Mysuru: Three persons, including a woman, met a watery grave in Cauvery river at Shivanasamudra near Sattegala village, here on Sunday. The deceased have been identified as Manojkumar (23), a resident of Sunkadakatte, Bengaluru, Lokesh (21) of Kottegala in Ramanagara district and Veena (23) of Le

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Monday announced a holiday on Monday over the passing of noted playwright, actor and author Girish Karnad. "It will be a holiday today for one day for all government offices, schools and colleges due to the sudden demise of Jnanpith awardee Girish Karna

Shivamogga: Sri Rama Sene Founder Pramod Muthalik seems to be the latest political leader to join the bandwagon of those who have hailed Mahatma Gandhi’s assassinator Nathuram Godse as a patriot. Speaking to media persons here on Thursday, Muthalik said that though he is a supporter of Gandhiji’s

A 20-year-old man working as a food delivery executive with Swiggy was stabbed and robbed by four men in the early hours of Wednesday in central Bengaluru. The incident was reported from Thiyagi M Palanivelu Road on MG Road. According to reports, the victim, Vinay, was riding his two-wheeler afte

Former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy on Thursday moved the Supreme Court to seek permission to travel to the state’s Ballari district to visit his ailing father-in-law, reported Bar and Bench. A vacation bench headed by Justice Indira Banerjee will take up the matter on Fr

Mangaluru: A person was arrested by the crime intelligence bureau (CIB) personnel on the allegation of running a gambling racket in the form of world cup cricket betting. The accused is identified as Keerthiraj and was nabbed on Tuesday June 4 based on credible information. During the operation,

A war of words has broken out between the Centre and the Karnataka government just days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office for the second term. In a series of tweets, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Tuesday rebutted statements given by Union Minister DV Sadananda Gowda blam

JD(S) leader Adagooru H Vishwanath on Tuesday resigned from his post as state president of the party owing to the massive defeat the JD(S) suffered in the Lok Sabha elections. “I am resigning from my post as state president due to ethical reasons. HD Deve Gowda had appointed me as the president and

Bengaluru: In a gross case of negligence, an eight-year-old boy was electrocuted to death after he came in contact with a live wire on a flight of stairs in his school building. The deceased is identified as Akshay, son of Muniraju, who works as a labourer for a construction company. The family l

Intervention by 107-year-old Padma Shri awardee Saalumarada Thimakka may save the fate of hundreds of trees which were at the risk of facing the axe courtesy of a road widening project. Thimakka met Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy and Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara on Monday asking fo

Bengaluru:  A 45-year-old man who hung his son from a ceiling fan while his screaming daughter filmed the act on a mobile phone has been arrested in Bengaluru. He also killed his 38-year-old wife, who worked as a help, the police said. The accused reportedly told the police that the family, wh

The Karnataka government has once again exempted the IT/ITeS sector from the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946, for five years despite stiff opposition from trade unions and other labour rights organisation. Other than IT/ITes, the other sectors that have been given exemption are sta

Bengaluru: Amid talks of cabinet expansion to save the government in Karnataka, chief minister HD Kumaraswamy Saturday met the Congress-JD(S) coalition coordination committee chief Siddaramaiah and held discussions. "Both leaders have met on cabinet issue and have held discussions. Whether it is

Bengaluru, May 31: Allaying fears that the BJP was trying to weaken the JD(S)-Congress government in Karnataka, the saffron party's state president B S Yeddyurappa Friday said central leaders have asked the state unit not to indulge in any activity to "destabilise" the H D Kumaraswamy ministry. Y

A week after its worst-ever drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka, the Congress has emerged as the most successful party in the recently concluded Urban Local Body elections. Among a total of 1221 wards across 20 districts, which went to polls on May 29, the Congress won 509 seats. The B

Hassan Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis was transferred out of the district and replaced by Akram Pasha, who was previously the Commissioner of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department. The transfer comes just three days after the Election Commission of India lifted the model code

Bengaluru residents, your electricity bills will get more expensive from June onwards. This after the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) on Thursday announced a hike of 33 paise per unit for Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) customers. Officials said this would effecti

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy will attend the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister elect Narendra Modi in Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday. The Chief Minister said that he will also meet Rahul Gandhi during his Delhi visit and ask him to continue as the president of the AICC. The ann