Umesh Katti

Karnataka minister Umesh Katti died of a heart attack late on Tuesday. Mr Katti was in charge of the forest, food, civil supplies and consumers affairs departments.

The government is not thinking or planning to propose a separate state of North Karnataka, state Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai assured on Thursday.

Amid rising Covid cases and several government restrictions in place, Karnataka Minister Umesh Katti, who was seen without wearing a mask at a public event, refused to do so claiming that PM Modi had said "it is individual's responsibility".

A farmer's query about cuts in PDS rice allotment has led to a harsh, insensitive response from a minister in Karnataka. Umesh Katti, the state's Food and Civil Supplies Minister, lashed out when a farmer quizzed him.

Senior Karnataka BJP lawmaker Umesh Katti Wednesday claimed he was in touch with 15 disgruntled legislators of ruling Congress-JD(S) coalition and his party would welcome them if they chose to join it.

Karnataka Horticulture Minister Umesh Katti said on Monday that that the state government would ban the commercial cultivation of Bt Brinjal in the state.

Karnataka minister Umesh Katti died of a heart attack late on Tuesday. Mr Katti was in charge of the forest, food, civil supplies and consumers affairs departments.

The government is not thinking or planning to propose a separate state of North Karnataka, state Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai assured on Thursday.

Amid rising Covid cases and several government restrictions in place, Karnataka Minister Umesh Katti, who was seen without wearing a mask at a public event, refused to do so claiming that PM Modi had said "it is individual's responsibility".

A farmer's query about cuts in PDS rice allotment has led to a harsh, insensitive response from a minister in Karnataka. Umesh Katti, the state's Food and Civil Supplies Minister, lashed out when a farmer quizzed him.

Senior Karnataka BJP lawmaker Umesh Katti Wednesday claimed he was in touch with 15 disgruntled legislators of ruling Congress-JD(S) coalition and his party would welcome them if they chose to join it.

Karnataka Horticulture Minister Umesh Katti said on Monday that that the state government would ban the commercial cultivation of Bt Brinjal in the state.