In what has come as a blow to 15 rebel MLAs, who were later disqualified by the former Karnataka Speaker, the Election Commission on Saturday announced bye-elections to the Assembly constituencies. The bye-elections are also crucial for the survival of the BS Yediyurappa-led BJP government, which ne

Bengaluru: BS Yediyurappa-led Karnataka government has issued a notification about the revised fines on select traffic offences. The state government has slashed rates on several traffic offences under the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019, but has kept penalties for drunken driving unchanged.

Two BBM graduates from Davangere who cheated shopkeepers in rural areas by handing over fake Rs 200 notes, were arrested by Udupi police on Wednesday. The duo printed the currency on their own after watching tutorial videos on YouTube. Karkala rural police, headed by police sub-inspector Naseer H

In the second similar incident this year, two stone pillars at the Vijaya Vittala temple at World Heritage site Hampi were found allegedly vandalised. A Bengaluru-based chef, who visited Hampi, has been sent to judicial custody in connection with the incident. The incident came to light after off

Congress leader DK Shivakumar, who has been accused in a money laundering case, was sent to Tihar jail on Thursday. The senior party leader was undergoing treatment at RML Hospital and was taken to Tihar after being discharged from the hospital. On Tuesday, the CBI court in New Delhi remanded the s

The Karnataka High Court issued notices to the state government after a petition was filed questioning the 'Cauvery Calling' campaign launched by Isha Foundation headed by 'Sadhguru' Jaggi Vasudev. The petition raised questions about how the foundation was collecting funds from the public for the ca

A section of faculty and students of the state-run Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to order a fresh inquiry into the death of 24-year-old Tabrez Ansari on June 22 due to alleged mob lynching on June 17 in Jharkhand's Kharsawan district village.

A section of Zomato delivery partners in Bengaluru who took part in protests starting since Friday over the new payment structure say that they have been barred from accessing the app. These delivery executives allege that the few of those whom the company has identified as organisers of the protest

BENGALURU: The Defence Research Development Organisation's (DRDO's) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Rustom-II crashed at Jodi Chikkana Halli in Karnataka's Chitradurga district on Tuesday morning. The aircraft's test flight was underway at Challakere Aeronautical Test Range, an outdoor testing and eva

  The wait just got longer for the 17 disqualified Karnataka MLAs, who had approached the Supreme Court to quash their disqualification, with one of the judges recusing himself from the case. According to reports, Justice MM Shantanagoudar recused himself citing that he was from Karnataka

Love riding your bike but find the sweating and suffocation the helmet a bummer? Bengaluru-based Sandeep Dahiya, who has owned a Harley Davidson for a decade now, had the same concerns. So, the mechanical engineer decided to do something about it. And after 4.5 years of work, he has now come up w

The Bengaluru police have arrested a 11-member gang for allegedly duping engineering, MBBS and dental course aspirants with the pretext of providing them seats in reputed colleges. The Central Crime Branch sleuths arrested Snehil, Pavan Kumar, Nishanth, Kunal Kumar Singh, Muneesh, Nitin, Tinku Ma

New Delhi/Bengaluru: Deputy CM and transport minister Laxman Savadi informed that the state governmet has agreed in-principle to reduce the hefty traffic penalties under the amended Motor Vehicle Act. Speaking on the issue Laxman Savadi said that has has agreed in-principle to reduce the hefty tr

On Friday, commuters at the Kempegowda Bus station in Majestic at the Bengaluru City Centre were presented with an unusual sight. Authorities had placed a burnt bus at the entrance of the terminus. The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus was wrapped with banners providing infor

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday announced that a massive statue of Bengaluru founder Kempegowda will be constructed near the city's international airport. Kempegowda, a 16th century ruler in the Vijayanagara Empire, founded Bengaluru city. The international airport and the major

Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has landed in controversy for suggesting that Prime Minister Modi brought 'bad luck' to the scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) when he arrived in Bengaluru to witness the scheduled soft landing of Chandrayaan-2's moon lander Vik

Taking a leaf out of Maharashtra and Gujarat, Karnataka government led by Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has decided to reduce the newly introduced traffic fines as per the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019. The law was passed by both the Houses of Parliament with three major amendments recently.

Following the massive rally organised by members of the Vokkaliga community protesting the arrest of Congress leader DK Shivakumar, BJP leaders in the state questioned the attempts to give a 'caste angle' to the protest. MP Shobha Karandlaje said that the issue should not be misconstrued as casteis