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Federation of Karnataka Farmers' Associations call for protest outside MPs' offices on Sept 4 to condemn their silence on Cauvery & Mahadayi disputes. Farmers to submit representation after demonstration. Also demand quality power, protection of crops & cattle, & higher FRP for sugarcane.

Police arrest conman posing as Deputy Superintendent of Police in Karnataka Lokayukta. Accused Vishal Patil and associate targeted officers, threatened them with case file, demanded bribes. Vidhana Soudha Police took up probe on complaint. Suspect many officers may have paid up.

“We are now getting requests from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and Odisha too. While organ donation is picking up in Karnataka, awareness about the concept of skin donation is yet to catch up,” said K.T. Ramesh, Head of the Department of Plastic Surgery in Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI).

The High Court of Karnataka on Friday, September 1, declared as null and void the election of Prajwal Revanna of Janata Dal (Secular) from Hassan Lok Sabha constituency in the general elections held in May 2019 for indulging in corrupt practices during the poll process.

Ramesh Babu, Deputy Conservator of Forests of Chikkamagaluru division, informed The Hindu that Kadur RFO registered the FIR against J. Umesh in connection with grant of vast tracts of forest land at Emmedoddi

Top news developments in Karnataka on September 1, 2023

Division, 74, of the Hakki Pikki tribe, holds a land title deed to a two-acre plot given by the Karnataka govt. after six decades of struggle. The Wildlife Act, 1972, and BNP's declaration as a National Park led to criminalisation of these communities. Activist Madhu Bhushan found a 1962 document…

Karnataka has invited the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) to visit the reservoirs across the Cauvery in the State to understand the ground reality and know the water distress that is being faced.

The career growth prospects among Karnataka Administrative Service (KAS) officers in Karnataka is “very bleak” as only 56.8% of KAS officers are promoted to the IAS cadre, as against 93% of the same cadre officers in neighbouring Tamil Nadu.