P Ravi Kumar, IAS, Chief Secretary, Govt. of Karnataka, the chief guest for the Cyclothon 2022 Bengaluru Chapter, along with Shri A K Tripathi, Executive Director (Southern Region), GAIL (India) Limited flagged off Saksham Cyclothon from Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru on 17th April 2022 (Sunday).

Kalaburagi: A CID team that is investigating the allegations of irregularities in the recruitment of 545 Police Sub-Inspector (PSI) positions in the state, raided the house district BJP leader Divya Hagaragi on Sunday.

Raichur: Local police on Sunday arrested two people including the district coordinator of Sri Rama Sena over charges of giving provocative speeches here in Raichur.

Bengaluru: Karnataka on Sunday recorded 54 fresh COVID-19 cases and zero fatality, taking the total infection to 39,46,369 and the deaths to 40,057 till date, the State Health Department said.

Hospet: BJP national president J P Nadda on Sunday gave a clarion call to the ruling party workers in Karnataka, where assembly elections are due early in 2023, to become an instrument of change and ensure that the country moves forward.

KPCC working presiden Eshwar Khandre on Sunday alleged that the government is yielding to riots and brings sentimental matters to the forefront to hide their failures.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said that there is no need to associate political angle to the stone-pelting incident of Saturday night reported in Hubballi. He said that the incident should be looked at as a law-and-order issue.

 Sri Rama Sena members who were arrested for vandalizing the pushcarts of Muslim vendors outside temple were on Saturday released on bail. The Hindutva organisation celebrated their release by garlanding them while smashing a watermelon to “commemorate” the vandalizing of Nabisaab’s cart.