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Bengaluru cops brace for safe New Year’s Eve

Bengaluru: Thousands of police personnel would be on duty across the city on the night of December 31 to ensure safe New Year’s celebrations, said a top police official on Thursday. “About 15,000 police personnel, including 500 women constables will be on duty on Sunday night across the city to e

Karnataka Public School to be set up across Karnataka: Tanveer Sait

Bengaluru: Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait said that Karnataka government will open its own model schools 'Karnataka Public School' across the state. Addressing the media at Kalaburgi today, Sait said that it was the government's aims to provide integrated education system f

I oppose the brand of Hindutva that BJP practices: CM Siddharamaiah

Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah rebutted the media about the alleged Congress strategy of soft Hindutva approach for the upcoming assembly elections. Thus, asserted he belonged to Hindu community and believes in secular ideology. "I oppose the brand of Hindutva that BJP practices. I am de

Karnataka forms expert panel to study ‘separate religion tag’ demand for Lingayats

New Delhi: The Karnataka State Minorities Commission has constituted a panel of seven members to study Lingayat community’s demand for a separate minority religion status. The panel to be headed by retired High Court judge HN Nagamohan Das, and it has to submit a report within four weeks. “The

BJP distances itself from Union Minister's "Changing Constitution" remark

BENGALURU: The BJP today distanced itself from union minister Anantkumar Hegde's remarks that the party will change the Constitution and remove the word "secular" from it. "The party doesn't want to get involved with what Hegde has said. What he spoke about is not an issue for us," BJP spokesperson

Police forms teams to look for Bengaluru techie missing for week

Bengaluru: Four teams have been set up to look for a 29-year-old techie hailing from Bihar reported missing from here for over a week, police said on Monday. “We have formed four teams to search for Kumar Ajitabh, who left his house at Whitefield in the city’s south-east suburbs on December 18 mo

Opposition using EVM issue as excuse for defeat, says Chouhan

Hubli (Karnataka): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Sunday that the Opposition’s demand for ballot over Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) was a mere excuse for their “certain defeat”. “It is obvious to make excuses and blame EVM when defeat is certain. It is the same EVM

Bengaluru: Techie goes missing after going to meet buyer on OLX

Bengaluru: A software techie from Panta is reportedly missing in Bengaluru since Monday after he went on to meet a prospective buyer for his car sale. Ajitabh Kumar, 29, was working with British Telecom. He left home around 6.30pm on Monday his friends said. According to his friends, Ajitabh had

Bengaluru becomes first city to get its own logo

BENGALURU: Brand Bengaluru got its own logo on Sunday - the tagline 'Bengaluru - Be U' (be you) is expected to build the city's image on the global stage. The city is the first to gets its own identity badge. Selected from 1,350 entries, the logo aims to signify Bengaluru's cosmopolitan culture,

One who idolises Tipu Sultan cannot side Hindus: BJP

New Delhi [India]: Responding to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s remark on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) having ‘leased out’ Hinduism, the latter claimed that one who idolises Tipu Sultan cannot support Hindus. “Siddaramaiah is one who idolises Tipu Sultan, who caused a lot of harm to

Mahadayi water dispute: Siddaramaiah seeks meeting with Goa, Maha CMs

Bengaluru (Karnataka): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddarmaiah has called for a meeting with his Maharashtra and Goa counterparts “to arrive at a negotiated settlement” on the long-standing Mahadayi water dispute, as suggested by the Mahadayi Water Dispute Tribunal on September 1, 2016. In a letter

K’taka considering capital punishment to rapists of minor girls

Bengaluru : Taking a cue from Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy has said that the state government is planning to frame a law enabling capital punishment to rapists of minor girls. “The Karnataka Government is planning to frame a law enabling capital punishment to rapists of

BJP condemns MLA’s remark on Virat Kohli

Bengaluru (Karnataka): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday castigated its Madhya Pradesh MLA Panna Lal Shakya for questioning the patriotism of cricketer Virat Kohli for preferring Italy over India to get married. BJP leader S.Prakash said it is not Shakya’s business to question Kohli’s

ED attaches Rs 5.34 cr deposits in illegal mining case

Bengaluru: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday attached bank deposits worth Rs 5.34 crore of ILC Industries Ltd Director K. Somasekhar in an illegal mining case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. “Investigation under the PMLA revealed that Somasekhar was in possession of

Wheelchair-bound passenger not allowed to board flight

Bengaluru (Karnataka): A wheelchair-bound passenger on Tuesday claimed he was not allowed to board the Air India flight from Bangalore to Kolkata on December 17. The passenger, Kaushik Majumdar, who is a researcher at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), alleged harassment by the airline’s gro

Karnataka only state to provide land for NSD centres

New Delhi: The Ministry of Culture which had requested five states to provide land for opening of regional centres of National School of Drama (NSD) has till date received response from only one state, Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma said on Monday. According to the minister, only Karnataka govern

IAF bids adieu to MI-8 helicopter

Bengaluru (Karnataka): The Indian Air Force bid adieu to the MI-8 helicopter, also known as the PRATAP in the phasing out ceremony held today at the Air Force Station, Yelahanka in Bengaluru. MI-8s served for 45 years after their induction into the Indian Air Force helicopter inventory in 1972, a

2018 Karnataka Polls “Most Likely” My Last Election, Says Siddaramaiah

BENGALURU: Indicating that the 2018 assembly polls could “most likely” be his last election, Karnataka Chief Minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah today said he would be contesting to stop the BJP from coming to power. “Most likely the forthcoming assembly election will be the last election f