Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) President H D Deve Gowda on Monday announced the formation of a core committee of the party led by Chamundeshwari MLA G T Devegowda to draw an action plan for the Lok Sabha elections.

The Karnataka government will launch on Wednesday a scheme offering Rs 2,000 monthly financial assistance to more than one crore women who are heads of their households, in the presence of AICC president M Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the district headquarters town of Mysuru, officials said on Monday.

Bengaluru: In a significant move towards promoting education accessibility, the Muslim Educational Institutions Federation (MEIF) announced on Sunday that a well-regarded university in Bengaluru has extended a generous offer of free seats to deserving, meritorious, and economically disadvantaged students.

Bengaluru: As the Congress government in Karnataka completed 100 days, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday sought people's cooperation to lead the "chariot of development" along with the execution of the five election guarantees.

Mysuru: Four members of a family were found dead in their rented home here on Sunday afternoon, police said.

A 40-year-old man died on the spot after a KSRTC bus collided with the two-wheeler he was traveling on as pillion rider near the New Bus Stand on Gokul Road in the city.

 In an incident of alleged honour killing, a man in Totli village of Kolar taluk murdered his teenage daughter for loving a youngster belonging to a different caste. The man father has been taken into custody by the local police.

 A 23-year-old rape accused escaped from the Davanagere Sub-jail on Saturday afternoon by climbing the compound walls of the prison, although the escapade was captured on the CCTV camera installed.