BENGALURU: Stung by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "10 per cent commission" jibe against his government, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said PM Modi was, in fact, a facilitator of corruption. "You made common people stand in queues to deposit their money in the banks and then le

Pro-women initiatives in education, employment and even in the Police Department has been hailed as a positive move by the Chief Minister. With the aim of encouraging girls to complete their education, fees will be waived for all female students studying in government PU, degree and postgraduate col

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah used his 13th budget to send out a strong political message that he is taking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi — the main campaigner for the BJP, in the coming Assembly elections. Without mentioning Mr. Modi or the Union government, Mr. Siddaramaiah said, “Our construct

BENGALURU: Farmers in Mandya in the Cauvery delta region of Karnataka are celebrating after the Supreme Court announced on Friday that the state will get 14.75 TMC or thousand million cubic feet more water in addition to the 270 TMC awarded by the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) in 2007. Beng

Constitutional courts in India, namely the High Courts and the Supreme Court perform the vital task of ensuring that citizens have redress for any grievance against the state. Public confidence in these institutions is essential for governance. The Karnataka High Court, at present, exercises both

Four persons, including two women, were killed and 25 others were injured when a truck carrying pilgrims from Chickaballapur in Karnataka overturned at Chinnanallagatla, near Kumarole, in Prakasam district in the early hours of Thursday. The deceased were identified as Mareppa (60), Ademma (55), Ven

BENGALURU: In his pre-assembly election budget for 2018-19, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today announced schemes for universal health coverage, providing free LPG gas connections and mitigating miseries of dry land farmers. The chief minister also said the implementation of the sixth pay

For several months, students in the 6 to 14 age group at a Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP primary school at Lakkasandra) were allegedly harassed by the principal who would force them to strip, take photographs of them in their underwear, humiliate them in the classroom, cane them and even

A tribunal, established to protect the environment, is itself struggling to stay relevant. All four member posts of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Zone, Chennai, is vacant and only five members of the sanctioned strength of 20 of all the NGT Benches across India will remain in service a

At least three construction workers were killed and many others feared trapped after an under construction building collapsed in Karnataka’s Kasuvanahalli, according to media reports. “Three people have died. One person is in critically injured. There are still some persons trapped under the debr

With Rahul Gandhi visiting temple after temple in Karnataka ahead of the assembly elections, BJP leader and Union Minister Ananth Kumar Hegde has called the Congress president a "Khota Hindu" (Fake Hindu). Gandhi had on Tuesday concluded his four-day tour in north Karnataka districts in the first

After several sexual assault cases were reported in the city, it was made mandatory for school managements to verify backgrounds of all teaching and non-teaching staff. While most schools have fallen in line, some have gone a step further by roping in private agencies to conduct a thorough verificat

Taking potshots at Rahul Gandhi, Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde said "kota (fake) hindutvavadis" are taking birth and people would get "good entertainment" with the Congress president's state tours. "The number of times Rahul Gandhi goes around in Karnataka, it is good (to that extent) because

Tension prevailed on the outskirts of Hosur town on Tuesday evening when the Krishnagiri district police prevented a group of farmers from the delta districts from moving towards Karnataka border to forcibly enter the State to open the Kabini Reservoir. The farmers led by P.R. Pandian, president

As many as 48 prisoners have died unnaturally in the State since 2012, and compensation was paid only in one case, the State government has said in a statement submitted to the Karnataka High Court. This was in response to the court’s query in a PIL petition, which was initiated suo motu by the H

The State’s advocates fraternity, led by former advocate generals, on Monday began a week-long relay hunger strike demanding filling of up 62% of posts of judges of the Karnataka High Court that are vacant. Former A-Gs B.V. Acharya, Ashok Haranahalli, and Ravivarma Kumar, and several designated s

The foundation stone for the construction of the bridge to connect Kalasavalli and Ambaragodlu villages will be laid by Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Surface Transport, here on February 19. The 2.16-km long bridge across the Sharavati backwaters will offer easy access to the mainland for peop

The Congress will not have any sort of understanding with the Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) for the Karnataka Assembly polls, AICC secretary Madhu Goud Yaskhi said. He refuted media report that the state Congress leaders had a secret meeting with AIMIM leader