Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said with the Centre delaying drought relief, the state government has decided to pay the first instalment of crop loss compensation, of up to Rs 2,000 per farmer, as immediate relief.

Bengaluru: In a stringent action, the Karnataka government on Thursday issued orders for a CID probe into cases of prenatal sex determination and murder across various districts of the state.

Bengaluru: A day after the Bengaluru Police denied permission for a program scheduled at Rangashankara in the city, aimed to protest against Israel's recent actions in Palestine. ‘Jagrutha Nagarikaru Karnataka’ organisation has written a letter to the Karnataka Chief Minister Siddharmaih condemning the ban.

Bengaluru: The city CCB Police arrested a foreign national and two individuals from Odisha on charges of trafficking drugs. Simultaneously, police have also seized drugs worth Rs 50 lakhs from the possession of the accused.

Chamrajnagar: Residents of Gundlupet town in the district have outraged against the Municipality for its failure to address the continued stray pig menace at several pockets of the town, raising fear of infectious diseases.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said 188 additional Indira Canteens, which offers food at subsidised rates, will be started this year, for the benefit of the people.

Landowners or developers of a layout will not have any right over roads and other services once they relinquish control over it to the civic bodies, the Karnataka High Court said, upholding a judgement of a single judge bench. The Upkar Residences had filed a petition before the single judge bench against Pabba Reddy Kodandarami Reddy of Sree Lakshmi Venkateshwara Towers, Outer Ring Road, Bellandur seeking right of ingress and egress of the public in the approved layout.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday flagged off 262 new modern, life-saving ambulances here to be inducted into the Arogya Kavacha-108 programme, under which people in need of emergency medical services vehicles can book these vehicles free of charge.