In another jolt to the Congress, KC Ramamurthy, the party’s Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka and former IPS officer is all set to join rival party BJP ahead of the Assembly byepolls. Ramamurthy confirmed the development to the media. According to reports, his resignation from the Upper house of the

Bengaluru: The state governmnet on Tuesday, October 15 appointed a transgender and a former Devadasi B Manjamma Jogathi as the chairperson of Karnataka Janapada Academy. Karnataka Rajyotsava awardee B Manjamma Jogathi is known for her dance troupe ‘Jogappa Tanda’ which is well-known artiste acros

The grand structure of Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru, the seat of the legislature in Karnataka, seems to have a rat and pest problem. On Monday, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa was forced to face the issue ahead of official meetings in a committee room. According to the Deccan Herald, when

When the artworks of nine youngsters on the autism spectrum from Bengaluru were displayed at the Kochi Biennale earlier in February, Anima Nair, the co-founder of the academy that works with the youth, was very happy. Little did she know though, that thanks to the traction the artwork got at the Bie

The state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) is bracing for an indefinite strike from Monday by its 20,000 employees over wage revision and other demands, a union official said on Sunday. "As talks and reconciliation efforts with the management failed on our demands, especially wage revision, we

New Delhi/Bengaluru: The Delhi High court on Monday postponed the bail application of former minister DK Shivakumar, who is facing ED probe in the case of money laundering. Shivakumar’s lawyer Abhishek Singhvi had applied for the bail hearing of which has been postponed till 3:30 pm on Tuesday.

Five days after Karnataka Forest Department officials began a hunt for a maneater responsible for killing a farmer in Karnataka’s Bandipur area, the tiger was finally captured on Sunday afternoon, after being shot with tranquilizers. Department officials confirmed that the tiger is in a healthy con

Mandya: Srirangapatna circle deputy superintendent of police (DySP) Yoganand was admitted to a hospital after he allegedly attempted suicide at his residence by slashing his nerves. Yoganand reportedly slashed the nerves of his hands and legs at his residence in Baburayanakoppalu of the taluk.

New Delhi: The CBI on Friday filed its charge sheet against BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar and others in connection with the Unnao rape survivor's accident in which two of her relatives were killed. In its first chargesheet filed before a special CBI court in Lucknow, the agency charged Sengar and all ot

In an interesting turn of events, a judge of the Karnataka High Court has directed Bengaluru city police to pay a fine of Rs 1 lakh for filing an FIR against the administrator of a Facebook page. S Jaikant runs the Facebook page ‘Troll Maga’ on which he had allegedly posted derogatory statements

Bengaluru: Media personnel on Friday, October 11 staged a protest against Karnataka Assembly Speaker Vishweshwara Hegde Kageri over his decision to bar media from telecasting assembly proceedings. Earlier on Thursday, representatives from different Kannada news channels as well national media met

Bengaluru: The Income Tax Department has seized about Rs 5 crore cash during raids against former Karnataka deputy chief minister G Parameshwara and others, officials said Friday. About Rs 5 crore cash has been seized till now from various premises that were searched, they said. Around 30 places

New Delhi: The Income Tax (I-T) Department on Thursday conducted raids at premises linked to former deputy chief minister G Parameshwara and others in connection with a multi-crore tax evasion case linked to the NEET exams, officials said. A total of 30 premises are being covered in the raids and

Bengaluru: Reiterating his commitment towards freedom of press, chief minister BS Yediyurappa said that he would urge Assembly Speaker Vishweshwara Hegde Kageri to reconsider the decision to bar private media channels from streaming the assembly proceedings. On Wednesday, Kageri said that assembl

Karnataka Assembly Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri on Wednesday banned TV channels from video-graphing the proceedings of the house. “Yes, we have banned the use of cameras inside the house. The Karnataka Assembly records all its proceedings and journalists can take visuals from the Assembly. Ca

A 'capture or kill' order has been issued against a tiger in the Hundipura area of Bandipur after a farmer was mauled to death by the tiger on Tuesday morning. A note issued by the Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests said that the tiger will be captured in the next 1-2 days. "It

Over a year after it was promised to be ready, the first-ever government-run electronic waste (e-waste) recycling plant is far from seeing the light of day. The announcement for such a facility was made by the late central minister and Bengaluru South MP Anant Kumar in July 2018. Bengaluru, being

Chikkamagaluru: Three students drowned in a reservoir after they went swimming on Monday, October 7. The deceased are identified as Murali (15), Jevith (14) and Shiraz (15). As per the sources, the students had gone to a lake for swimming as they had a holiday at school. The dead bodies of