Sagay Raj

Senior Congress leaders met in Delhi to finalise Karnataka's cabinet expansion schedule. The delayed decision underlines the party's effort to balance caste, religion and regional interests.

CWMA upheld the order directing Karnataka to ensure 3,500 cusecs at Biligundlu for 15 days. Karnataka said it will appeal, as Tamil Nadu pressed for even higher releases.

The 19-year-old left-wing student leader claimed that he was speaking on the phone and walking home after dinner when four bike-borne men in masks intercepted him and struck his right leg with a wooden log.

At an all-party meeting on the Cauvery dispute, DK Shivakumar lauded what he described as the tendency of Karnataka's people to set aside political differences in order to protect the state's interests.

A rain-triggered landslide buried a migrant worker's shed in Shivamogga, killing three family members. The incident left another worker seriously injured and prompted a police investigation.

A five-year-old boy died after choking on a plastic toy ball that was found inside a Kurkure packet in Karnataka's Mysuru district, police said.

Candidates alleged that the question papers, scheduled to be distributed at 10.30 am, were handed out nearly 30 minutes late. They also claimed there were mismatches between the question papers and OMR sheets, while some aspirants received only one of the two.

An 80-year-old retired engineer died after getting trapped beneath a lift at Dattatreya Swamy Temple in Karnataka's Shivamogga during Sunday morning prayers.

After an all-party meeting, DK Shivakumar urged parties and Kannada groups not to call a bandh over the Cauvery dispute.

DK Shivakumar said Siddaramaiah missed the Karnataka cabinet swearing-in as he was busy with birthday engagements. He rejected talk of confusion over cabinet formation and urged excluded leaders to remain patient.