Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday appointed senior Congress MLAs B R Patil and Basavaraj Rayareddy, who have been critical about the government's functioning in the past, as his advisor and economic advisor respectively, with cabinet ranking, in a move that is said to be aimed at quelling discontent within the ruling party.

 Suspended from college, a first-year hotel management student died by suicide after allegedly consuming sleeping pills here, police said on Friday.

Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Friday said the BJP national leadership will decide whether to take action against senior party MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, who has been publicly making statements and allegations against party's state leaders.

The skeletal remains of five members of a family were recovered from a house in Chitradurga district in Karnataka, police said Friday.

During the hearing of a petition seeking the quashing of the case against Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat for making derogatory remarks about Muslim women, the government's lawyer informed the High Court on Thursday that there is no intention to arrest Prabhakar Bhatt.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said the government would introduce an ordinance to ensure that 60 per cent of space on signboards and name plates is dedicated to Kannada, with the rest left to any other language. The ordinance will come into effect on February 28, 2024.

Archbishop Peter Machado, the head of the Archdiocese of Bangalore, expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Christmas celebrations held at the PM's residence in New Delhi with religious leaders of the Christian community. In an issued press release on Thursday, the Archbishop conveyed thanks on behalf of the entire Christian community while also urging the Prime Minister's attention to the escalating problems faced by the community, particularly in Manipur.