The showers also flooded homes and temples in certain areas despite instructions from the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) top brass to their staff to be on vigil to handle the heavy rains in September. A heavy three-hour thunderstorm ravaged the city on Thursday night, resulting in the

Bengaluru, Sep 1 (IANS): The Karnataka High Court has suggested to the authorities to get in touch with the foreign affairs ministry in connection with a case of conviction of a Karnataka man in Saudi Arabia for allegedly posting blasphemous posts.  The bench headed by Justice Krishna S

Bengaluru, Aug 21 (IANS): Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced on Monday that a committee will be formed to formulate a new education policy for Karnataka. As education is a state subject, it was decided to set up a committee to formulate the education policy, while continuing the old educatio

Bengaluru, Aug 16 (IANS): Karnataka Minister for Education Madhu Bangarappa on Wednesday said that the government will distribute eggs and bananas twice in a week to the students studying in government schools in the state. Talking to reporters, Minister Madhu Bangarappa said, the scheme of dis

Bengaluru, Aug 14 (IANS): The Congress-ruled Karnataka government on Monday declared that it would scrap the National Education Policy (NEP) of the previous BJP government from the next academic year. Speaking at the KPCC office after inaugurating the general meeting of party members, Chief Min

Karwar: 2 August 2023 (Bhatkallys News Bureau) In a heart-wrenching incident, an 8-month-old baby girl lost her life after accidentally putting a mobile charger in her mouth on Wednesday. The unfortunate incident took place on Tuesday in Karwar taluk, leaving the family devastated. Sanidhya's pa

Mangaluru, Jul 24: The meteorological department has issued a red alert for today and tomorrow, July 24 and 25, in the districts of Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada, and Udupi as heavy rains continue to batter these coastal areas for the past two days. Meanwhile, Chikkamagaluru, Shivamogga, and

Bengaluru, Jul 22 (IANS): Karnataka police have arrested a couple in connection with the tomato robbery case reported in RMC Yard police station in Bengaluru and launched a hunt for the three other accused, police said on Saturday. According to police, the arrested couple have been identified as

Bengalauru, Jul 19 (IANS): Bengaluru police busted a terror module with the arrest of five suspects, who were allegedly planning to carry out subversive activities in the city. City Crime Branch (CCB) officials also recovered weapons from the suspects, identified as Syed Suhel, Umar, Junaid, Mu

Hyderabad: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has given assurance to Muslim religious leaders that the implementation of a uniform civil code in Karnataka will not be allowed under any circumstances. During a meeting with a delegation of Muslim scholars led by Karnataka’s Ameer-E-Shariat Ma

Mangaluru, Jun 25: The sudden increase in airfare from Dubai to Mangaluru has posed a significant challenge for middle-class families residing in the Gulf nation. coastal residents With summer holidays underway in Dubai and Bakrid festival approaching, many natives of coastal districts who

Bengaluru, Jun 23 (IANS): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday met various industrialists to address the issue of power tariff hike in the state and the other issues faced by them. The industrialists' delegation was led by the President of Karnataka Federation of Commerce and Ind

Bengaluru, Jun 21 (IANS): The Karnataka government has decided to create a separate cyber wing in every police station to counter fake news, and will also hold a meeting with the representatives of Facebook, Twitter, Google and other social media platforms. Speaking to reporters here on Wednesd

Bengaluru, Jun 18 (IANS): The Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCC&I) along with all other district chambers of commerce have given a shutdown call for June 22 against the recent power tariff hike. They have appealed to all the trade and industry to close their establishments in

Bengaluru, Jun 15 (IANS): The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday warned Facebook that it would consider issuing an order to close down the social media giant's activities in India following its alleged non-cooperation with the state police over investigation of the case of an imprisoned Indian citize

The Congress-led Karnataka government on Thursday decided to repeal the anti-conversion law that was introduced by the previous BJP government. The proposal was passed by the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led cabinet and is likely to be brought on the floor of the house soon. The law, which was formul

Bengaluru, Jun 6 (IANS): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday announced that 200 units of free electricity will be provided to all domestic consumers, including those living in rented accomodations in the state. While interacting with reporters after garlanding the statue of former

Bengaluru, Jun 2 (IANS): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday declared that all five guarantees would be implemented within this financial year, and also announced the dates for the same. He said the free bus travel scheme for women will come into effect by June 11, free power up to