Bengaluru, May 21: The Karnataka government has ordered 33 per cent reservation for women among the outsourced employees in all its departments and their subsidiary organisations, institutions, universities and autonomous bodies. In his May 19 circular, Chief Secretary P Ravi Kumar said recruitme

Mandya: In the wake of the controversies over Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque, fringe Hindutvava organisations including Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal have sought for the videography survey and excavation of Jamia Masjid at Srirangapatna on Friday. The twin right wing organisations have urged

New Delhi/Bengaluru(PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who met Union Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss the much awaited expansion or rejig of his Cabinet on Wednesday, said the BJP central leadership would communicate its decision in this regard after discussions, and that "anything m

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday held a meeting with top officials of Home, Police, and Legal Department and issued guidelines on the usage of loudspeakers at religious places across the state. The new order added that all the premises using loudspeakers in the stat

Udupi: Karnataka BJP Chief Nalin Kumar Kateel on Monday said the recent statements of party legislator Basanagouda Patil Yatnal were taken note of and they were brought to the notice of the party’s Central Disciplinary Committee. He further added the committee will be contemplating further action

Badami: Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Tuesday called for the arrest of Sri Rama Sene chief Pramod Mutalik for disrupting peace and spreading enmity between communities over the Azaan-Bhajan issue. Speaking before taking part in the Janata Jaladhare event at Badami on Tuesday,

Bengaluru, May 9: Karnataka Agriculture Minister B C Patil on Monday warned of stringent action against those who create artificial scarcity of fertilisers and seeds for sowing ahead of monsoon season. The minister said the government is making sure there is no shortage of fertilisers and seeds i

Bengaluru, May 6: Karnataka BJP leader B S Yediyurappa on Friday hinted that the much-awaited expansion or reshuffle of the Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai-led cabinet in the state, may take place before May 10. The former chief minister said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will soon take a decision

Bengaluru, May 5: Accusing the BJP government at the Centre of supporting the "40 per cent commission government" in Karnataka, Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah on Wednesday demanded a judicial inquiry, headed by a sitting High Court judge, into the alleged scam in the recruitment of police sub-ins

Bengaluru(PTI): Denials poured in on change in the leadership in Karnataka, amid buzz over such a move by the BJP high command ahead of the Assembly polls next year, as Union Minister Amit Shah was on a day-long visit to take part in various events in the city on Tuesday. This even as some party

Bengaluru, Apr 27: With the much awaited expansion or reshuffle of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai-led cabinet in Karnataka taking time, voices of discontent seems to be brewing within the ruling BJP, with party MLA M P Renukacharya on Wednesday openly expressing displeasure about the delay and work

Vijayapura, Apr 26: Amid fresh COVID-19 concerns in different parts of the country and apprehensions of a possible fourth wave of the pandemic, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday indicated that precautionary and surveillance measures may be reintroduces at airports and border distr

Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government on Monday issued fresh COVID guidelines to be followed mandatorily in the state including the wearing of masks. The move comes in the wake of the surge in COVID cases in the state and in other parts of the country. The order issued by the government on Monday s

Hubballi(PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday called the recent violence in the city over an alleged social media post, a 'big conspiracy' and said his government has taken the incident seriously. He was responding to reporters' query on the action taken against those involve

Kalaburagi/Bengaluru, Apr 22: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday termed as stray incident two students not appearing for the second PUC (class 12) exam after being denied permission to enter the examination hall as they were wearing hijabs. "I'm not aware of it, it may be a stray

Shivamogga, Apr 20: The airport that is coming up at Sogane near here will be named after former chief minister B S Yediyurappa, Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai said on Wednesday. The airport, with international standard facilities, will be inaugurated in December this year, he said. "I'm happy

“UNNECESSARY” ASPECTS OF THE HISTORY OF TIPU SULTAN TO BE DISCARDED Bengaluru: Minister of Primary and Secondary Education B C Nagesh on Tuesday said that Bhagavad Gita along with Panchatantra and Ramayana are likely to be introduced in school texts from the next academic year in a paper titled “mo

Reacting to the reports of prime accused in allegations of irregularities in PSI recruitment in the state, Divya Hagaragi being a member of BJP, party’s MLA Rajkumar Patil Telkur on Monday said Divya is not BJP member. “The government will not tolerate such behavior from anybody. The guilty will