The Mangaluru Police investigating the death of VG Siddhartha — Coffee Day founder and son-in-law of former Chief Minister SM Krishna, say that he was riddled with debt amounting to several hundreds of crores. Speaking to TNM, police officials who are looking into his financials say that the several

The Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Wednesday elected BJP MLA from Sirsi, Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri as the new Speaker. Vishweshwar Kageri had filed his nomination for the post on Tuesday and was the only one to do so. He was elected the Speaker after Congress leader KR Ramesh Kumar resigned as the

Coffee Day founder VG Siddhartha’s body was recovered at 6.30am on Wednesday morning, after he went missing in Mangaluru on Monday. A massive team of 100 firefighters, 100 policemen, 50 divers, 50 fishermen and 30 boats were involved in the search operations. His body is being taken to Wenlock Hospi

Hours after VG Siddhartha, the owner-founder of the Café Coffee Day chain and the son-in-law of BJP leader SM Krishna went missing in Mangaluru, an intensive search operation has been launched to trace him. According to officials, 100 firefighters, 100 policemen, 50 divers and 50 fishermen and 30 bo

Bengaluru: Karnataka Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar on Monday announced his resignation after the House adopted the confidence motion moved by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and passed the Appropriation Bill. "I have decided to relieve myself from this office.... I have decided to resign," the

In a big crackdown against drunk driving in Bengaluru, the traffic police have filed cases against 1,169 people in a special drive conducted on Saturday from 11 pm to 2 am on Sunday. The drive, conducted under the P Harishekaran, Additional Commissioner of Police, (Traffic), was conducted against ri

Soon after Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala invited him to form the government, Chief Minister-designate B.S. Yediyurappa on Friday directed Chief Secretary T.M. Vijay Bhaskar to withhold all new projects and transfers made by the earlier Congress-JD(S) coalition government in this month. "Yediyu

Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP president B S Yediyurappa was sworn in as Chief Minister of the state for the fourth time on Friday. Governor Vajubhai Vala administered the oath of office and secrecy to the 76-year old Yediyurappa at a ceremony at the Raj Bhavan. Yediyurappa alone was sworn-in.

Bengaluru: Governor Vajubhai Vala on Friday directed BJP State President BS Yeddyurappa that after taking charge as the CM of the state he will have one week to prove majority in the assembly. It may be recalled that, in May 2018 after the assembly elections, the Governor had given 15-days’ time

The family of an 8-year-old Dalit boy from Karnataka’s Koppal district has moved the Karnataka High Court demanding that the state government provide him a second set of school uniform, shoes, socks, books and stationery as prescribed by the Right to Education Act. Manjunath Devappa Harijan, a Cl

With the coalition government in Karnataka collapsing following Tuesday’s floor test, one of the rebel MLAs Shivaram Hebbar, who returned to the state on Thursday said, “Siddaramaiah was the one who instigated us. We are still with Congress and we have nothing to do with BJP forming government.”

The Congress-JD(S) coalition in Karnataka on Tuesday could not delay the inevitable -- the vote of confidence to prove majority. Congress Legislature Party Chief and former chief Siddaramaiah, who was concluding his speech, took on an accusatory tone, stating that the 16 rebel legislators, who are r

Soon after the Congress-JD(S) coalition lost the motion of confidence in the Karnataka Assembly on Tuesday, BSP chief Mayawati expelled Karnataka's Kollegal MLA N Mahesh for abstaining from voting. The coalition had 99 votes as opposed to the 100 they were expecting. N Mahesh, the BSP legislator,

Sullia: Train services between Bengaluru and Mangaluru will resume after removal of a boulder that was precariously placed and would likely to have fallen on the railway tracks, at Manibanda on the Subramanya-Sakleshpur route. As many as 80 labourers are involved in the work of blasting the bould

Bengaluru: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Monday commenting on his photograph with the prime accused in the multi-crore IMA Ponzi scam, Mansoor Khan, “I did not eat any Biryani.” Kumaraswamy during Assembly discussion on the trust vote siad, “I am accused of having Biryani at a particular perso

Police officials in Koppal district arrested six persons in connection with the incident of vandalism at the Nava Brindavana in Anegundi, which is the resting place of nine Hindu saints belonging to the Uttaradi Mutt located close to the heritage site of Hampi. T Balanarasaiah (42), Murali Manoha

In what seems to be strategy to bring 15 rebel MLAs who have been staying in Mumbai since July 6 to Bengaluru, Karnataka Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar asked all rebel MLAs who petitioned the Supreme Court to appear before him on Tuesday. The rebel MLAs have now been asked to appear before the Speaker a

Bengaluru: Ahead of the floor test, the lone BSP MLA of Congress-JD(S) government, N Mahesh on Sunday informed that he will not be attending the floor test scheduled to be conducted on Monday, July 22. Addressing presspersons he said that party supremo Mayawati has directed him not to attend the