The Bharatiya Janata Party's Karnataka unit has constituted a 17-member committee headed by its state spokesperson S. Suresh Kumar to draft the manifesto for the forthcoming Assembly elections. Among others, the committee comprises retired IAS officers Madan Gopal and C. Somashekhar, MPs Prabhaka

October 5 will mark one month since the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh and people are now demanding that the special investigative team (SIT) which is probing the case must conclude its investigation soon. Members of the ‘Gauri Lankesh Hatya Virodhi Vedike’, a group which has been protesting

CHENNAI: VK Sasikala, recently removed as the chief of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK, has requested parole for 15 days to attend to her husband M Natarajan, who is critically ill. Ms Sasikala has been in a Bengaluru prison since February this year in a corruption case. Mr Natarajan is admitted at a

Bengaluru (Karnataka): Responding on reports that Rahul Gandhi will be elevated as the Congress president soon after Diwali, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday stated the Congress need to clarify that they still have no faith in former’s leadership capabilities as we have been listening this

Bengaluru,1 October 2017: While the city was drenched in the festive spirit on Saturday, Chinnamma, 55, was engulfed in grief. A part of her house collapsed in Friday night's rain, claiming her son's life. Chinnammaand her sons -Raja, 36, and Manjunath, 29 -were asleep when rain wreaked havoc at

Bengaluru: Nutritious meals would be served daily to 12 lakh pregnant women and lactating mothers at child care centres across the state from October 2, said Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. “Besides nutritional supplements, counselling and other maternity benefits will be provided at the c

Bengaluru: The Income Tax Department raids on Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) retail chain since Thursday found Rs 650 crore concealed income from the documents seized, said an official on Sunday. “Documents seized from the search operations at 25 places of Cafe Coffee Day and its group companies in Karnat

September 30, Bengaluru: The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) system for Bengaluru. However, Bengalureans will have to wait for not less than a year for pedalling. The project will be implemented in the city at a cost of Rs 80 crore and will work just like the public

Bengaluru : Indian origin Vatican priest, Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was rescued from the ISIS captivity, has arrived in Bengaluru on Friday morning. Father Tom thanked the almighty for his rescue from Yemen. “I thank God almighty. I thank everybody in the name of Jesus,” Father Tom told the m

Kalaburagi, 24 September 2017: A high school girl resorted to two-day hunger strike demanding construction of a toilet at her home. The stir yielded fruit as her parents finally went ahead to build one with the help of Zilla panchayat officials, here in Kalaburgi. PoojaNeelakanta, a class 8 stude

Bengaluru, 24 September 2017: A serial accident involving a BMTC bus, a Bolero vehicle and a lorry left two people injured here at international airport road in Bangalore on Saturday night. Reportedly, the Bolero vehicle rammed into the BMTC bus from behind when its driver applied sudden brakes.

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India]: Bengaluru Police on Friday summoned former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa in connection with the kidnapping case of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader K S Eshwarappa’s personal assistant Vinay Kumar. Yeddyurappa will appear before police on September 28.

angaluru: In a tragic incident, a six year-old boy was crushed to death by a moving train when he attempted to cross the railway tracks at Jeppu near here, police sources said today. The victim Muhammed Hussain Hafil, a resident of Mahakalipadpu was returning home last evening after buying some t

The accused followed the 18-year-old German student, who had come to visit an ashram at nearby Panir as part of her research. Mangalore: September 24 2017,A 19-year-old youth was arrested for allegedly molesting a German girl at Deralakatte near Mangaluru, police said on Sunday. The accused Mohamme

The “mode and method” adopted by the State’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on receipt of complaint of corruption against former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa came under the scrutiny of the High Court of Karnataka on Friday. In its order staying the ACB probe, the court raised “suspicions” about the

BELAGAVI: A three-year-old girl was raped and murdered on Thursday evening by her uncle, in Kurubagodi village of Raibag taluk of Belagavi district. Harugeri police arrested Uddappa Ramappa Ganiger, who confessed to the crime. SP BR Ravikanthe Gowda said Ganiger lured the girl from her home, p

Bhatkallys News Bureau/ I. Zaorez Shabab Bengaluru 23 Sept 2017: In a move that has annoyed the students community of Degree colleges, all colleges -Government, aided and unaided have been made mandatory to install CCTV cameras not only in campus but also inside the classrooms within a month.

The Karnataka High Court on Friday stayed the investigation based on FIRs registered by the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) against former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa for allegedly abusing his position for pecuniary benefits in ordering deletion of lands identified for acquisition. Allowing the