Bengaluru: The Karnataka unit of the BJP on Saturday launched a helpline number to provide legal assistance to the party activists against whom "false cases" are registered by the Congress government in the state.

As the stage is set for the launch of first of the five poll guarantees, Shakti', offering free travel in government buses for women in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday clarified that they can travel up to 20 km inside the border states free of cost and not beyond that.

Members of the Congress city unit held a postal campaign urging the Congress High Command and the Karnataka Congress to give Dr. Yathindra Siddaramaiah the party ticket from Mysuru-Kodagu for the Lok Sabha elections of 2024.

Former Union Minister Dr. Subramanian Swamy has written to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, urging him to form a commission to provide special status to the tribals in Kodagu, as requested by the Kodava National Council members.

Recognising the role of a single male parent in the upbringing of a child, the Karnataka government announced a progressive move on Friday stating that single male government employees will be entitled to avail paternity leave with immediate effect.

Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka on Friday granted an interim stay on the proceedings in a case against Belthangady BJP MLA Harish Poonja for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka on Friday quashed a case registered against Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar during the Mekedatu padayatra for violating COVID-19 guidelines last year.

Bengaluru: Two years after the Chamarajanagar Oxygen tragedy, Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao has announced that a decision has been made to conduct a re-investigation into the matter, which led to the death of 36 people during the COVID-19 pandemic.