Kalaburagi: BJP leader Manikanth Rathod was taken into custody by officers of the Chowk Police Station on charges of misrepresenting an injury from a road accident as a case of physical assault by Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge.

Kalaburagi: A 45-year-old engineer with the Gautam Adani-owned cement company ACC in Wadi town of Chittapur taluk allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself on Thursday morning in a state of tension due to alleged mental harassment by the company management officials.

A case was registered against a 32-year-old woman by the city police on Thursday after she sent a hoax threat message to a police officer from her husband's mobile number to take revenge on him for allegedly breaking her cell phone.

A lawyer was hacked to death by an assailant in broad daylight in Kalaburagi, when he was about to leave for court on Thursday, police said.

Belagavi: IT Minister Priyank Kharge declared in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Wednesday the imposition of the Karnataka Goods and Services Tax (Second Amendment) Bill-2023 to levy taxes on casinos, horse racing and online gaming.

Belagavi: Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda has said that teaching Kannada, Mathematics, Science and Social Science will be made compulsory in Madrasas in the state, as the inclusion of additional subjects will help the students remain a part of mainstream society.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday challenged senior BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal to prove his charge that Muslim religious leader Syed Tanveer Hashmi -- with whom he shared the stage earlier this week -- is a sympathiser of terror group ISIS.

 Several currency notes stored in an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) were reduced to ashes after a gang of thieves attempted to break it open using a gas cutter at Nelamangala on the city outskirts on Thursday, police said.