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Funds: Siddaramaiah hits out at Prime Minister

Taking serious exception to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement that “not a penny would be released to those opposing development”, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said it was not right for a Prime Minister to comment in such a manner. Speaking to presspersons at Hubballi Airport on Monday, Mr.

Rahul will soon be AICC chief: Kharge

Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha M. Mallikarjun Kharge has said that Rahul Gandhi will soon become president of the Congress and the party will face all upcoming elections under his leadership. He was talking to media persons in Yadgir after participating in a function to inaugurate a buil

CET likely to be advanced to avoid clash with poll dates

The State Assembly elections slated for April/May are likely to affect the schedule of the Common Entrance Test by a week. The CET is a gateway for admissions to engineering, pharmacy, agriculture and ayurveda, among others. Last academic year, CET was conducted on May 2 and 3. Sources in the

2 Arrested for putting Cockroach in food at Indira canteen in Bengaluru

BENGALURU: Two auto rickshaw drivers have been arrested for allegedly dropping a cockroach in the food served in the state government's flagship programme 'Indira Canteen', to seek 'publicity', police said today. Hemanth and Devaraj, along with two others went to have meals at Indira Canteen in B

Is your kid driving vehicle without license in Karnataka? You might just invite a case against yourself

Bhatkallys News Service Bengaluru 23 Oct 2017: State Government has issued a new circular to all the concerned departments to warn parents of minors and adults who ride or drive vehicle without license on road. The circular states the parents of such drivers, and vehicle owners will be tried unde

Mangalorean Christians, Kannadigas are opposed to Tipu Jayanti, claims BJP

Bengaluru (Karnataka): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday accused the Congress-led Karnataka government of celebrating Tipu Sultan’s birth anniversary just for ‘vote bank politics’ and said that the people of ‘Coorg, Mangalorean Christians and the Kannadigas’ are opposed to celebrate the b

Gauri probe: Many SIT officials return to routine work

The daily slog of routine crime and mounting paperwork is taking a toll on the 61-member Special Investigation Team, which was formed over a month ago to probe the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh. A week after SIT released sketches of two suspects, many of the officials working on the

Dowry text row: Bengaluru college professor hits out at 'irresponsible' citizen journalist

NEW DELHI: Professors of English at Bangalore's St Joseph's College have come out in solidarity with the Department of Sociology, which was at the center of a controversy on Saturday after it was reported that students were handed out reading material propounding the benefits of dowry. A page tit

Hegde’s name will figure in invite as per protocol, says CM

The controversy surrounding the State-sponsored Tipu Jayanti celebrations hotted up on Saturday with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah lashing out at Union Minister of State for Skill Development Anantkumar Hegde and Bharatiya Janata Party MP Shobha Karandlaje for their decision to not be part of the even

Keep me out of Tipu Jayanti, says union minister Ananth Kumar Hegde

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government is set to celebrate the controversial Tipu Jayanti on November 10. The last two years have seen a backlash from opposition parties and protests in Kodagu district. This time around, BJP leader and Union Minister for Skill Development Ananth Kumar Hegde wrote to

Non-declaration Of CM candidate will not affect Cong prospects

Bengaluru: Karnataka PCC chief G Parameshwara on Friday said non-declaration of chief ministerial candidate before assembly polls will not have any impact on the party prospects as it has not been the convention even at the time of Devaraj Urs. “In Karnataka, at no point of time Congress has ever de

Gauri Lankesh killed for supporting Lingayat demand: Ex-IAS officer Jamdar

Bengaluru: Ex-IAS officer, S.M. Jamdar on Friday has suspected that noted Journalist Gauri Lankesh and academic M.M. Kalaburgi were murdered as they supported the demand for separate religious status for the Lingayat-Veerashaiva community. According to the news published in DC, talking to the med

Siddaramaiah urges exemption of GST on handmade products

New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday wrote to Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, requesting him to exempt various categories of handmade products from the Goods and Services Tax (GST). In a letter dated October 19, the Chief Minister, who received a representation from a

13 arrested for attacking B’luru court commissioner

Bengaluru (Karnataka): At least 13 people were arrested in connection with the attack on Court Commissioner of the High Court appointed to inspect illegal slaughterhouses in Bengaluru, said police on Wednesday. A group of assailants attacked the car of the Court Commissioner at Dodda Bettahalli n

Don’t get ‘personal’ with BJP netas: Rahul Gandhi to partymen

Bengaluru: KPCC president G. Parameshwar on Thursday said AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi has advised state party leaders against making personal comments on opposition BJP leaders and instead engage them on national and local issues in run up to the next year’s assembly elections. KPCC leaders inc

Cong. wants probe by SC judges into Jay Shah firm’s business dealings

The Congress on Tuesday demanded a high-level probe into the business dealings of the firm owned by Jay Shah, son of BJP president Amit Shah, by two sitting Supreme Court judges. It also wanted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP to ask their national president to forthwith resign or remove him

Team formed to keep a check on decibel level of firecrackers

Even as the Mysuru district administration has issued guidelines to the public on bursting crackers, a team of government officials has been constituted to check if crackers sold in the city are within sound limits specified by the Centre’s Environment (Protection) Act. The team, comprising three

6 including, priest, a bride’s parents, washed away in Bengaluru

At least six people died in the heavy rainfall in northwestern Bengaluru. All the deaths occurred in lower middle-class localities and next to major stormwater drains that were overflowing from rainfall that lasted three to four hours. Vasudeva Bhat, 40, a priest at a temple in the Kurubarahalli