Mysuru, Jun 13: After a setback in the recent Rajya Sabha polls, which saw at least one of its MLAs voting against party candidate, JD(S) on Monday faced another round of dissidence with its MLC requesting voters to back a Congress nominee in the election to Legislative Council from the South Gradua

STUDENT REPORTEDLY WANTED TO CALL HIS MOTHER TO WISH HER ON BIRTHDAY, HOSTEL DID NOT ALLOW HIM Mangaluru: In an incident reported from KC Road in Talapady near Ullal here, an 11-year-old boy committed suicide after the hostel authorities denied his request of making a phone call to his mother to wi

Mangaluru: N Srinath, the Chief Executive Officer of Tata Trusts on Saturday said that the late detection and diagnosis of cancer is one of the major problems in the treatment of cancer while the availability of treatment facilities and affordability of the treatment were also among the major issues

Bengaluru, June 10: The ruling BJP in Karnataka had the last laugh as it won all the three Rajya Sabha seats it had contested in, out of total four from the state, that went for polls on Friday, while the Congress managed to win only one of the two seats to which it had fielded its candidates. Th

Mysuru(PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said his government will "promptly and correctly" respond to Tamil Nadu's opposition to discussion on Mekedatu project in Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) meet on June 17. His statement comes a day after the Tamil Nadu g

Shivamogga, June 7: Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra on Tuesday said RSS offices in the state will be provided with adequate security, following threats to cause destruction to them. He said a man has been arrested in neighbouring Tamil Nadu for circulating a threat message on WhatsApp thr

Bengaluru, June: Three died after consumption of contaminated water in Raichur district, following which Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday ordered a probe into and announced a compensation of Rs five lakh each to the family of the deceased. According to sources, several people,

Shivamogga (PTI): Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra on Monday said the state police and the Intelligence Bureau (IB) are conducting a joint probe regarding the use of banned satellite phones in forest areas of Chikkamagaluru and the coastal region. He said the illegal operation of banned sa

Hubballi, Jun 5: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said the anti-RSS propaganda resulted in the Congress losing its grounds elsewhere and the same will happen in the state as well. "Former chief minister Siddaramaiah and the Congress leaders were always against the Rashtriya Swa

Chitradurga, Jun 4: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday ruled out constituting a new textbook review committee amid a row over the controversial tweets and excluding the writings of intellectuals by Karnataka Textbook Review Committee chief Rohith Chakrateertha many years ago. C

Mandya, Jun 4 (IANS): Karnataka's historical town Srirangapatna has turned into a police fortress on Saturday against the backdrop of Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad's (VHP) "Srirangapatna Chalo" call to chant Hanuman Chalisa in Jamia Masjid. The district administration has clamped curfew f

Bengaluru, June 1: Some members of the Congress' student wing - NSUI (National Students Union of India) - allegedly tried to stage a protest and besiege the house of Primary and Secondary Education Minister B C Nagesh at Tiptur in Tumakuru district of Karnataka on Wednesday over the school textbook

Bengaluru: The Income Tax officials conducted raids at more than 50 places on residences of businessmen throughout the state on Wednesday. In the background of accusations of possessing income exceeding the submitted IT returns, teams of more than 600 IT officials are reportedly raiding the homes

Bengaluru, May 27: Targeting the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, senior Karnataka Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Friday questioned whether those who belonged to the outfit were "native Indians", "Dravidians" or "Aryans". The Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly also blamed the lack of uni

Bengaluru: An Omani student studying in Bengaluru committed suicide by hanging himself on Monday here in the city. The incident took place under the jurisdiction of Bagalur Police Station. The police identified deceased the student as Abdul Azeer (22). Abdul Azeer was reportedly a student of f

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