Bengaluru : Troubles for jailed All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) general secretary V.K. Sasikala don’t seem to end as a video footage was submitted to the Anti-Corruption Bureaun (ACB) allegedly by ex-deputy inspector general of police (DIG) (Prisons) D. Roopa showing the former and

Bengaluru: About 1,000 people from all walks of life took part in a cultural festival titled ‘Namma Bengaluru Habba’ (Our Bengaluru Festival) at the Sankey Tank here on Sunday to create awareness on preserving the environment. Organised by the Karnataka Tourism Department, the fest had about 20 a

The Dakshina Kannada police have arrested two more persons in connection with the murder of RSS activist Sharath Madiwala, on Saturday. The police gave the names of the arrested persons as Suhail and Sadiq, both residents of Hassan. The two are accused of harbouring persons involved in the murder

Mangaluru, which is slated to become a Smart City, will soon join the league of green cities in the country by gradually switching to natural gas for industrial, automobile and domestic purpose. GAIL (India) Ltd., which is executing the 438-km Kochi-Koottanad-Mangaluru natural gas pipeline, is co

BENGALURU: BJP leaders and workers protested in Bengaluru today against what they said was the misuse of the anti-corruption bureau of Karnataka and "political vendetta" by the ruling Congress government in the state. Last week, former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa and senior BJP leader BS Yeddyu

The core committee of the State BJP, which met here on Friday, has decided to take out a ‘Mangaluru Chalo’ demanding the resignation of Forest Minister B. Ramanath Rai. According to the party, Mr. Rai is supporting organisations including PFI and KFD that are allegedly involved in the murder of Shar

New Delhi: The Congress today nominated former Union minister C M Ibrahim as the partys candidate for the by-election to the Karnataka Legislative Council. “Congress president Sonia Gandhi has approved the name of C M Ibrahim, former Union minister, as the party candidate for the by-election to b

Bengaluru: A judicial probe into then Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa’s death will prove AIADMK General Secretary V.K. Sasikala innocent, T.T.V. Dinakaran, a leader of one of the AIADMK factions, said here on Friday. Dinakaran also said there would be a “surgery” in the AIADMK as per the advice of

Bengaluru: Thousands of persons queued up on Thursday to get subsidised food at Indira Canteens run here by the Karnataka government, though teething troubles forced many to return disappointed due to there being not enough food to meet the demand. A day after Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi

Bengaluru (Karnataka): The students of the National School of Drama (NSD) Bengaluru took to protest outside Guru Nanak Bhavan on Thursday as they were evicted from premises due to non-payment of rent dues by institution. The high drama on the premises started after the students and the faculty we

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today launched his personal Twitter handle, calling it an attempt to connect with people not as CM, but as a “rooted and proud” Kannadiga. “Today, I am launching this new Twitter account to stay personally connected with all of you, to share views,

Bengaluru: BJP president Amit Shah arrived here on Saturday on a three-day visit to Karnataka to re-energise the rank and file, and asserted that the party stood united and would return to power in next year’s assembly polls under the leadership of state unit chief BS Yeddyurappa. “Friends, our p

New Delhi : Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday assured that the government is taking all necessary action to tackle the Bellandur Lake menace adding the problem will be solved within one or two years. “The government is taking all necessary action. It is there; it will be solved wi

Bengaluru: Congress party vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday inaugurated canteens in Karnataka named after former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. “The Indira canteens is an endeavour to make Karnataka hunger-free and provide food at affordable rates to the labour class and poor migrants,” Chi

The Dakshina Kannada police have finally managed a breakthrough in the murder of RSS worker Sharath Madiwala, nearly two months after the incident. Two members of the Popular Front of India (PFI) have been arrested for providing shelter to the assailants. Abdul Shari alias Shari, from indirana

'Imposition of any language other than the local language is unconstitutional', said Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Stressing his stand on what the State calls 'imposition of Hindi', Siddaramaiah made it very clear during his Independence Day speech that, "Every State has its own official

Terming Bharatiya Janata Party’s Mission-150 an impossible move, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that the party won’t get beyond 50 seats in the next Assembly election. He was speaking after laying the foundation stone for the Mini Vidhana Soudha building at Aland town in Kalaburagi district

Mangaluru: The city police has arrested a man from Kulashekar for allegedly cheating a woman on the pretext of getting her a nurse’s job in Doha, Qatar and “selling her as a slave” in Saudi Arabia, it said today. James D’Mello (35) was arrested yesterday, the police said, adding that he was instr