An all-party meeting has been convened by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on August 5 to discuss river water issues of the state. The meeting comes in the backdrop of protests demanding release of water from reservoirs for agricultural activities in the Cauvery basin. Speaking to reporters on his

Bengaluru : Gopalkrishna Gandhi’s decision to file the nomination for Vice President has drawn the ire of his nephew and Mahatma Gandhi’s great-grandson Shrikrishna Kulkarni, who has shot off a letter to the former questioning his decision to contest the election from the Congress-led Opposition’s s

BENGALURU: A top police officer, who came out with a controversial report on alleged special treatment in jail to AIADMK (Amma) leader V K Sasikala, was yesterday served a legal notice by transferred Karnataka DGP H N Satyanarayana Rao. “You (D Roopa) are required to get an apology duly published

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India]: The 44 Congress MLAs, who left for Bengaluru to ensure they don’t succumb to police and political pressure to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said on Saturday that there is no pressure and that they are not scared of the saffron party. The MLAs reached Bengal

BENGALURU: As clamor grows for granting separate religion status to the dominant Veerashaiva-Lingayat community, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said he was yet to receive any requisition in this regard. “Requisition has not yet come, how will the recommendation come? I have said if you all

New Delhi, July 27: An officer of the Indian Army and his associate were arrested by CBI on Thursday for accepting a bribe. Army officer- working as a Garrison Engineer and  Assistant of Garrison Engineer were apprehended in Karnataka while accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 and 30 coins of gold. The

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has written a letter to Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Narendra Singh Tomar stating the state government was compelled to redesign the signage in the metro without the Hindi language. Siddaramaiah had written that although the state government ha

New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the Public-Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Tamil Nadu unit convener, to bar V.K. Sasikala from acting as All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) General Secretary. While dismissing the plea filed by Vasigaran, t

Bengaluru: In a vague attempt to click a selfie next to an Elephant, 28-yr-old Abhilash V was trampled by the elephant after he trespassed into Bannerghatta Biological Park on Tuesday. According to the police sources, sales representative Abhilash, a resident of south Bengaluru’s Basavanagudi tre

Mangaluru: A 22-year-old student of a city college was arrested here on Monday for allegedly swindling over Rs 50 lakh from other students by borrowing sums from them, citing various reasons. The accused, identified as Vinod, a native of Sangli in Maharashtra, has been staying with his parents in

New Delhi: Four non-BJP ruled states, including Karnataka and West Bengal, today moved the Supreme Court seeking to intervene in the ongoing hearing on the issue of whether the Right to Privacy can be declared as one of the Fundamental Rights under the Constitution. Besides Karnataka and West B

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India]: The Congress Party on Tuesday said there is no existing rule stating that a state cannot have its own flag and accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of being ‘Hindi-Centric’ and not respecting diversity. Slamming the Centre for terming the Karnataka government’

New Delhi: While GST shook the financial economy of Nation, ITC too played its part by raising prices of certain brands of cigarettes, following the 6-7 per cent hike in additional cess on cigarettes. The GST Council on July 17 raised the compensation cess by Rs 485-792 per thousand cigarettes to

Bengaluru: Supporting the cause of Kannada and the right to promote the local language, Bengaluru Police Commissioner Praveen Sood on Saturday however warned pro-Kannada activists against violating the law while opposing use of Hindi on signboards in the city. “Importance to Kannada should be g

Bengaluru: Eminent space scientist and former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Udupi Ramachandra Rao passed away here in the wee hours today due to age related ailments. He was 85. “Rao breathed his last during the early hours, around 3 AM today,” ISRO Public Relations Direct

Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today said the state-run abattoir here produces around 2,000 kgs of beef per day and the additional demand for it is met by supplies from neighbouring Karnataka. Addressing the state assembly on the first day of the monsoon session, Parrikar, in reply

A 48-year-old woman has filed a complaint that she has been hit by a car in which Moobidri MLA K. Abhayachandra Jain was travelling on Friday evening. In the complaint to the Bajpe police, 48-year-old Jainabi said she was hit by the car when she was walking by the roadside near Bajpe market. Afte

Bengaluru: Calling for a narrative based on cultural and civilisational ethos of tolerance and compassion, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said the legacy of pluralism and secularism was at stake. “What is at stake is the legacy of pluralism and secularism, as citizens are no long