Hassan: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday wondered whether being a prime minister means becoming a dictator, hours after his predecessor B S Yediyurappa accused him of making "irresponsible" comments about the Narendra Modi government.

Bengaluru: The Bengaluru for Justice and Peace organization in a release on Tuesday strongly condemned India’s abstention in the UNGA to vote for a truce. “It is condemnable that India decided to abstain from voting in the UNGA for an immediate, sustainable and durable humanitarian truce.”

Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday took a serious note of the shortage of doctors and medical staff in state-run hospitals and initiated public interest litigation (PIL) on this matter on its own.

Bengaluru: A computer science graduate has been arrested for allegedly stealing 133 laptops, 19 mobile phones, and four tablets worth Rs 75 lakh from paying guest accommodations of IT employees in the city, Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayananda said on Tuesday.

Chikkamagaluru: A 14-year-old girl died after collapsing suddenly on Saturday morning at the Kittur Rani Chennamma Residential School in Sokke village of Ajjampura taluk.

Taking a dig at BJP's state-wide drought study tour, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday asked the opposition party to approach the Central government and ensure that the state gets the relief funds at the earliest.

Karnataka Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara on Tuesday said Rudragouda D Patil whose name has figured in the First Division Assistant recruitment test scam, has escaped to Maharashtra, and police have been directed to catch him wherever he was holed up.

Veteran politician and former minister D B Chandre Gowda, who vacated his Lok Sabha seat for former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi that allowed her to stage a political comeback post Emergency in 1978, passed away at his residence in Daradahalli in Mudigere taluk in the district, during the early hours of Tuesday, due to age-related ailments.