Bengaluru, Feb 19 (IANS): Tata Group companies Air India and Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL) are planning to invest Rs 2,300 crore in Karnataka in projects that are expected to create employment for 1,650 people, the state government announced on Monday. According to the MoU that has been s

Bengaluru, Feb 16 (IANS): Karnataka High Court granted bail to 106 persons in Hubballi riot case on Friday. The division bench headed by Justice Srinivas Harishkumar and Justice Venkataesh Naik passed the judgement. Violence erupted on April 16, 2022 in Hubballi city in Karnataka over a provoc

Bengaluru, Feb 16 (IANS): Karnataka Chief Minister K. Siddaramaiah on Friday presented a revenue deficit state budget for the year 2024-25 with a total outlay of Rs 3.71 lakh crore. Siddaramaiah, who also holds the Finance portfolio, said: "I am presenting a revenue deficit budget... I have

Bengaluru, Feb 16 (IANS): After facing backlash, the Karnataka government on Thursday revoked its order to restrict the celebration of religious festivals in government-run residential schools and colleges. The Karnataka Residential Educational Institutions Society (KREIS), earlier in the da

Bengaluru, Feb 15: Due to the low uptake of high-security registration plates (HSRP) by motorists as of February 17, the deadline has been extended by three months. This marks the second extension granted to owners of older vehicles to install the HSRP. Transport minister Ramalinga Reddy mad

Bengaluru, Feb 14 (IANS): Karnataka Speaker U.T. Khader on Wednesday asked the state government to get the accused, who gave life threat to the BJP MLA in Bengaluru, arrested by evening or suspend the concerned police inspector. Addressing the Congress government in the Assembly, Khader said

Bengaluru, Feb 13 (IANS): Karnataka BJP has objected to the Congress government's move to release Rs 32 crore grant for the protection of Wakf properties at a time when the state is reeling under severe drought and facing drinking water crisis. Taking to social media on Tuesday, the

Bengaluru, Feb 12 (IANS): Former Karnataka Chief Minister and JD (S) Karnataka President H.D. Kumaraswamy on Monday said that no one can prevent Narendra Modi from becoming Prime Minister for the third consecutive term. “I have observed it very closely that no one will be able to preve

Gadag, Feb 10 (IANS): A day after Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao terminated a doctor from service for doing pre-wedding photo-shoot inside an operation theatre at the government hospital in Chitradurga district, the Gadag Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) on Saturday punished 38

Bengaluru, Feb 8 (IANS): The Karnataka government has banned hookah bars and sale of hookah products in the state with immediate effect on Wednesday. The Department of Health and Family Welfare, Karnataka, has released a gazette notification in this regard banning the sale, consumption, stor

Bengaluru, Feb 6 (IANS): Karnataka Congress is all set to stage a protest demonstration in Delhi against the alleged step-motherly treatment towards the state. The Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has written letters to all central ministers, MPs and Rajya Sabha members to take part in

Bengaluru, Feb 5 (IANS): Home Minister will visit Karnataka on February 10 and hold discussion with the state party leadership over the upcoming Lok Sabha election preparations. Karnataka State President B.Y. Vijayendra said that Shah will hold the Lok Sabha cluster meeting of the party.

Mangaluru International Airport is all set to have direct flight connectivity to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia from April. The flight to Jeddah will take flight connectivity from Mangaluru International Airport to eight international destinations. Air India Express has announced the weekly flight that w

Bengaluru, Feb 3 (IANS): Karnataka unit of BJP on Saturday alleged that the Congress government in the state wants to have communal clashes so that they could win the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. “The Congress has laid out well-prepared plans to create communal clashes, to start debate on

Bengaluru, Feb 1 (IANS): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday warned of strict legal action if anyone is found engaging any individual in manual scavenging, while saying there should be no manual scavengers in the state. He said this while speaking at a programme in which

Raichur, Jan 31 (IANS): Karnataka’s Sirwar town in Raichur District is tense following the violation of the statue of the erstwhile ruler of Mysuru, Tipu Sultan on Wednesday. Some miscreants garlanded the statue of Tipu Sultan with slippers in the wee hours of Wednesday and the people

Bengaluru, Jan 30 (IANS): An air traveller, who joked that he is carrying a bomb in his bag when the staff was conducting security check in the aircraft, has been arrested in Bengaluru. The arrested person is identified as 48-year-old Saju K Kumaran, a private company employee. The incide

Bengaluru, Jan 29 (IANS): Karnataka Minister for RDPR, IT and BT Priyank Kharge on Monday attacked the BJP, saying that if they do not like the national flag, Indian Constitution and integrity of the nation, their leaders "can go to their preferred destination Pakistan". “We