Bengaluru: In 2008, 38-year-old Aiyanna Gowda took over his father’s farmland in Yeddaldoddi (Sindhnur taluk), Raichur—about 470km from Bengaluru. Though his family had cultivated paddy for decades, Gowda had new ideas after he met award winning agriculturist Subhash Palekar, who has popularized a

MANGALURU, JAN 22:   The Janata Dal (Secular) is likely to finalise its candidates for the Karnataka Assembly elections by the third week of February. Addressing presspersons in Mangaluru on Monday, HD Deve Gowda, former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo, said that the partly will try to finalise it

A leopard strayed into a residential area and holed itself up in a house in Tumukuru on Saturday, sending two women inmates, forest and police officials, and the neighbours into a tizzy before being trapped. The women, who locked themselves in a bathroom to escape from the wild animal, were rescu

In a shocking incident, a Belagavi doctor was arrested by Karnataka police for allegedly setting 11 parked cars on fire, which created panic among the residents of apartments. Dr Amit Gaikwad, who is working at Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences (BIMS) was originally hailed from Kalaburagi.

The State government’s ambitious project ‘Surya Raitha’, which helps farmers to generate electricity to run their irrigation pump (IP) sets, was inaugurated at Harobele in Kanakapura taluk of Ramanagaram district on Friday. Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj H.K. Patil inaugurated t

Seeking disciplinary action against Union Minister of State for Skill Development Anantkumar Hegde for his statements against Kannada writers, State BJP Yuva Morcha vice-president Bheemashankar Patil has urged State unit president B.S. Yeddyurappa to seek an apology from the Minister. In a letter

A gang of persons broke open into the Uttaradi Mutt housing the Brindavan of Sri Jayatirtha on the banks of the Kagina near Malkhed village in Sedam taluk in Kalaburagi district and made away with valuable ornaments worth over ₹ 6 lakh, during the early hours of Friday. The police suspected that a g

ellandur lake in South East Bengaluru caught fire once again on Friday morning. Smoke was seen billowing from the highly polluted lake. The cause of the fire is ascertained but the lake may have caught fire due to its high pollutants contamination. Residents living around the lake reported huge c

BENGALURU: Rahul Gandhi would lead from the front for the Congress in Karnataka polls, launching the campaign with a three-day tour from February 10, a key state party leader said on Friday. Working President of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, Dinesh Gundu Rao, also indicated that party MLA

Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Anantkumar Hegde, who had recently stirred a controversy with his call for changing the Constitution and ‘objectionable remarks’ mocking secularists, had to face the wrath of activists in Kalaburagi on Wednesday. Hundreds of activists asso

After a season of copious rains, the dry period of the past month has once again raised the spectre of forest fires in the State. Since December 28, the Forest Survey of India’s fire alert system — which sends SMS to stakeholders based on sightings onboard two earth-observing satellites — has bee

The city's vehicle population has crossed 72 lakh, but the number of people using electric vehicles is a far cry from India’s ambitious plans to shift completely to electric vehicles by 2030. Data available with the Transport Department shows that there are only 6,246 electric vehicles in Bengalu

Bengaluru: The World Organisation for Animal Health on Monday said that India has reported an outbreak of a highly contagious bird flu virus in Karnataka, citing a report from the Indian agriculture ministry. As per the report, the H5N8 virus was detected on 26 December among birds in the village

NEW DELHI: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said the upcoming Assembly polls in the state would be a battle between two ideologies -- communalism and secularism. He also denied that there was an anti-incumbency factor for the Congress and said the party would retain power in the southe

Bengaluru [Karnataka]: Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Karnataka unit leaders, including Lok Sabha MP Shobha Karandlaje, were detained here on Saturday when they were protesting against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over his remarks against the party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

Lok Sabha member from the BJP Shobha Karandlaje has alleged that the State government is doing politics over the suicide of a college student at Mudigere. Addressing presspersons during her visit to Mudigere on Thursday, she said the police have arrested persons who had been to the girl’s place t

Mysuru’s first Indira Canteen was launched on the premises of Command Area Development Authority (CADA) office near the Mysuru Palace here on Friday. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah inaugurated the canteen and also savoured the inaugural breakfast – Upma and Kesaribath. Developed on the lines of ‘

The former Minister C.H. Vijayshankar, who quit the BJP more than two months ago, will be joining the Congress in the presence of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president G. Parameshwara in Bengaluru on January 19. Mr. Vijayshankar disclosed this to re