A special court on Thursday granted a conditional bail to Karnataka Energy Minister DK Shivakumar for allegedly destroying evidence in three income tax evasion cases. Economic Offences Wing Court judge Justice MS Alva granted conditional bail to Shivakumar on Rs 1 lakh personal bond and Rs 25,000

Since Congress president Rahul Gandhi has started campaigning for his party in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will definitely lose power, State unit in-charge of Bharatiya Janata Party Muralidhar Rao has said. Addressing a gathering at the State-level Golla (Yadava) convention held on the

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the inclusion of the communities 'Parivara' and 'Talawara' in the list of Scheduled Tribes (STs) in Karnataka. "This will fulfil the long term demand of 'Parivara' and Talawara' communities for granting Scheduled Tr

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has awarded Rs 6,212.76 crore contracts to Dilip Buildcon Ltd for widening the Bangalore-Mysore section of NH-275 in Karnataka. The projects include six-laning of 56 km stretch of Bangalore-Nidagatta section on National Highway 275 for Rs 3447.33 cr

BENGALURU, MARCH 21: Former Union minister M Veerappa Moily, who was also chief minister of Karnataka, has been tasked with preparing the Congress’ manifesto for the upcoming Assembly elections in the State. In an interview with BusinessLine, Moily spoke of the Congress government’s performance, the

Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018 is one of the most keenly awaited electoral battles of 2018. Here the two national parties the Indian National Congress (INC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will go head to head against each other and against the regional heavy weight Janta Dal Secular JD(S).

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being hypocritical in dealing with corruption. Gandhi made the statement at a campaign rally in Chikmaglur district in poll-bound Karnataka. “He comes here and speaks of corruption,” Gandhi said. “But his own par

BENGALURU: From the academic year 2018-19, minority educational institutions will be allowed to admit 25% students belonging to religious as well as linguistic minority communities, and they can hail from any of these minority communities. The state government has recently amended the rules in the K

In what raises questions of propriety and process, Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court Justice Dinesh Maheshwari has this month started an enquiry on a complaint directly forwarded to him by the Union Law Ministry against P Krishna Bhat, Principal District and Sessions Judge. Bhat had been cleared

BENGALURU: The state cabinet’s decision to accord minority status to Lingayats has triggered a debate in political circles, whether it will yield political dividends or boomerang on the Congress, amid allegations that the ruling party is driving a wedge in the community. The community constitutes 17

A 28-year-old teacher was kidnapped by three persons in a car near her apartment on Sunday night and assaulted before she was left on the roadside near Kasavanahalli in an unconscious state in the early hours of Monday. The victim, who sustained multiple injuries, has been admitted to St John's h

In a move that will have a bearing on the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections, the Siddaramaiah-led Cabinet on Monday decided to write to the Centre to grant religious minority status to the Lingayat community. The decision came on the basis of the Nagamohan Das committee report and was taken afte

BENGALURU: The Janata Dal (S) headed by former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda is trying every trick in the book -- legal, persuasion, bluster, bargain -- to try to get its candidate B M Farook elected to the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka on March 23. There are four vacancies from Karnataka, after two

The investigation wing of the Income Tax Department will set up dedicated teams headed by deputy directors in each district of Karnataka in the run-up to the Legislative Assembly elections to curb the use of money power. Highlighting the department’s plans, B.R. Balakrishnan, Director-General, In

Karwar, Karnataka: Those who run from pillar to post to get their Voter Identity Card may not believe this. Getting that all important card is not an easy job in many parts of India. In election-bound Karnataka, the district administration in Uttara Kannada is diving into deep sea water to give o

BENGALURU: Bengaluru Railway Division went ahead and empowered its women staffers in the eyes of the world by setting up Karnataka’s first all-women railway station at Banaswadi on March 8. But just under ten days, the women staffers are terrified about working there. The reason: Let alone the ab

Union Minister for Agriculture Radhamohan Singh told the Parliament yesterday (16 March) that farmer suicides in Karnataka in 2016 have gone up by 32 per cent compared to the previous years, reports Deccan Herald. Quoting statistics from the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), Singh said that 2,079

The Karnataka government, under the leadership of its Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah had set up a committee in July 2017 to examine if the state could have its own flag, but had received major flak from the central government. The following is from a blog post that Siddaramaiah has put up on Facebook,