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Karnataka woman dies after falling into farm pond while shooting Tik Tok video

In a tragic incident, a 20-year-old woman from Karnataka lost her life while filming a clip for Tik Tok. The incident took place in Kolar, 75 km away from Bengaluru, on Friday evening. According to media reports, 20-year-old Mala, a final year BA student, died after falling into a farm pond while

Coalition gets time: Supreme Court orders status quo on resignation of 10 Karnataka MLAs

The Supreme Court on Friday maintained status quo in the case pertaining to the resignation and disqualification of 10 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. The hearing went on for over an hour on Friday and the matter will be heard in detail in the next hearing scheduled for Tuesday. Th

SIT arrests mosque priest in IMA case

Bengaluru: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the I Monetary Advisory (IMA) case on Thursday, July 11 arrested a maulvi on charge of luring people to invest in the ponzi scheme. The arrested, Haneef Afsar Azeezi who worked as a priest at Masjid-e-Beparian in Shivajinagar is alleged to h

Karnataka drama outside Mumbai hotel, Congress leaders detained

Mumbai: Congress leader DK Shivakumar was detained by the Mumbai police along with other party leaders from near a five-star hotel in Mumbai where he had waited for six hours to meet rebel lawmakers whose resignation has threatened the survival of the Karnataka coalition government. Mr Shivakumar

Karnataka political crisis: SC likely to hear petition against Speaker on Thursday

The cliffhanger surrounding the stability of the Karnataka government led by HD Kumaraswamy, entered the Supreme Court on Wednesday. This, after the 10 rebel MLAs of the JD(S)-Congress ruling coalition in the state represented by senior advocate and former Attorney General of India Mukul Rohatgi app

Congress seeks disqualification of rebel MLAs, urges Speaker to debar them for 6 years

Karnataka Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar on Tuesday said that eight of the 13 MLAs who submitted their resignations from the Karnataka Assembly have not followed procedure in their submissions. "Only 5 MLAs have submitted their resignations as per the format - Anand Singh, Ramalinga Reddy Pratapgouda Patil

All Karnataka Cong ministers to resign, BJP now has more numbers in Assembly

In the 14 months since the Karnataka Assembly elections, the state government has been in crisis countless times. But on Monday, it looks like the Congress-JD(S) combine in the state has lost its majority. With the resignation of 13 MLAs (yet to be accepted), and the defection of one independent MLA

‘Anybody but Kumaraswamy as CM’: What 11 Karnataka MLAs who resigned claim they want

The 11 Karnataka MLAs who submitted their resignations to the Karnataka Speaker on Saturday claim that they did so as they were unhappy with Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy’s leadership, sources told TNM. Former Karnataka Congress Minister and senior leader Ramalinga Reddy has however demand

IMA scam: SIT arrests govt official for allegedly accepting bribe of Rs 4.5 crore

The Special Investigation Team probing the Ponzi scam perpetrated by IMA, on Friday arrested an Assistant Commissioner of the Bengaluru North sub division and a village accountant for helping IMA founder Mansoor Khan obtain a no objection certificate (NOC) in exchange for a bribe of Rs 4.5 crore.

Karnataka: Pregnant minor forced to marry rapist to avoid police case

Hassan: Arkalgud police along with child helpline staff on Tuesday rescued a minor girl who was forced to marry her rapist after she got pregnant in order to avoid a police case. In her statement, the 13-year-old victim who was produced before the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) shortly after accus

Former MLA Gopal Bhandary passes away while travelling in bus from Bengaluru to Mangaluru

Former Karkala MLA Gopal Bhandary passed away while travelling alone in a multi-axle bus from Bengaluru to Mangaluru on Thursday. He passed away three days before his 67th birthday. Travelling alone in a KSRTC bus from Bengaluru to Mangaluru, the former Congress MLA alighted from the bus when it

Karnataka Class 10 state board final exams to have new question paper format

The Karnataka government has now decided to change the format of question papers for the class 10 state board. The Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) has decided to make these changes to discourage learning by rote and improve quality of learning. The Secondary School Leaving

Teenagers accused in Dakshina Kannada rape case are not our members: ABVP

The Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in Puttur of Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka issued a statement distancing the student organisation from the five men accused of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old student in the town. The incident came to light on Tuesday when a video of t

11 dead, 3 injured after private bus rams into mini truck in Karnataka

Eleven persons travelling to a dargah in Karnataka's Chikkaballapura died after a private bus collided with the truck they were in. At around 12.20 pm on Wednesday, a private bus owned by SKS Travels collided into a Tata Ace mini truck at Bagalahalli near Chintamani. The impact mangled the mini t

21-year-old youth stabs grandmother to death for retirement benefits of Rs 6 lac

Bidar: A 21-year-old youth stabbed and killed his grandmother on Tuesday, July 2 for refusing to part with her retirement benefits of Rs 6 lac. The accused is identified as Akash (21) and the deceased is Leelavati (62). It is gathered that Leelavati, who was working as an assistant cook in Kan

Siddu holds emergency CLP meet after two Cong MLAs resign

Bengaluru: In the backdrop of resignation filed by Congress legislators Anand Singh and Ramesh Jarkiholi from the Karnataka Assembly Congress leader Siddaramaiah had called an emergency meeting of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) at his residence on Monday. As per the sources, Deputy Chief Mi

Congress MLA Anand Singh resigns from Karnataka Assembly, shocks party

Anand Singh, the Congress legislator and former Karnataka minister who has kept his party on the edge for more than a year, on Monday announced that he had quit his seat. Anand Singh’s exit would deplete the thin majority of the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition government that came together l

Seven arrested at Bengaluru airport after illegal stay in Malaysia

Immigration officials at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru arrested seven people who visited Malaysia on a tourist visa but overstayed for years. The arrests were made between June 26 and June 29 and in some cases, the arrested person overstayed in Malaysia for more than a d