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Karnataka: Congress expels media coordinator for accusing Shivakumar of corruption in viral video
The party has suspended media coordinator Saleem and issued show cause notice to V S Ugrappa, a former MP, on Wednesday In a huge embarrassment to Karnataka Congress, the party’s former MP and media coordinator were caught on camera making serious corruption allegations against the Karnat
Karnataka’s Kempegowda International Airport Waterlogged After Heavy Rains, Flight Services Hit | Watch
The waterlogging at the airport made it difficult for the passengers to reach the airport. News agency ANI has tweeted a video in which passengers were seen being ferried on tractor outside KIA. Bengaluru: Waterlogging was reported from several parts of Bengaluru including Palace Road, Jayam
3.5 magnitude earthquake hits Karnataka’s Kalaburagi
The intensity of the earthquake that hit Karnataka’s Kalaburagi district on Monday was felt at a radial distance of 50-60 km A magnitude 3.5 earthquake hit Karnataka’s Kalaburagi district, about 630 km from Bengaluru, around 8:07 am on Tuesday. This was the latest in a series of temblors in t
Karnataka Health Minister’s remark on ‘modern Indian women’ leaves Internet divided
Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar claimed that modern Indian women want to stay single and are unwilling to give birth even after marriage while speaking at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurological Sciences, Bengaluru. At the National Institute of Mental Health
Karnataka: Magnitude 3.4 earthquake hits Gulbarga
NEW DELHI: An earthquake of magnitude 3.4 on the Richter scale struck Gulbarga in Karnataka on Sunday morning. According to the National Center for Seismology, the tremors were felt around 6.05am at a depth of 10 kilometres. Earthquake of Magnitude:3.4, Occurred on 10-10-2021, 06:05:25 IST, La
Karnataka: Hindu women abused for travelling in Muslim man’s car, two arrested in Dakshina Kannada
The two Hindu women were travelling on a two-wheeler to Moodbidri. Their friend Soudha and her husband Ashraf offered to drop them at the temple since they were also going the same way. In yet another moral policing incident, the police in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka on Saturda
Karnataka on high alert after intelligence agencies track satellite phone calls again
The use of satellite phones has been tracked for the third time in a year in Karnataka. Central agencies have gathered information about suspected anti-national activities taking place in coastal districts The Karnataka government has been alerted by the intelligence agencies about satellit
Tax Raid At 50 Karnataka Places, Including BS Yediyurappa Aide's Premises
According to BS Yediyurappa, Income Tax officials have summoned his aide Umesh at 11 am on Friday, after which he will be able to know the reason behind the raids. Bengaluru: Premises of former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa's close aide Umesh were among those raided by Income T
10 Arrested: Police, Karnataka Man Beheaded Over Inter-Faith Relationship.
The right-wing leader, identified as Maharaj Pundaleeka, took money from the girl's family to murder the victim, police officials said Bengaluru: Nearly 10 days after the beheaded body of a 24-year-old man was found on a railway track in Karnataka's Belagavi district, the police today cla
Karnataka: Seven, including children dead as house collapses in Belagavi district
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai condoled the incident and announced Rs 5 lakh as compensation to the kin of the deceased. New Delhi: In a tragic incident on Wednesday (October 6), seven of the same family were killed after a house collapsed at Badal-Ankalgi village in Karnataka’s
Karnataka woman burnt alive after resisting rape attempt
A woman was allegedly burnt alive after she resisted a rape attempt by a man in Karnataka's Yadgir district. Aman allegedly burnt alive a woman in the Yadgir district of Karnataka after she resisted a rape attempt by him earlier this week. The accused, identified as Gangappa Basappa, alleg
Cabbie gets 10-year jail for marrying, raping minor girl in Karnataka
BENGALURU: A special fast-track court in Tumakuru recently held a 29-year-old cab driver guilty of marrying a minor in 2015 and sentenced him to 10-year rigorous imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 40,000 on him. Convict S Gajendra was 23 and a married man when he took the 16-year-old girl from
Decision On Reopening Karnataka Schools For Classes 1-5 After Festival Season: Minister
Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar on Sunday said a decision regarding reopening of schools for classes 1-5 in the state will be taken after the festival season. Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar on Sunday said a decision regarding reopening of schools for classes 1-5 in the state will b
Muslim man beheaded by Ram Sena over alleged love affair with Hindu girl
The victim, Arbaz, was reportedly in love with a woman named Swetha, due to which he received repeated threats from the extremist group. In yet another instance of anti-minority hate crime, a 24-year-old Muslim man in Karnataka’s Belgavi district was beheaded and killed over an alleged love
Five cabbies arrested for sexually harassing woman near Hoskote
BENGALURU: Five cab drivers have been arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a 20-yearold woman in front of her relative at a village near Hoskote, around 27km from Bengaluru, on Saturday. The accused — Ashif, 29, Nawaz Pasha, 22, Liyakat Pasha, 30, Rohid, 26, all residents of Handenahalli and
Karnataka "Seriously Considering" Law Against Religious Conversion: Chief Minister
Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said, "as several such incidents are happening, we are seriously considering a law against religious conversion through inducement or by force." The Karnataka government is seriously considering bringing in a law ag
Boy as pontiff: Karnataka HC reserves verdict in Shiroor Mutt case
BENGALURU: The high court on Thursday reserved its verdict with regard to a PIL challenging the anointing of a 16-year-old boy as mathadhipathi/pontiff of Shiroor Mutt, one of the ashta mutts of Udupi. A division bench headed by acting chief justice Satish Chandra Sharma heard the parties at leng
Three killed in blasts in Bengaluru
According to preliminary investigation, the police said fire crackers were stored in the godown. Three persons died on the spot and four were injured after a blast took place in a shop where crackers were stored at a transport office in Bengaluru on Thursday afternoon. The deceased have be