Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah inaugurated the 'Pallakki' non-A/C sleeper luxury bus of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) on the premises of the Vidhana Soudha in the city on Saturday.

With pressure mounting on his government to make public the state's socio-economic and educational census, popularly known as the 'caste census', Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said a decision will be taken once he receives the report next month.
The CM's statement comes days after the Bihar government released data of its caste survey.

Two female students and a professor were injured after they were knocked down allegedly by a car driven by another teacher inside the campus of Maharani Cluster University here on Saturday morning, police said.

Shivamogga Rural Police have filed a suo motu case against Sangh Parivar leader Arun Kumar Puthila for making a provocative statement at Ragigudda, in direct violation of the prohibitory orders enforced by the police in the town.

In a twist of events, The Principal Secretary to the Government (Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms), Munish Maudgil on Friday in an letter to all Government Secretaries directed the immediate withdrawal of the order directing to provide information pertaining to RTI applicants seeking large amount of information during the quarter period. 

The Karnataka Health Department has directed all government hospitals to provide Anti-Rabies Vaccine (ARV) and Rabies Immunoglobulin (RIG) free of cost as per requirement for all animal bite victims, irrespective of APL or BPL card.

In the midst of a heated poster war on the micro-blogging site 'X', KPCC General Secretary Y. Puttaraju filed an official complaint with the cybercrime police station central division in Bengaluru on Friday. Puttaraju demanded strict action against the BJP's 'X' account, accusing it of posting defamatory remarks using Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's portrait.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday termed the BJP-JD(S) alliance for next year's Lok Sabha elections as "unholy" and questioned the secular credentials of the Janata Dal (Secular) after joining hands with a "communal party".