The Karnataka government on Wednesday recommended 30 per cent salary hike to the government employees and pensioners in its Sixth Pay Commission. The move will benefit around 5.2 lakh government employees, about 5.3 lakh pensioners, and about 73,000 employees of government-aided educational insti

In a bizarre case, a Bengaluru-based drug peddler was arrested after he filed his taxes - honestly. Ranga Rachappa, who on paper works as a construction labourer, filed income tax returns for FY2016-17 against an annual income of Rs 40 lakhs, which raised red flags leading to his arrest. Accordin

Udupi district in-charge minister Pramod Madhwaraj inaugurated the state’s first 480-m Sea Walkway near the Malpe Tourism Jetty. The minister said that, in India, this is the second sea walkway after one in Kerala. To develop Malpe as a tourist destination, so far the government has spent more th

BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today made a veiled attack on union minister Ananth Kumar Hegde over his recent controversial remarks on the Constitution and said all those who love democracy should come together and "defeat such elements". In his Republic Day message broadcast o

NEW DELHI: "BJP doesn't understand English properly," Karnataka minister Ramalinga Reddy today said after the saffron party objected to a letter written by the state DGP inviting opinion on withdrawing cases against 'innocent' people belonging to minority community. "BJP doesn't understand Englis

Karwar: Normal life was not affected as the bandh called by pro-Kannada and farmers' organization over the Mahadayi dispute evoked no response in Uttara Kannada. There were no untoward incidents in the district, including Karwar and Joida, which border Goa. Educational institutions, business esta

The standing paddy crop in many parts of the delta region requires water for irrigation for at least another 20 days and the State government should initiate urgent measures to get Tamil Nadu’s due share of water from Cauvery river to prevent the crops from withering, demanded farmers representative

Karnataka, which is rich in talent and skill, should become the hub of employment generation, Minister for Large and Medium Industries and Infrastructure Development R.V. Deshpande has said. In his inaugural address at the two-day India Soft-2018 conclave which began here today he said that “The

With the Confederation of Pro-Kannada Organisations calling for a bandh on January 25 and February 4, the Centre of Indian Trade Unions said that government-run buses will ply that day. However, it is unlikely that private cabs will work. On Monday, President of the Confederation of Pro-Kannada O

Pink toilets dedicated to women, girls and children will soon become a reality in the state. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) had recommended the establishment of pink toilets in Karnataka based on the Delhi model where ‘pink’ toilets were recently set up. Followi

A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA has declared that the upcoming Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018 will be a fight between Allah and Ram. V Sunil Kumar, BJP MLA from Karkala made the comments while addressing a rally in Bantwal constituency of communally sensitive Coastal Karnataka. While the BJ

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