Seven individuals belonging to a higher caste have been booked for an atrocity case in Yeslur, Sakleshpur. The case involves the destruction of coffee and banana plants cultivated by a Dalit family, coupled with caste-based insults hurled at the family.

In an incident reported on Monday night, a government officer, identified as Naveen Kumar, who serves as the secretary of the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) in Sullia, faced public criticism for driving erratically and dangerously on the national highway near Arambur in the taluk.

The parents of a woman from Hebbatta village of the taluk, who recently killed her child and committed suicide, have filed a complaint with the Srinivaspur Police officers, as the body of the child was exhumed from the burial ground on the outskirts of the village, giving rise to suspicion of indulgence in sorcery.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said the government would unveil a revised biotech policy at the Bengaluru Tech Summit-2023, an annual global tech event which took off here.

The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday allowed Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar to withdraw his appeal against a single judge order over the issue of sanction to the CBI to prosecute him in assets case.

Bengaluru: Even as deliberations are on to finalise the appointment of Congress legislators and workers to key positions in various state-run boards and corporations, some senior leaders have expressed discontent, with Home Minister G Parameshwara openly saying he was not consulted.

Bengaluru: An infant trafficking racket has been busted in the city with the arrest of seven people, Bengaluru police commissioner B Dayananda said on Tuesday, adding that the involvement of doctors is suspected.

The Karnataka government's annual global Bengaluru Tech Summit (BTS) will begin on Wednesday, bringing together tech leaders, startups, investors and research labs from 30-plus countries.