Arjuna is dead. When I first saw the news of the death of this majestic elephant, there was a sense of sorrow.

Political veteran SM Krishna, as Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1999 to 2004, set up the Bangalore Agenda Task Force - a public-private partnership that included the likes of Infosys Co-founder Nandan Nilekani.

They both have that political X Factor, leadership quality, and political ambition.

When Karnataka politicians say the party is like their family, they could well mean it.

When former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy of the Janata Dal (Secular) mentions the BJP and the Congress - he often clubs them together and refers to them as "the national parties".

Kannada film stars - the ones at the top of their game - seem to be more interested in sticking to their day job. Perhaps they prefer to deal with the uncertainty of the Friday first day first show rather than the rough & tumble of electoral politics

For thousands of travelers, it will just be a new road - no memories attached. As the years go by, fewer people will remember that tree-shaded road. As toll roads take over, time takes its toll.

Elections are months away in Karnataka and the ruling BJP faces a January deadline to increase quota for the Vokkaliga community in jobs and education.

Late night, September 1. The police in Chitradurga, Karnataka, moved in to arrest a man charged with the rape of two minor girls. The police had put in place considerable security before the arrest - including barricades and extra personnel.

Video of Sunder being tortured by mahout went viral in 2013; campaign to free him saw push from Amitabh Bachchan to Pamela Anderson to Paul McCartney

When you think of the BJP in Karnataka - the first name and face that comes to mind for many is that of BS Yediyurappa. The powerful leader from the dominant Lingayat community was the very first BJP chief minister in the south of India.

"It is not a typical ambitious cliched kind of film," said Kichcha Sudeep

"He's more of family to me. His support will always be there," said Kichcha Sudeep

"Him tweeting in Hindi was something that probably they thought that we understand," said Kichcha Sudeep

Sirisha Bandla remembers the moment she learnt that she was fascinated by space. It was as a little girl, growing up in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district.

Karnataka agriculturalist, Ayyappa Masagi has been working out ways to best use rainfall and is keen to share what he has learnt over the decades. He says that with good rainwater usage farmers can have more control over the success of their crops.

Rainwater - a pure and natural form of water - is the only water used in the home of A R Shivakumar and his family in Bengaluru.

Where have all the sparrows gone? Bengaluru's Edwin Joseph misses them - and has been doing all he can to make sure they remain daily visitors to his house in the city.

The old slogan 'Unity in Diversity' needs to be revived in spirit - for languages too. And for that, there needs to be a respect for all the languages in this incredible country. No language is more equal than any other.

KS Eshwarappa, a Karnataka BJP leader, has shot to national prominence, but not in a good way. "Mr 40% Cut Money" is among the labels assigned to him after a contractor, who allegedly died by suicide, accused him of demanding kickbacks.

After the confrontation over Muslim students wearing hijab on campus, the latest flashpoint in Karnataka seems to be halal meat.

A 160-year-old church in Karnataka's Chikkaballapur was found vandalised by unknown people. A police complaint has been filed by the church authorities. The incident at Karnataka's newest district formed in 2007 after carving it out from Kolar.

Karnataka has asked officials to trace, track and quarantine primary and secondary contacts of Covid patients in the state in a fresh notification issued by the state's health department.

The contentious anti-conversion bill was tabled in the Karnataka assembly on Tuesday despite concerns raised by the opposition and Christian leaders over its potential misuse to target religious minorities.