Bengaluru: A 36-year-old woman was on Thursday tied to a pole and beaten up mercilessly by few perons in full public view allegedly over non-repayment of loan raised by her. The incident was reported from Kodigehalli in Ramanagara district, which is represented by chief minister Kumaraswamy. T

The Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition government in Karnataka inducted two Independent legislators in the Cabinet on Friday, ANI reported. Independent MLA H Nagesh and Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party legislator R Shankar took oath at Raj Bhavan. The ruling alliance now has 119 members

Bengaluru: Weeks after the Cabinet approved the proposal of 4th Saturday holiday the state government on Wednesday, June 12 issued notification declaring public holiday on fourth Saturday of every month. The notification was issued by the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR).

The two-year-long investigation into the alleged Rs 40 crore misappropriation in Karnataka’s Minor Irrigation department has finally concluded. The Criminal Investigation Department, on Tuesday, filed a 1.23 lakh-page charge sheet in the Koppala JMFC Court. “The charge sheet has been filed agains

Bengaluru: A mistake by banks in the classification of crop loans leading to their reversal in thousands of cases landed the JDS-Congress coalition regime in Karnataka in a spot, forcing Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy to issue a clarification stating that the crop loan waiver scheme was working just

Six directors of the I Monetary Advisory (IMA), a ‘halal ponzi scheme’, have surrendered to the police in Bengaluru on Tuesday, a day after the company grabbed the headlines. The surrender came a day ahead of the government forming a special investigating team to nab the culprits. According to De

Shivappa Jaye, a 60-year-old farmer from Sagar in Kalaburgi district, was overjoyed when the Karnataka government deposited money into his account as part of the state’s farm loan waiver promise, in April this year. But on June 3, weeks after the Lok Sabha elections were declared, the money disappea

Bengaluru police tracked down and arrested a youngster who appeared in a video performing death-defying stunts on a two-wheeler with a woman riding pillion. A special police team constituted to nab the man in the video that was widely shared online eventually arrested Noor Ahmed, a 21-year-old fr

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