Bidar: While the headmistress of Shaheen Urdu Primary School in Bidar and the woman of a pupil who staged a play critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi are out on bail, the president of the school, Abdul Qadeer, and four other members of the management are still on the run. Police have slapped

Bengaluru: A poet and a journalist have been arrested in connection with recital of a poem against CAA and NRC at a government sponsored function in Koppal district of Karnataka last month, police said on Wednesday. The arrests were made based on a complaint from a BJP functionary alleging that S

A petition was filed in the Karnataka High Court by advocates from Bengaluru led by BT Venkatesh challenging the resolution passed by the Hubballi Bar Association barring its members from appearing for three Kashmiri students charged with sedition. The petition was filed by senior advocate BT Ven

Mangaluru: Notorious serial killer ‘Cyanide’ Mohan has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a court here for the murder of a 23-year old woman from Kasaragod district of Kerala in 2006, the 19th of the 20 murder cases slapped against him. Sixth additional district and sessions court judge Sayee

Bengaluru: Employees of all divisions of state-run road transport corporations in Karnataka, including the Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), are likely to participate in a one-day hunger strike on February 20. Their demand is

Bengaluru: With the detection of three positive cases of Covid-19 virus (coronavirus) in neighbouring Kerala, the Karnataka Department of Family and Welfare has issued an advisory to health advisories. On Sunday evening the department set up an exclusive helpline 104, Arogya Sahayavani,  for pers

Hubballi: Three Kashmiri engineering students who were on Monday re-arrested for raising pro-Pakistan slogans on Saturday were assaulted in the court premises here when they were reportedly being produced before magistrate. The three students – Aamir, Basith and Talib – were initially arrested on

Nine people were killed after a private bus collided with a large roadside boulder in Udupi district in Karnataka on Saturday, the police said. The accident took place on Saturday evening, at around 5.45 pm, on the Mulnur Ghat at Abbas Kattingeri in Mala village, while the bus was on its way to Mang

Kalaburagi: Subhash Tukaram Patil from Bhosaga village, Afzalpur taluk convicted of murder and jailed for life has become an MBBS graduate after 14 years in jail. Subhash was convicted of murdering excise contractor Ashok Guthedar at Bengaluru in 2002 and was serving life imprisonment and was rel

Bengaluru: A court in Bidar in north Karnataka on Friday granted bail to a parent and the headmistress of a school, arrested in the “sedition case" for their alleged involvement in staging a drama, portraying Prime Minister Narendra Modi in poor light in connection with CAA and NRC. Principal Dis

Bengaluru: Days after two people were killed in a car accident at a village in Ballari district, reports have emerged that a Karnataka minister's son was allegedly involved in it even as police dismissed them. Speaking to media, Ballari Superintendent of Police C K Baba ruled out the involvement

Bengaluru: Various Kannada organizations have called for a bandh on Thursday across the state, including the capital city Bengaluru, demanding priority for Kannadigas in employment in the private sector, especially in software industry. Though differences surfaced among the groups, the protestors

Mangaluru: The state government has signed off the documents related to creating Ullal as a new taluk in the state on Wednesday, February 12. As per reports, nearly 90-95 percent of assembly constituency of Mangaluru assembly except for Meremajalu, Thumbe and Paudu gram Panchayat Limit in Bantwal

New Delhi/Bengaluru: Parliament on Tuesday passed a bill to include certain tribal communities in Karnataka in the Scheduled Tribe category. The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was passed in Lok Sabha by voice vote on Tuesday, while Rajya Sabha has already approved it

Bengaluru: E-commerce giant Amazon on Monday moved the Karnataka High Court seeking a stay on the investigation ordered by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) against the company for alleged violations of provisions of competition laws. In its plea, Amazon has sought “quashing and setting a

In a surprise move, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa reshuffled his Cabinet just one day after portfolios were handed to the ten turncoat MLAs who had quit the Congress-JD(S) and later joined the BJP in 2019. The decision was taken after several MLAs expressed unhappiness over the ministries

Six individuals living in Bengaluru were arrested in connection with an online kidney sales racket. The accused, including three African nationals, had been running the online racket by using the names of prominent doctors in the city. They were arrested by Banaswadi police on Saturday. According

Bengaluru: Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday allocated portfolios to 10 newly inducted ministers in his cabinet. The portfolios of Cabinet Ministers is as follows: Co-operation Ministry to ST Somashekar Water Resources Ministry to Ramesh Jarkiholi Forest Ministry to BC Patil Medical