Ahead of the State Assembly elections scheduled to be held next year, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said that the government will take steps to increase the reservation quota in employment and education from the present 50% to 75%. The Chief Minister made the announcement at a programme o

Class 10 Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) students in the State who had opted for Kannada as their second language were stumped when they saw their question paper on Thursday. The paper was riddled with errors as some of the characters in the script were missing. Shobha G., whose

A student, who was on her way to college with her brother, was trampled to death by a wild elephant near Devarapura in Kodagu district on Friday. The victim has been identified as P.M. Safana (20), a second-year B. Com. student of Cauvery College, Gonikoppal. She was the daughter of P.A. Mustafa,

BENGALURU, MARCH 26, 2017  - The Karnataka Cabinet on Friday approved a proposal to raise the retirement age for private sector employees to 60 years from the present 58 years. Schedule – 1 of Karnataka Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) rules 1961 will be amended to give effect to the

The Congress on Saturday submitted a petition to the Election Commission of India seeking criminal proceedings against State BJP president B.S. Yeddyurappa for allegedly violating the poll code of conduct during a campaign in Gundlupet constituency. During the campaign, Mr. Yeddurappa allegedly said

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday flagged off 78 mobile medical units that will provide health services to people living in hilly remote areas, areas which are far-off from the health centres, areas with poor transport connectivity and areas which are mostly inhabited by Scheduled Castes and S

A large procession, dominated by saffron, was taken out on the streets of Harohalli on the outskirts of Bengaluru against the construction of an abattoir in the area. Though the area has seen protests on and off for years citing environmental concerns, this time it was led by Raghaveshwara Bharathi,

Psephologist and leader of Swaraj India Yogendra Yadav has accused the NDA government at the Centre of appeasing the corporate sector by waiving their taxes while not waiving debts of farmers who are victims of agrarian crisis. At a programme organised to merge 12-year-old Sarvodaya Karnataka Pak

BENGALURU, March 24,2017 : Davanagere, Hubballi, Mysuru and Udupi districts are now among the places in Karnataka where aspiring doctors can take the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test. The Central Board of Secondary Education announced on Friday it was increasing the number of exam centres i

Thousands of employees in the private sector who will be retiring this month-end will benefit from the State government’s decision to amend the Karnataka Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) (Amendment) Rules, 2009 to increase the retirement age from 58 to 60. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had p

Anganwadi workers, who called off their four-day strike on Thursday have warned the government that their decision is conditional, subject to the outcome of the meeting scheduled on April 10, where they hope their demands will be met. The Karnataka State Anganwadi Workers’ Association said their

Two days after joining the BJP, the former Chief Minister S.M. Krishna on Friday said political polarisation had begun in Karnataka. “A clear picture on the political polarisation in the State will emerge in five to six months from now,” he said after visiting the BJP State headquarters here for

Reviewing drought-relief measures here on Friday, District in-charge Secretary for Dharwad P. Manivannan issued a warning to officials that none would be spared if it was found that they had been apathetic towards problems pertaining to drinking water, fodder for cattle and creation of jobs under MN

The State government has increased the remuneration of guest lecturers of first-grade colleges who have passed the national eligibility and the State eligibility tests and have Ph.D. degree, from ₹11,500 to ₹13,000. Announcing this in the Legislative Council on Friday, Higher Education Minister B

Mangaluru, March 22,2017: A Muslim BJP leader here in the city, facing threat over a rumour that he has converted to Hinduism for power and money, has approached police for a probe into the matter and sought security. BJP Minorities Morcha state Vice President Rahim Uchil today said “certain people

Seven weeks after he quit Congress, former Karnataka chief minister S M Krishna on Wednesday joined the BJP in the presence of the party's national president Amit Shah. Though Krishna said he was not expecting any post in the organisation, Amit Shah said the party will give him “due respect” keep

Kasargod, Mar 21: Communal tensions have been flared up in Kasaragod district of Kerala after a Muslim cleric was hacked to death by unknown assailants on Monday night. Sporadic incidents of violence reported from different parts of the district during Tuesday’s Muslim League sponsored hartal in

The Karnataka Anti Terror Squad (ATS) on Saturday took on four-day transit remand a suspected terrorist connected to the 2005 terror attack at Bengaluru's Indian Institute of Science (IIS), police said. The transit remand of suspect Habib Mia, 37, was given by West Tripura District Magistrate and