Bengaluru, Feb 26: A 28-year-old software engineer committed suicide in her flat on Saturday in Bengaluru, allegedly due to dowry harassment from her husband and in-laws. Rashmi Sathish lived in an apartment on Kempegowda Road. She texted her sister and told her that it was her last day. She also

While Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi was here in India this week and touched upon sustainable mobility and flying cars, Bengaluru seems to have taken the mobility leap to yet another level. Bengaluru’s much-awaited heli taxi service is expected to take off sometime next week. While the exact date is

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday continued his reach-out to Lingayats, a dominant community in the Mumbai-Karnataka region of northern Karnataka, saying the Indian Parliament was based on the values espoused by 12th century philosopher Basavanna. The philosopher is considered the founder of

Rolling out Congress' Mission 2019, party's president Rahul Gandhi reached out to country's women by sending a clear message that under his Raj, he wants more women to join the party. "I want to see 50 per cent women at AICC sessions, in Parliament and among chief ministers of state governments,"

Bengaluru: BJP's chief ministerial face B S Yeddyurappa and his disciple-turned-foe K S Eshwarappa are once again at each other’s throat after a brief ceasefire brokered by the party high command a few months ago collapsed. Eshwarappa, who is a protege of Yeddyurappa, is also from Shimoga distric

BENGALURU: Air quality in 11 cities and towns in Karnataka has been deteriorating, thanks to the increasing number of vehicles and unscientific waste management. According to the latest data collected by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) from 19 urban habitations in the state, t

Soon after the Jharkhand government banned Popular Front of India (PFI) saying its members were "internally influenced" by the ISIS, Karnataka BJP demanded the Congress state government to initiate the same. Chief Minister Siddaramaih confirmed that the government is not contemplating of any such

BJP president Amit Shah has asked cadres to seek votes in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and has also finalised party’s social media strategy for the Karnataka assembly election expected to be held in the next two months. Shah, whose two-day tour of the southern state ended Wednesday, h

Karnataka State Police Recruitment 2018 application process to hire 164 candidates for the post of Sub-Inspector (SI) has begun on the official website of Karnataka State Police (KSP) - ksp-online.in. The Karnataka State Police (KSP) is inviting online applications from eligible men and women to app

NEW DELHI: Congress president Rahul Gandhi will resume his campaign in Karnataka on February 24 for the Assembly elections there. During his three-day second leg of canvassing there, Gandhi will cover Belgaum, Vijayapura (Bijapur), Bagalkot and Dharwad districts from the Mumbai-Karnataka region o

New Delhi, Feb 20 () The government today approved a Rs 2,920-crore project for widening a section of national highway-275, connecting Bengaluru and Mysuru, in Karnataka. "The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its approval for six-laning

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