New Delhi [India]: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday defended his action of transferring Deputy Inspector General (Prisons) D Roopa, who exposed irregularities in Parappana Agrahara Prison, stating that the action was taken “in view of the Government’s commitment to public interest, tr

BENGALURU: A police team's midnight knock on the door of BS Yeddyurappa has threatened to snowball into a confrontation between the BJP and the ruling Congress. The knock, police sources said, was for NR Santosh, an aide of Yeddyurappa, in connection with an alleged attempt to kidnap the aide of

Prohibitory orders were clamped in the city limits on Sunday till July 30 in the wake of recent incidents of communal unrest in parts of Dakshina Kannada district. In a related development, head of a local mutt has been asked to appear before police in connection with his claims that he had “vita

Bengaluru, July 17 (PTI) The Karnataka government today  transferred two top jail officials who were locked in a bitter public spat over allegations of "special" treatment to AIADMK (Amma) leader V K Sasikala and other "erroneous" practises in the central prison here. DGP (Prisons) H N Sathyanara

BENGALURU: Deputy inspector general (prisons) D Roopa, who recently exposed alleged corrupt activities in jail, submitted her second report to DGP (Prisons) HN Sathyanarayana Rao on Saturday. In the report, she has highlighted the state of affairs pertaining to maintenance of the central prison,

BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today indicated that the 2018 assembly polls could "most likely" be his last election. He also hinted at choosing Chamundeshwari constituency in Mysuru -- the place that gave him 'political rebirth' -- for the election. "People in Chamundeshwari ha

Singing the Nada Geethe (State anthem) is likely to be made mandatory in all schools in Karnataka. Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Tanveer Sait on Thursday said, “In many schools, during the assembly, children sing the national anthem and in some cases, even the school anthem. We hav

The police will leave no stone unturned to restore normalcy in Bantwal taluk, including using Goonda Act and deportation of known offenders, said Director General and Inspector General of Police Rupak Kumar Dutta on Friday. Talking to reporters here, Mr. Dutta said that all persons involved, incl

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India]: Bengaluru’s Deputy Inspector General (Prisons) D. Roopa on Friday said she is being unnecessarily targeted and singled out for exposing irregularities at the Parappana Agrahara Central prison. Roopa came into limelight for exposing irregularities in the jail. She ac

Bengaluru :Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today ordered a high-level probe into alleged irregularities at the central prison here, including preferential treatment being given to AIADMK (Amma) leader V K Sasikala. He said strict action will be taken against those found guilty. “We have

Mumbai: The Indian Coast Guard rescued seven fishermen from the fishing boat Manjeshwari, which was in distress due to flooding, off Mangalore on Tuesday. Fishing boat Manjeshwari, a 27-feet Gillnet boat, had sailed out from old Mangalore Port at about 9:00 am on 7 June 2017 and was heading towar

As many as 206 boys, aged between 8 and 13, were detained for nearly seven hours on Tuesday at the Cantonment railway station in Bengaluru after police were led to believe they were victims of human trafficking, IANS said. The Railway Police Force, who suspected the children were being trafficked fr

Bengaluru: Two months after missing the deadline, Karnataka cabinet today approved rules under the new real estate regulation act that aims to protect home buyers. Karnataka Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Rules, 2016 was approved by the cabinet today, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minster

Mumbai: Global healthcare company GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd is investing Rs 1,000 crore in a new state-of-the-art pharmaceutical unit in Karnataka and is looking at enhancing its global pipeline in areas like respiratory drugs and vaccines in India. “We are investing Rs 1,000 crore in a

Bengaluru: A three-day Babasaheb B.R. Ambedkar international conference on social justice will be held in Bengaluru from July 21 to 23, an official statement said here on Saturday. “The conference will unveil the ‘Bengaluru Declaration’ outlining specific constitutional, institutional and policy

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India]: In the wake of the killings of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) workers in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, on Monday said, the “communal goons” need to be strictly watched. While addressing a press conference, after a review meeting with the state police de

A man from Solapur in Maharashtra has been arrested on the charge of duping several people in Karnataka and Maharashtra by impersonating as the Superintendent of Customs and Central Excise. Hubballi-Dharwad Police Commissioner Pandurang Rane told presspersons here on Saturday that Siddappa Shival

Union Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda has lashed out at Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, saying that the latter should work as the Chief Minister of the State and not as a Congress functionary. Speaking to reporters in Tumakuru on Saturday, Mr.Sadananda Gowda said that though there was turbulence in Da