Bengaluru: About 20,000 youth across the country would be skilled by 2020 in apparel, made-ups and home furnishing sectors in collaboration with textile major Arvind Ltd, said Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Ananthkumar Hegde on Thursday. “We have started skill training of about 1

Bengaluru: Senior woman Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer K. Ratna Prabha on Thursday took over as Karnataka’s new Chief Secretary, replacing Subash Chandra Khuntia who retired on superannuation earlier in the day. A 1981-batch officer of the Karnataka cadre, Prabha is the third woman o

Chennai: The Madras High Court on Friday summoned the Superintendent of Parappana Agrahara Jail in Bengaluru to appear before it with the fingerprint records of Tamil Nadu`s late Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa in connection with affixing of the thumb impression on poll documents, said a lawyer. Th

Hubballi: Terming the allegation about involvement of mines and geology minister Vinay Kulkarni in the murder case of Dharwad ZP member Yogesh Gouda as false and baseless, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said it is a conspiracy hatched by the BJP against the Congress leader in view of the forthcoming As

Former senior Indian Police Service officer HN Sathyanarayana Rao has filed a Rs 20-crore defamation case against Karnataka’s ex-deputy inspector general of prisons Roopa D Moudgil, who alleged that AIADMK leader VK Sasikala received preferential treatment in Bengaluru Central Prison by paying a bri

Bengaluru: Incessant rains in Karnataka in the last few months that damaged several crops have led to soaring vegetable prices across the state, state-run horticulture committees and private grocers said. “Due to heavy rains across the state, several crops have been damaged. There has been very l

MANGALURU: A 43 year-old woman from Mangaluru, rescued after being allegedly kept confined at house by her employer in Saudi Arabia, returned home on Sunday. Vijaya working as domestic help for the last two years in Dammam in Saudi Arabia, was not allowed to contact her family or return to India

Bengaluru: India’s Department of Biotechnology has decided to give a big push for research in “tissue engineering” aimed at eventually creating human organs in a dish apparently for overcoming the problems of donor organ shortages. The Department has invited “concept proposals” from Indian scient

Udupi (Karnataka): A Haridwar-based spiritual guru, Govindadev Giriji Maharaj, has sparked a row saying a Hindu couple should have four children. Addressing a public gathering on Saturday in Karnataka’s Udupi, he said, “We have seen that India lost those territories wherever Hindu population redu

Bengaluru: Karnataka has created about 13.91 lakh jobs in the last four years and is close to achieving the state government’s target of generating 15 lakh jobs by 2019, state Large and Medium Industries Minister R.V. Deshpande said on Thursday. “In the past four years, Karnataka has generated ab

Belagavi: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said there was no “anti-incumbency” against his government and dubbed as an “illusion” the BJP’s target to win 150 seats in the next year’s assembly elections. Responding to a discussion on north Karnataka-related issues in the state assembly

Karnataka: In a bid to promote abidance to road safety rules, police in Karnataka’s Kalaburagi district gave roses to people following traffic norms. The Kalaburagi Police in Karnataka have started a drive for road safety in which people flouting the traffic norms will be booked while the followe

Kollur (Karnataka): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday offered prayers at the Mookambika temple in Udupi district in Karnatka, an official said. “Wickremesinghe, along with his wife (Maithree), arrived in Kollur in a helicopter at about 11 a.m. and visited the temple an

Belagavi (Karnataka):A modified amendment Bill to regulate the functioning of private hospitals across Karnataka was introduced in the state legislative assembly here on Tuesday. Tabling the Karnataka Private Medical Establishments (KPME) Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill 2017 to regulate the healthcare

Bidar (Karnataka): Bidar Police on Monday rescued 13 camels that were allegedly being transported for slaughter, and arrested four men in this regard. A case has been filed against the four men, namely Nathan Khan, Amjad Khan, Bakkaji and Dinesh, at Bidar’s Market police station. The animals w

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has urged the Haryana government to act against fringe elements threatening to bodily harm Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone for her lead role in Hindi film “Padmavati”. “I have asked Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar to take strict action

Karnataka: On Sunday Lingayat leaders and religious heads urged the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to recommend to the Centre to give separate religious status to Lingayats and announce that Basavanna, founder of the lingayat sect, is the cultural leader of the state. According a news report publish

Belgavi (Karnataka): Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde has warned the people of Karnataka that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah may start celebrating Kasab (Ajmal Kasab) jayanti too.   The Union Minister castigated the Congress led government for celebrating Tipu (Sultan) Jayanti on November 10