against National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Chairman Priyank Kanoongo over alleged trespassing into an orphanage and stating that the children there are living a "medieval Taliban life", officials said on Friday.

Defending his cabinet's move to withdraw approval for the CBI probe against Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar in a disproportionate assets case, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said, the sanction given by the previous BJP government is illegal.

Refraining from offering a direct comment, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Friday said he has seen media reports about the state cabinet holding the view that the sanction given by the previous BJP government to the CBI to investigate a disproportionate assets case against him was "not in accordance with law."

The Karnataka cabinet on Thursday held that the previous BJP government's decision to accord sanction to the CBI to prosecute Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar in a disproportionate assets case against him was not in accordance with law.

Karnataka BJP President B Y Vijayendra on Thursday said he is trying to win the trust of everyone and address 'minor issues' amongst some leaders, amid indications that his appointment to the post did not go down well with a section of the party.