With the winter session of the Karnataka Assembly slated to begin soon, the Congress high command is under pressure to appoint a leader of opposition in the Assembly. This has started a fresh round of lobbying with both Siddaramaiah and Gadag MLA and former Karnataka Congress Campaign Committee chie

To mark the 'World Space Week' of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday said it would showcase the benefits of space science to students of seven colleges in Karnataka from October 4 to 10. "The U.R. Rao Satellite Centre has teamed up with seven

Bengaluru: A day after Union Minister DV Sadananda Gowda and Yuva brigade founder Chakravarti Sulibele engaged in bitter Twitter spat over the delay in release of flood relief for Karnataka, ‘StopUrArroganceDVS’ , and #IamWithChakravarthySulibele hashtags started trending on Twitter. Following th

Bengaluru: Union Minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday blocked Yuva Brigade Founder Chakravarti Sulibele on Twitter after a spat between the two over the issue of flood relief for Karnataka. It all started with Sulibele’s tweet crticising the indifference of the Centre in releasing relief fund

The Karnataka government is collecting information on immigrants in the state and will proceed on working toward Assam-like National Register of Citizens (NRC) after a discussion with the central government, its home minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Thursday. “There is a talk on the implementati

Srirangapatna: An Indian Air Force helicopter deputed by the state government for an air show as part of the Mysuru Dasara celebrations made an emergency landing near Srirangapatna on Wednesday. No loss of life and property was reported in the incident As per the IAF press state “The crew of Mi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was criticised by BJP MLA Bsanagouda Patil Yatnal on Tuesday for alleged apathy towards Karnataka over issuing flood relief funds from the union government. The MLA's criticism of the Prime Minister comes after he discussed the flood situation in Bihar with the Chief Mi

Plastic mixed polymer roads are being laid at Terminal 2 of Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport as part of an initiative undertaken by the Bangalore International Airport Limited, the operator of the airport. The project to pave 50 km, which will use nearly 50 tonnes of plastic, is set to b

Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi has registered his opposition against the contentious night traffic ban in Bandipur Tiger Reserve. Taking to Twitter, Rahul Gandhi who is also an MP from Wayanad, has said that he will join youth groups backed by both the Congress and the Left parties in Ker

Shivamogga: Even as the fate of the 17 disqualified Congress-JD(S) MLAs is yet to be decided by the Supreme Court over their eligibility to contest the bypolls in Karnataka, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday said that BJP would field all the disqualified MLAs for the by-election for 15 Assembl

Citizen-led protests are not new in the city. However, when over 300 residents from Belagare Road took to protesting on Sunday, it caught everyone’s attention for one specific reason: many of the protestors were young children. “We want proper drainage,” read one of the placards held by a child. “H

The Bengaluru police are on the lookout for the driver of a cash logistics management company after he allegedly drove away with Rs 99 lakh in cash on Friday. The accused, 23-year-old Pawan, is a native of Mandya in Karnataka and had joined the company only a week ago. According to the police, he

Karnataka's cultural capital Mysuru has decked up to celebrate its world famous 10-day Dasara festival from Sunday with pomp and piety, an official said on Saturday. "The 10-day Dasara festival begins on Sunday with prayers and offerings to Hindu goddess Chamundeshwari Devi atop the hill on the c

"Have you seen smokers having steady hands like us?" quips a protester holding up a placard that reads, "I quit smoking with vaping. Don't make me smoke again." Inside Bengaluru's Freedom Park, a huddle of around 30 people are holding up placards while a group of journalists click photographs and

Bengaluru: Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Friday allocated additional portfolios to 14 ministers in his cabinet. Deputy Chief Minister Ashwath Narayan C N, who had the portfolio of Higher Education, IT & BT, Science and Technology, has been given additional charge of Medical Education whil

Bengaluru: The Yeshwantpura police are on the lookout for a woman who has been accused of submitting fake death certificate of her son to get Rs 87 lakh insurance claim. As per a complaint filed by Prashanth, a sales manager at the private life insurance company, the woman Anju Kumar had

Hours after the Election Commission on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it would put off bye-elections to the 15 Karnataka Assembly seats till the three judge bench decides on the petitions by the 17 disqualified legislators, the Congress hit back, saying it appears to have postponed the polls u

The Election Commission on Thursday said that by-elections to 15 Karnataka Assembly constituencies will be deferred until the Supreme Court decides on the issue of disqualification of the 17 rebel MLAs. The Election Commission made this submission to the Supreme Court, which was hearing the disqu