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

The century-old Cauvery water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnatake could see a final settlement soon as the Supreme Court is expected to give its verdict on the issue any time this month. Ahead of the judgment, the two states are tense with anticipation and apprehension as it will impact the for

A state-run Karnataka bus coming from Tamil Nadu dragged a dead body in its undercarriage for a distance of 70 kilometre on Thursday night. The deceased is yet to be identified, police said, The driver of the bus, Moinuddin who hails from Raichur was arrested on Friday by Wilson Garden Police in

Bengaluru, Feb 4 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help in resolving the Mahadayi water dispute between the state and BJP-ruled neighbouring Goa. "On behalf of my people, I urge you to help us resolve the Mahadayi dispute," the Chief Mini

Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday came down heavily on the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in Karnataka over lack of development, political murders and appeasement politics. The Prime Minister also appealed to the voters to vote for BJP under 'farmer's son'  BS Yeddyurappa to u

BENGALURU: After the unsuccessful implementation of the Kere Sanjeevini scheme, the Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) is now planning to entrust the work of developing and protecting the water bodies that come under it to the Lake Development Monitoring Committee (LDMC) at all

School walls across Karnataka could soon turn into billboards hawking anything from cars to cement, as the State government has decided to let private companies use government school walls to advertise products. The move, which critics describe as a desperate measure to raise funds, has drawn the ir

Now that Budget and Gujarat elections are done and dusted both national parties BJP and Congress have planned to concentrate big on Karnataka Assembly elections. BJP Karnataka has scheduled PM Modi's rally in Bengaluru on February 4th and expects around 4 lakh party workers to attend the event. P