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

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

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

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

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

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

Bengaluru (Karnataka): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday assured stern action against Bengaluru techie mob-attack incident and said nobody can take law into their hands. Bengaluru techie Nandini was on Sunday assaulted by over 150 people after she reported a case of alleged illegal

Bengaluru (Karnataka): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday denied the reports about gifting gold biscuits to every legislator for the diamond jubilee of the Vidhana Soudha. “There are no gold biscuit or any other thing; there are no mementos” said Siddaramaiah in reference to the dis

With the deadline to eliminate tuberculosis set for 2025, under the national strategic plan by the Central Tuberculosis Division, Karnataka has moved from the intermittent drug regimen (thrice a week) to daily regimen of TB drugs. The new regimen under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Pr

The Congress has constituted a manifesto committee headed by former Chief Minister M. Veerappa Moily, MP, to draft the party’s poll manifesto for the 2018 Assembly elections. Party leader B.L. Shanker is the vice-chairman of the committee. The panel has 33 members, including KPCC working presi

The Karnataka BJP has filed a complaint with the state Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) against chief minister Siddaramaiah, accusing him of “illegally denotifying” land resulting in a loss of Rs 300 crore to the Bengaluru Development Authority. The complaint on Monday, came days after the party’s OB

Bengaluru (Karnataka): The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case of killing of Gauri Lankesh on Saturday said the information that Goa-based right-wing Hindu organisation Sanstha Sanstha is involved in the killing of the journalist rests only with the media as the team does not have any

BENGALURU: A 16-year-old girl drowned in an overflowing drain today, taking the death toll from rain-related incidents in the city to 10. The incident happened at Krishnappa Garden in the city. Narasamma had accidentally slipped into the drain. Her body was later recovered at some distance from t

Bengaluru: Taking a cue from neighbouring Kerala, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today spoke in favour of appointing Dalit priests at temples in the state. “No opposition to appoint Dalits as priests at Muzrai (Department of Religious and Charitable Endowments) temples in Karnataka as done

BENGALURU: Chief minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday once again invoked Kannada pride, saying the Congress government was firm on Karnataka having a state flag. He also made it clear that Hindi will not be allowed on Namma Metro run by the BMRCL. "As CM and representative of 6.5 crore citizens,

BENGALURU: The Karnataka high court has suggested that the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) should ensure that firecracker retailers vacate the various playgrounds in Bengaluru city on the very next day after the Diwali festival which concludes on October 20. Justice BV Nagarathna has also

BENGALURU: The incessant rainfall over the past two months has made 2017 the wettest year for Bengaluru city. The annual rainfall for the city, 1615.2mm as on Saturday morning, is the highest ever, more than 1606.8 mm, the earlier record, in 2005. The Indian Meteorological Department has rainfall da

Bengaluru, Oct 14 (PTI) The Special Investigation Team probing the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh today released the sketches of two suspects and video footage from CCTV cameras. It has sought public help to nab the culprits. Based on information collected from witnesses, three