Bidar: A local court on Tuesday gave anticipatory bail to Abdul Qadeer, chairman of the Shaheen Group of Institutions, Bidar, and four other members of the staff of the management in a sedition case filed against them for staging a play that was alleged to be derogatory to prime minister Narendra Mo

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government is contemplating to move a resolution in the ongoing budget session of the Assembly to implement the Citizen Amendment Act (CAA). Sensing strong opposition from the Congress to such a resolution, the government has decided to bring it through the back door, camouf

A 25-year-old Karnataka man was arrested on Sunday after Forest Department officials took note of a viral video of him killing a porcupine which was posted on his TikTok account. The accused has been identified as one Manjunath Biryalhissa, a native of Jewargi taluk in Karnataka’s north west Kala

A Karnataka doctor at a government hospital is in trouble after he allegedly consumed liquor while on duty and will now face a departmental inquiry. The accused has been identified as Dr Channakeshava. The incident of the doctor being inebriated while at work came to light on Saturday after staff

Tumakuru: A two and a half year old baby became the latest victim of a maneater leopard that has been terrorising villages in three taluks of Tumakuru district in Karnataka. The baby, Chandana, was playing in the front yard of her father’s farmhouse in Bychanahalli village in Tumakuru taluk, and

Bengaluru: State General Assembly of Popular Front of India(PFI), Karnataka state was held on 27 - 29 February 2020 in Puttur of Dakshina Kannada district. New office bearers for the term 2020 - 2022 were elected. Yasir Hassan was elected as new state president and Nasir Pasha Bangalore as State Gen

Mangaluru: Two construction labourers died and one seriously injured when the retaining wall alongside the site collapsed on Friday afternoon at Karangalpady in Mangaluru. Sources said that the incident took place around 1 am when the labourers were working at the site. The fire department off

Centenarian freedom fighter, vedic scholar and a former journalist who had witnessed the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, Sudhakar Krishna Rao died on Thursday in Bengaluru. Known as Pandit Sudhakar “Chaturvedi” as he was well versed in the four vedas, the scholar died at his home in Bengaluru’s Jayanagar

Bengaluru: Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Infosys,  has extended a help of Rs18 crores for imparting computer education in the government schools of Karnataka. An announcement in this regard was made in a meeting between Infosys Foundation chief Sudha Murthy and primary and secondar

Ankara: At least 33 Turkish soldiers were killed as violence escalates in Syria’s Idlib province after an airstrike blamed on Damascus, with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg condemning “indiscriminate” attacks by the Assad regime and Russia. Dozens more soldiers were injured and taken to Turkey for tr

Bengaluru: With assembly session around the corner, DK Shivakumar’s name is likely to be announced as the next president of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) on February 29 as per some sources. The high command is said to have rejected the earlier proposal of the party of creating two s

Vijayapura: Karnataka BJP MLA Basanagowda on Tuesday triggered controversy when he labelled freedom fighter H S Doreswamy as an “agent of Pakistan”. Yatnal was speaking to media reporters on Tuesday in Vijayapura when he added that Doreswamy was a ‘fake freedom fighter’ and alleged that he was al

Mysuru: The Pre-University Education Department is taking several measures to prevent paper leaks during the II PU examinations, scheduled to commence from March 4. Among the few measures that the board has chalked out, students will not be allowed to leave the examination hall till the last bell

Bengaluru: Days after a young woman, Amulya Leona, was arrested and charged with sedition for saying ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ at a rally in Bengaluru, a man from Vijayapura was arrested for sharing pro-Pakistan posts on social media. As per sources, On February 22 a Facebook account by the name A_2_Z

Bengaluru: Karnataka Agriculture Minister BC Patil on Sunday advocated “much-needed” law against those who either speak ill of India or raise pro-Pakistan slogans. While talking to the media, Patil said ‘shoot at sight’ law has to be brought in India. “They are enjoying food, water and air of Ind

Bengaluru: Fugitive gangster Ravi Pujari, who is wanted in numerous crimes including murder and extortion, was brought to Bengaluru in the early hours of Monday from Senegal via France, the police said. "Yes, we have brought him," a police officer told PTI requesting anonymity. The gangster wa

Bengaluru: Ephedrine worth Rs 5 crore was seized by the customs officials in courier terminal of Air Cargo complex in Kempegowda International Airport (KIA). 5.04 kg of Ephedrine worth Rs 5 crore was packed in polythene pouches and concealed between cardboard layers of wedding invitation cards.

Chikkamagaluru: With the dust settling a bit after activist student Amulya Leonia’s startling impromptu performance at an anti-CAA rally in Bengaluru two days ago, her family, after initially being bullied by Bajrang Dal busybodies, are rallying behind her. After having depicted her, under duress