Bengaluru (Karnataka): The students of the National School of Drama (NSD) Bengaluru took to protest outside Guru Nanak Bhavan on Thursday as they were evicted from premises due to non-payment of rent dues by institution. The high drama on the premises started after the students and the faculty we

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today launched his personal Twitter handle, calling it an attempt to connect with people not as CM, but as a “rooted and proud” Kannadiga. “Today, I am launching this new Twitter account to stay personally connected with all of you, to share views,

Bengaluru: BJP president Amit Shah arrived here on Saturday on a three-day visit to Karnataka to re-energise the rank and file, and asserted that the party stood united and would return to power in next year’s assembly polls under the leadership of state unit chief BS Yeddyurappa. “Friends, our p

New Delhi : Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday assured that the government is taking all necessary action to tackle the Bellandur Lake menace adding the problem will be solved within one or two years. “The government is taking all necessary action. It is there; it will be solved wi

Bengaluru: Congress party vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday inaugurated canteens in Karnataka named after former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. “The Indira canteens is an endeavour to make Karnataka hunger-free and provide food at affordable rates to the labour class and poor migrants,” Chi

The Dakshina Kannada police have finally managed a breakthrough in the murder of RSS worker Sharath Madiwala, nearly two months after the incident. Two members of the Popular Front of India (PFI) have been arrested for providing shelter to the assailants. Abdul Shari alias Shari, from indirana

'Imposition of any language other than the local language is unconstitutional', said Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Stressing his stand on what the State calls 'imposition of Hindi', Siddaramaiah made it very clear during his Independence Day speech that, "Every State has its own official

Terming Bharatiya Janata Party’s Mission-150 an impossible move, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that the party won’t get beyond 50 seats in the next Assembly election. He was speaking after laying the foundation stone for the Mini Vidhana Soudha building at Aland town in Kalaburagi district

Mangaluru: The city police has arrested a man from Kulashekar for allegedly cheating a woman on the pretext of getting her a nurse’s job in Doha, Qatar and “selling her as a slave” in Saudi Arabia, it said today. James D’Mello (35) was arrested yesterday, the police said, adding that he was instr

Hyderabad: The main opposition Congress in Telangana today urged the Karnataka government to release water from its reservoirs to meet the drinking water needs in the state. Telangana Congress president N Uttam Kumar Reddy wrote a letter this regard to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who a

JD(S) national president H.D. Deve Gowda has said that his party was prepared to take on both the national parties — Congress and BJP — no matter whoever came to campaign for them. “We have the strength and confidence to face both the parties. We are not bothered about either Amit Shah or Rahul G

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday unleasheda scathing attack on the BJP for letting down the poor and marginalised sections while pleasing the rich with huge tax concessions and waiver of corporate loans. Addressing a massive party workers’ convention here, Mr. Gandhi criticised th

Bengaluru: Attacking the Karnataka government, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Saturday said in his public life, he has not seen any other establishment in the country “as much corrupt and shameless” as the one led by Siddaramaiah. In spite of several raids and arrests, the Co

Bengaluru: BJP president Amit Shah arrived here today on a three-day visit to Karnataka to re-energise the rank and file, and asserted that the party stood united and would return to power in next year’s assembly polls under the leadership of state unit chief B S Yeddyurappa. “Friends, our party

Bengaluru: Amid growing differences among the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community leaders on the issue of separate religion status, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said the government has no stand on the matter. The chief minister also said that a “misconception” is being created tha

The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to the former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy in a case registered against him by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Lokayukta for alleged misuse of his office to show a favour to a mining company when he was the Chief Minist

Over 30 heads of Lingayat mutts met here on Thursday and passed a five-point resolution to press ahead with the demand for minority religion status for the community on the lines of Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism. Later in the day, the seers also presented a joint memorandum to Chief Minister Sidd

Bengaluru: State-run International Institute of Information Technology-Bengaluru (IIIT-B) on Wednesday said it is starting a post-graduate diploma programme to train about 10,000 students and engineers in smart software skills. “The 11-month programme will provide hands-on learning to students an