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

Bengaluru: The state government has issued a notification on the appointment of the retired police officer and KPCC secretary GA Bava as the Chairman of the Karnataka State Minorities Commission with immediate effects. The deputy director of Minority Welfare, Haj & Wakf Department Akram Pasha

The Karnataka government plans to pacify the opposition to the proposed elevated corridor by installing open-air purifiers and carbon absorbent machines along the 102-km long network. “These are not the regular air purifiers or carbon-absorbing machines, but they are of high capacity and advanced

A head constable in Karnataka's Hubli rural police station turned his fibre-made lathi (cane) into a flute to play folk songs as a hobby. "Making musical instruments and playing them have been my hobby for long. I turned the fibre lathi, given to me for policing, into a flute to play folk songs w

The Karnataka Union of Working Journalists on Tuesday wrote to Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy condemning the FIR registered against editor-in-chief of Vishwavani for publishing an article about Nikhil Kumaraswamy, the CM’s son. In a letter, the president of the association Shivanand Tagadooru wrot

The death of Shivakumar Uppar, a teenager from Belagavi, took a communal turn on Monday when many people including BJP leaders took to social media claiming that he was murdered for protecting cows. Belagavi police investigating the incident confirmed that Shivakumar took his own life on Saturday ni

The Bengaluru Airport office of low cost airline AIrAsia received a threat call on Sunday warning of possible danger to its flight I5-588 travelling between Bagdogra in north Bengal to Kolkata. The caller warned that he “would not be responsible” if anyone was hurt on board that flight. However,

Moderate rains and gale in Bengaluru over the weekend has resulted in the death of one man. Satish, aged 35, was killed after he stamped on a live electric wire near his house which had fallen due to the strong winds. Bengaluru Mayor Gangambika Mallikarjun visited the house of the deceased and me

As many as 523 children have been rescued in Bengaluru division over the last one year, according to Railway Protection Force. This makes the Bengaluru division the worst affected in terms of child trafficking in the entire South Western Railways region. “In the last one year, the RPF team Operat

On Friday, next to the bustling traffic during the evening rush hour at Town Hall in Bengaluru, stood hundreds of people. Protesting and demanding action on climate change from the government, the protesters carried placards and banners reading “I want you to panic”, “Denial is not a policy”, “Winte