Bengaluru: Former BJP MLA from Hiriyur assembly constituency, Poornima Srinivas, along with her supporters, officially joined the Congress party here at the KPCC office on Monday.

A 20-year-old youth died a day after he attempted suicide by consuming fertiliser after his grandfather allegedly refused to buy him a new mobile phone, police said on Friday.

The Karnataka government has constituted nine new vision groups under the chairmanship of Large and Medium Industries Minister M B Patil to promote sectoral industrial growth, identify lucrative investment opportunities and recommend interventions to enhance the state’s appeal to potential investors.

In a recent development, BJP District President H.C. Kalmarudappa issued an order expelling Municipal Council President Varasiddi Venugopal from the party citing anti-party activities.

Sampigehalli Police officers have arrested a woman, who had filed a complaint that her husband was missing but had murdered her husband with the help of an accomplice and dumped his body in a pit.

The Karnataka cabinet has given its consent to declare 21 more taluks as drought hit, taking the total number of such taluks to 216. As such, it has claimed a total relief of Rs 5,326.87 crore from the Centre, the state's Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs H K Patil said on Thursday.
Karnataka has a total of 236 taluks in 31 districts.

In a horrifying incident in Makodu village, Periyapatna taluk, a 30-year-old man identified as Ganesh allegedly drowned his 18-month-old son in the waters of the village lake.

People traveling in a private bus were seriously injured as the bus toppled on the road after the driver lost control on the National Highway near Pala village in Hubballi taluk on Thursday morning.