Gadag, Feb 10 (IANS): A day after Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao terminated a doctor from service for doing pre-wedding photo-shoot inside an operation theatre at the government hospital in Chitradurga district, the Gadag Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) on Saturday punished 38

Bengaluru, Feb 8 (IANS): The Karnataka government has banned hookah bars and sale of hookah products in the state with immediate effect on Wednesday. The Department of Health and Family Welfare, Karnataka, has released a gazette notification in this regard banning the sale, consumption, stor

Bengaluru, Feb 6 (IANS): Karnataka Congress is all set to stage a protest demonstration in Delhi against the alleged step-motherly treatment towards the state. The Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has written letters to all central ministers, MPs and Rajya Sabha members to take part in

Bengaluru, Feb 5 (IANS): Home Minister will visit Karnataka on February 10 and hold discussion with the state party leadership over the upcoming Lok Sabha election preparations. Karnataka State President B.Y. Vijayendra said that Shah will hold the Lok Sabha cluster meeting of the party.

Mangaluru International Airport is all set to have direct flight connectivity to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia from April. The flight to Jeddah will take flight connectivity from Mangaluru International Airport to eight international destinations. Air India Express has announced the weekly flight that w

Bengaluru, Feb 3 (IANS): Karnataka unit of BJP on Saturday alleged that the Congress government in the state wants to have communal clashes so that they could win the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. “The Congress has laid out well-prepared plans to create communal clashes, to start debate on

Bengaluru, Feb 1 (IANS): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday warned of strict legal action if anyone is found engaging any individual in manual scavenging, while saying there should be no manual scavengers in the state. He said this while speaking at a programme in which

Raichur, Jan 31 (IANS): Karnataka’s Sirwar town in Raichur District is tense following the violation of the statue of the erstwhile ruler of Mysuru, Tipu Sultan on Wednesday. Some miscreants garlanded the statue of Tipu Sultan with slippers in the wee hours of Wednesday and the people

Bengaluru, Jan 30 (IANS): An air traveller, who joked that he is carrying a bomb in his bag when the staff was conducting security check in the aircraft, has been arrested in Bengaluru. The arrested person is identified as 48-year-old Saju K Kumaran, a private company employee. The incide

Bengaluru, Jan 29 (IANS): Karnataka Minister for RDPR, IT and BT Priyank Kharge on Monday attacked the BJP, saying that if they do not like the national flag, Indian Constitution and integrity of the nation, their leaders "can go to their preferred destination Pakistan". “We

Mangaluru: Kavoor police arrested a man for allegedly entering a mosque in a drunk state. The accused is Hanumanth from Bagalkot. City police commissioner Anumpan Agrawal said that the accused had entered Millat Nagar Masjid, Marakkada village, at 1 pm on Friday. In a video taken by the public, whi

Bengaluru, Jan 26 (IANS): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said that the British were successful in ruling over India for 400 years as our own people hatched conspiracies against their people and land. The Chief Minister warned against the people who are against social change,

Bengaluru, Jan 25 (IANS): In a major development, former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, who had joined the Congress before the 2023 Assembly election, rejoined the BJP on Thursday. He also announced that he has resigned from the post of MLC and primary membership of the Congress party.

In a letter to Bangarappa, the Chief Minister asked him to make quick arrangements to hold an essay competition by the end of this month for students from class-6 and above excluding Class- 10 and 12 students who would be appearing for their board exam. "After the assassination of Mahatma Ga

Bengaluru: A tense situation prevailed for some time in sensitive Shivamogga town on Monday when a burqa-clad woman shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ when hundreds of people chanted ‘Jai Shri Ram.’ The police took her away in the jeep and brought the situation under control. Hun

Bengaluru, Jan 21: Deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar on Sunday strongly defended the State Government’s stand of not declaring a holiday on the occasion of consecration of Lord Rama’s idol at Ayodhya. Speaking to media persons near his residence, he said, “We have been p

Bengaluru, Jan 20 (IANS): The ruling Congress government in Karnataka, which emerged triumphant against the BJP in the May 2024 Assembly elections, is in a jittery mode following the frenzy over the Pran Pratishtha ceremony at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22.  And the Grand Old

Bengaluru, Jan 18 (IANS): Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara on Thursday warned BJP MP from Karwar, Anantkumar Hegde, that he must stop making derogatory remarks, failing which he will face police action. Talking to reporters on demands of legal action against Hegde for his repeated &qu