BENGALURU: Adding to the list of ministerial aspirants in the Congress-JD(S) coalition government, 11 new members have been elected to the Karnataka Legislative Council. Five candidates of the BJP, four from Congress and two from JD(S) were elected unopposed on Monday in the biennial elections to th

Bengaluru: Revenge takes many forms, based on the level of spite one harbours in their heart. A man was arrested by Cyber Crime police on Saturday, June 2, for allegedly uploading indecent doctored images of his wife along with her phone number, to "teach her a lesson". The man, identified as Vin

BENGALURU: The transport department on Saturday issued notices to cab aggregators Ola and Uber for charging time-based fare in violation of rules. While the revised tariff structure for taxis, which came into effect in January, prohibits cab companies from charging on the basis of time, the aggre

BENGALURU:  Karnataka deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara said today that no talks have been held so far between his party and Janata Dal (Secular) over seat-sharing for the general elections, which both the parties have decided to contest as a pre-poll alliance. Speaking to reporters here prior

BENGALURU:  Rubbishing reports that JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda had a say in ministry formation and portfolio allocation in the JDS-Congress cabinet, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy today said he had only given the nod to finalising the portfolio list. "I have come across media reports

Karnataka 2nd PUC supplementary exam has been postponed by 21 days. The exam which was supposed to begin on June 8, 2018 will now commence from June 29, 2018. The exam will now continue till July 10, 2018. 'The supplementary exams have been postponed because on June 8, the elections for members of l

Udupi : Three Bajrang Dal activists have been arrested in connection with the suspicious death of cattle trader Hussainabba (62) near a coffee plant in Perdoor on May 30, 2018. Acting on a tip-off that the Bajrang Dal activists had absconded to Ballari here the Udupi police contacted the Ballari

Bengaluru: Congress and Janata Dal Secular or JD(S) are expected to announce the cabinet expansion and portfolio allocation for their coalition government in Karnataka today, with unambiguous reiteration that H D Kumaraswamy will be the chief minister for the full term and the two parties will conte

NEW DELHI: The Congress today beat the JD(S) and the BJP to win the RR Nagar assembly seat following the poll that was held on Monday. This constituency didn't see Assembly polls on May 12 along with the rest of Karnataka. Voting here was rescheduled for May 28, after 9,567 electoral photo identi

UDUPI: The body of a young girl who was washed away in the swirling rainwater on Tuesday was found here on Wednesday morning. Nidhi Acharya, 10, was returning from school along with her elder sister Nisha (12) when the incident occured. Nidhi and Nisha were returning on Nisha's bicycle when th

Bengaluru: The Cauvery row, involving Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, has run into choppy waters - this time involving superstar Rajinikanth, and his soon-to-be-released film, 'Kaala'. The Rajini-starrer, which has him playing a good Samaritan seeking justice against the atrocities of a landlord played by

Police on Tuesday rescued a woman who was tied to a pole and beaten up by villagers in Belavatti in Belagavi taluk on Tuesday. Alleging that the woman was peddling illicit liquor, a mob entered her house, dragged her out and beat her up by tying her to a pole. The mob also claimed to destroyed a

New Delhi: The BJP took a swipe at Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Monday, saying he was the "chief manager (CM)" of the Congress's ATM in the state and that he was lying prostrate at the feet of the Gandhi family. The saffron party's attack on the JD(S) leader came after the latter's

The Congress MLA from Jamkhandi and former Union Minster, Siddu Nyamgouda, died in a road accident early morning on Monday. He was 68. The MLA was travelling in his car along with friends when it hit a divider in Kaladgi village around 5 a.m. Sources said that he had arrived from Delhi to Goa and

BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Sunday said he was at the 'mercy' of the Congress and not the 6.5 crore people of Karnataka, as his government had not received the full mandate which his party had sought in the assembly elections. Ahead of his Delhi visit to meet Prime Minister

Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today said there are some “issues” on portfolio allocation with his party’s coalition partner Congress but it is not something that will pull down the government. He also said the expansion of his Cabinet would take place once state Congress leaders get an ap

BENGALURU: Fear continues to grip several districts of Karnataka, 25 days after a fake video on child-lifters first surfaced, pushing weapon-wielding mobs to attack people on mere suspicion. Though the police department has been reiterating that the video is fake, at least 90 innocents have been as

Narendra Modi government on Friday dropped the proposal of Karnataka’s demand for a separate flag and granting of minority status for Lingayats citing proposals were approved by the previous government. Now, the newly elected government led by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy will be required to send