The Transport Department, keeping safety and space concerns as priorities, has decided not to register new Maruti Omni vans as Emergency Response Service Ambulances from now on. While many individual operators have decried the move, some have welcomed it saying safety is the prime concern. Tho

There’s a good news for lakhs of students belonging Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes categories. Henceforth they can travel from their house to school/colleges in buses operated by government-run corporations free of cost. Chairing the meeting of the Karnataka Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan and Sc

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah threw broad hints on the subject of farm loan waiver, saying he would take an appropriate decision “at the right time”. The government has been under intense pressure from the Opposition to waive farm loans, and the issue is likely to dominate the legislature session star

HYDERABAD: The gold robbery worth 1.5cr which took place in Hyderabad last month was planned by a Peruvian gang along with four Bengaluru-based Nigerians. The new findings have come up after the Police apprehended the Nigerians in Bengaluru. 1.5 crore worth of gold was stolen on April 16, in broa

The Health Department has revised prices of blood units and its components in all the 134 private blood banks in Karnataka. A Government Order issued recently says the revised rates will be implemented with immediate effect. While the rates have been revised from ₹700 to ₹950 for every unit of wh

G. Parameshwara, who has been retained as the president of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, on Thursday resigned from the Cabinet after he was instructed by Congress high command to do so. Mr. Parameshwara, who was also holding the Home portfolio, handed over his resignation letter to Ch

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said the Cabinet expansion will take place after the legislature session which is scheduled from June 5 to 16. Interacting with media persons in Mysuru, Mr. Siddaramaiah said he will decide on inducting new Ministers and their portfolios. But, it would be p

The Bengaluru Police through the Union Ministry of Home Affairs have approached Pakistan High Commission office in Delhi, seeking details of the three Pakistani nationals, who had generated Aadhar, using fake documents. Samira Abdul Rahman (25), a Pakistani national who had married Mohammed Shiha

In the backdrop of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan spearheading the opposition to the new Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Markets) Rules, 2017, the Congress government in Karnataka seems unclear about it’s position. E

Bengaluru: Yes, you read that right. After the pre-monsoon showers that relieved the IT city, Bengalureans are now facing trouble due to a one-of-its-own-kind of snowfall. It’s not the usual snowfall which delights people and cools the environment, but the toxic and chemical kinds which have cr

Students from the State have improved their performance in the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) class 10 exams this year when compared to last, while the pass percentage in the Indian School Certificate (ISC) class 12 examinations has dipped marginally. The pass percentage of stud

The results of the Common Entrance Test (CET) for admissions to professional courses, including engineering, Ayush and farm science courses, were announced on Tuesday. Announcing the results, Higher Education Minister Basavaraj Rayareddy said that a total of 96,642 candidates are eligible to take

Bengaluru (Karnataka): Reacting to the Central Government’s new rule on cattle trade, Karnataka Chief Minister K. Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said it is not mandatory to follow every notification which comes from the Centre. “It is not mandatory to follow every notification which comes from Centre as

The former Chief Minister, H.D. Kumaraswamy, has termed the Union government’s decision to impose restrictions on selling cattle for slaughter houses as a regressive move that would adversely affect farmers. Addressing presspersons here on Monday, Mr. Kumaraswamy said while a poor farmer was stru

Law seat aspirants from Karnataka managed to bag top ranks in the Common Law Admission Test 2017 (CLAT), the results of which were announced late on Monday evening. The examination, which is the gateway to premier National Law Schools in the country, was held on May 14. This year’s CLAT was organ

Bengaluru: Four Nigeria nationals and one from Ivory Coast were arrested for allegedly peddling cocaine in the city, said police on Sunday. “On a tip-off, the Crime Branch raided two houses in the suburbs and seized 168 grammes of cocaine valued at Rs 18 lakh,” said Additional Commissioner of Pol

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said his department will soon come out with a detailed policy on electoral bonds, a scheme announced in the 2017–18 budget. The scheme is billed as a tool to bring in more accountability in funding of political parties. Mr. Jaitley credited Prime Minister N

Former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa will be the BJP’s chief ministerial face in the Assembly polls scheduled early next year, party president Amit Shah said during an interaction with news wire Press Trust of India. “It [Karnataka election] will be fought under Yeddyurappa,” Mr. Shah