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Karnataka Lokayukta Justice P Vishwanath Shetty stabbed inside office, attacker arrested

In a massive breach of security, Karnataka Lokayukta, Justice Vishwanath Shetty, a retired judge of the Karnataka High Court, was stabbed thrice in his stomach in his office on Wednesday. The accused gained access to the Lokayukta office in the guise of an advocate intending to lodge a complaint.

Karnataka saw 350% more forest fires in 2017 than three years ago

BENGALURU: Last year, a guard in Bandipur died in a forest fire. On Saturday, a forest officer was killed by an elephant when he was inspecting a blaze in the DB Kuppe forest range near Kabini. 50 hec In the first 34 days of this year, fire alarms from Karnataka forests went off constantly, with

After Tripura, Yogi Adityanath in Karnataka today to woo voters

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath would be in Karnataka on Tuesday evening to address the culmination of Jan Suraksha Yatra largely covering coastal areas. In a repeat of what the BJP did in Kerala, the yatra in Karnataka was on for the last four days to instil confidence among t

Karnataka High Court dismisses NGO’s plea against Lokayukta

BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by Janadhikara Sangharsha Parishath, an NGO, against the Karnataka Lokayukta which had rejected its complaint against 78 MLAs. These MLAs had moved an impeachment motion against Upa Lokayukta Justice Subhash B Adi. A division b

‘Govt. committed to providing job opportunities for youth’

The State government has organised job melas in 23 districts over the last year, got jobs for over 1,72,000 persons under Kaushalya Abhiyan programme and several lakhs of youth trained to face interviews, said Muralidhar Halappa, chairman, Karnataka Skill Development Corporation (KSDC). Mr. Halap

BJP to suffer huge defeats in Karnataka: Congress

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is going to suffer huge defeats in the upcoming Assembly elections in Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Expressing confident on wining the Assembly election in Karnataka, Congress MP Rajiv Satav told ANI that

People of Northeast rejected "Politics of Hate", PM Modi says in Karnataka

BENGALURU:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that the people of the Northeast have rejected the "politics of hate" by "unanimously" voting the BJP to power. The BJP on Saturday wrested Tripura, the Left bastion, and received an invitation to be part of the government in Nagaland, while Meg

Gauri Lankesh murder: Hindu outfit man held, police uncover ‘second plot’

Soon after the killing of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh (55) outside her house in west Bengaluru on September 5 last year, K T Naveen Kumar, an activist of a right wing group called Hindu Yuva Sena, went incommunicado. When he resurfaced late in 2017 near his hometown Maddur in southern Karnatak

Earthquake in North-East Elections Jolts Congress in Karnataka

Bengaluru: North-East hardly matters in Karnataka politics. Actually, it never mattered. But Saturday was different. For the first time, workers of both the ruling Congress and the main opposition BJP were glued to television sets since morning closely watching the trends. As the BJP took a lead ove

Commission to come up with child rights index

The commission will collate taluk-level data of various indicators, including health, education and child protection. The commission has come up with a questionnaire that will have to be filled in by the zilla panchayat chief executive officers. After this, the data will be sent to experts for analy

While investigating Gauri Lankesh murder, Karnataka SIT unravels illegal countrymade gun racket

In the trail of nabbing the assailants of slain scribe Gauri Lankesh, the Special Investigation Team handling stumbled upon a huge network of illegal country-made arms racket in northern Karnataka. A country made 7.65mm gun was used to kill Lankesh and MM Kalburgi. Such guns were widely available

SIT Questioning Man in Gauri Lankesh Murder Case: Official

BENGALURU (IANS) — A 37-year-old man arrested under the Arms Act for illegal possession of ammunition is being questioned in connection with the murder of Kannada tabloid Editor Gauri Lankesh in the city nearly six months ago, police said on Friday. “K.T. Naveen Kumar was taken into custody by a Sp

Food for anganwadi children under DBT: Maneka Gandhi

The Union government is planning to replace the system of providing food to children in anganwadis with direct benefit transfer, Union Minister for Women and Child Welfare Maneka Gandhi said in Belagavi on Thursday. She was speaking after inaugurating a paediatric intensive care unit, a human mil

Karnataka may build a ‘Bangalore Square’ in the city, ban vehicles on Church Street on weekends

Bengaluru Development and Town Planning Minister KJ George said on Thursday the Karnataka government was considering building a “Bangalore Square” at the junction of Brigade Road and Residency Road in the city, along the lines of Times Square in New York, The New Indian Express reported. George m

World’s largest solar park Shakti Sthala inaugurated in Karnataka

Bengaluru: The world’s largest solar park set up at an investment of Rs16,500 crore at Pavagada in Karnataka’s Tumakuru district was inaugurated by chief minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday. The 2,000 MW park, named as ‘Shakti Sthala’, spans across 13,000 acres spread over five villages and is a be

Karnataka: Anti-Corruption Bureau to take charge of Sasikala case

Karnataka government on Monday ordered an inquiry into the alleged special treatment given to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's aide V.K. Sasikala. Sasikala is serving a four-year sentence in a case of disproportionate assets. The inquiry seeks to probe the role of senior officials

Indian Railways considers including Kannada on tickets

The Southwestern Railways is considering the inclusion of Kannada – along with English and Hindi – on its tickets, a senior official familiar with the matter has said. “We printed some samples, but no decision has been taken as of now. A set procedure needs to be followed for such requests, and w

Dr. Arathi assures welfare of Gulf Kannadiga NRIs

DAMMAM — Several measures have been taken by Karnataka state government for the welfare of Gulf Kannadiga NRIs and the rolling out the NRK cards for NRI Kannadigas will be the first priority of the authorities, said Dr. Arathi Krishna, deputy chairman of NRI Forum government of Karnataka at a felici