State news

Wipro sets up innovation centre in Silicon Valley

Bengaluru: Global software major Wipro Ltd on Tuesday said it had opened an innovation centre in the US’ Silicon Valley to develop and showcase next-generation technologies and solutions for enterprises. “Our Silicon Valley innovation centre at Mountain View in California will demonstrate enterpr

SC grants interim bail to Bengaluru blast accused

New Delhi [India]: The Supreme Court on Monday granted 14-days interim bail to Bengaluru blast case accused Abdul Nazeer Madani to attend his son’s marriage. Madani had asked the apex court to grant him bail to attend his son Umar Mukhtar’ wedding to be held at Thalassery on August 9. Earlier

Senior BJP Leader BB Shivappa Dies

Bengaluru: Veteran Karnataka BJP leader B B Shivappa passed away following prolonged illness at a private hospital in Bengaluru. He was 89. Shivappa is survived by wife and three sons. Hospital and party officials said Shivappa was ill for some time and also had age-related ailments. The body

BJP’s Yeddyurappa takes a u-turn on separate religion status for Lingayats

BENGALURU: A memorandum signed by BJP’s B S Yeddyurappa wanted separate religion status exposes his doublespeak on demand of delinking of Lingayatism from Hinduism. In 2013, a memorandum dated 25 July has signatures of all prominent Lingayat MLAs and MPs of the state, including senior BJP leader

Bengaluru Police nabs 5 for knife attack on Chinese national

Bengaluru: The Indira Nagar Police on Monday arrested all the five accused, who attacked a Chinese national with knives in Bengaluru. The accused were identified as Mani, Manikantha, Vijay, Arunkirran and Sharath. The police have also recovered two 2-wheelers from them, which were used for com

Bengaluru: BJP workers stage protest against ‘irresponsible’ Congress MLAs from Gujarat

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India]: Leaders and party workers belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday staged a protest against the MLAs of the Congress Party who are currently in the city, criticizing their absence from Gujarat at a time when the state has been hit by severe floods. Ca

From August 1, classes in govt. degree colleges to begin at 9 a.m.

The Department of Collegiate Education has made another flip-flop and announced that classes in government first-grade degree colleges across the State will commence from 9 a.m. with effect from August 1. From this academic year, classes in these colleges commenced at 8 a.m., but it was changed t

All party meeting to discuss river water issues on August 5: CM

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

Gandhi’s great-grandson slams Gopalkrishna Gandhi for offering candidature to Congress

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

Apologise or pay 50 crores, cop who revealed Sasikala jail perks told

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: Congress MLAs deny pressure, say not scared of BJP

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

Ready to recommend separate religion status for Veerashaiva-Lingayat community: Siddaramaiah

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

Karwar: CBI Arrests Army Officer And His Associate For Accepting Bribe

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 CM writes to Centre, says Hindi signs on Metro will be replaced

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

SC rejects AAP’s PIL to bar Sasikala as acting AIADMK General Secretary

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: Man trampled over by elephant in attempt to click selfie

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

22-year-old college student arrested for alleged swindling of Rs 50 L from mates

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

Karnataka, WB move SC in favour of Right to Privacy

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