The Congress and the BJP have secured one seat each in the bye-elections to two Assembly seats in Karnataka - Chincholi and Kundgol. BJP's Avinash Jadhav won from the Chincholi Assembly constituency, securing 69,109 votes, while the Congress’s Kusuma Shivalli won from the Kundgol constituency with 7

Hassan is the only constituency that the JD(S) has won in Karnataka, however the candidate who won -- HD Deve Gowda's grandson Prajwal Revanna -- has now claimed he wants to step down from his Parliamentarian post despite his massive victory, saying he had no reason to rejoice as the election brough

A 16-year-old boy died on Wednesday, two days after he consumed prasadam at a temple in Karnataka’s Tumakuru district. At least 20 others who also consumed the prasadam have been hospitalised since then. The prasadam was served to devotees at the Veerabhadreshwara Swamy temple in Nidagal village of

Bengaluru: Independent candidate Sumalatha Ambareesh has defeated Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy's son Nikhil Kumaraswamy with a margin of over 1 lakh votes. Sumalatha Ambareesh is the wife of three-time Congress MP and film star Ambareesh who died last year. She contested as an Independent

With exit polls predicting a thumping victory for the BJP in Karnataka, the party’s state President BS Yeddyurappa said that 20-22 Congress MLAs would join the BJP after the Lok Sabha election results are announced. "Many exit polls have predicted that BJP will 20-23 seats. Ever since election ca

Mysuru: It was her first visit to India after taking over as Economic Counsellor and Director of the Research Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Gita Gopinath’s family in Mysuru couldn't have been prouder. “My house was full of flowers and bouquets. My wife Vijayalakshmi and

Two years after the transgender community in Bengaluru demanded housing facilities, the city’s civic body – the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is planning to open shelter homes for members of the community. According to Nagendra Naik, the Assistant Commissioner of BBMP’s Welfare Depart

On Tuesday morning, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy cancelled his visit to the national capital -- New Delhi, unceremoniously. He was supposed to join the top brass of 21 Opposition parties who are rallying for a non-BJP government at the Centre. Kumaraswamy was also to be a part of the dele

BENGALURU: In one of the biggest crackdowns on the sandalwood smugglers, the Bengaluru police busted a well-organised inter-state gang and seized 4,000 kg of sandalwood, worth Rs 3.5 crore in the international market, from them. The gang was involved in stealing sandalwood trees for over a decade

First he threw tantrums multiple times and said he would boycott the media. But now Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has gone a step ahead and on Sunday claimed that he is planning to bring in restrictions for the electronic media in the state. He made the claim while speaking at a programme

A 45-year-old man died in an explosion that took place in Vyalikaval in central Bengaluru on Sunday morning. The cause of the blast is yet to be established. The accident spot was just a stone’s throw away from Congress MLA from Rajarajeshwari Nagar, Munitrathna Naidu’s residence. The deceased ha

Bengaluru police on Saturday arrested three men for allegedly raping two trans women from Manipur at knife point. Although the incident took place on May 12, the survivors, a 23-year-old student and a 24-year-old professional, were reluctant to go the police fearing the usual apathy sexual minoritie

The Aam Aadmi Party on Friday alleged that Bengaluru’s garbage contractors are looting Rs 89.5 crore from the BBMP in the name of deploying more auto tippers. According to BBMP, the city needs 4,466 auto tippers in order to collect waste from every household. However, there are 2,580 registered a

The body of Congress leader Reshma Padekanura was found near Krishna River in Karnataka’a Vijayapura in the early hours of Friday. According to the Kolhar Police, Reshma’s body was found near the Kolhar Bridge located near Krishna River at around 6 am on Friday. The Kolhar Police Station have regist

The controversy surrounding senior Karnataka-cadre IAS officer Mohammed Mohsin, who was suspended by the Election Commission of India for conducting a search on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s helicopter in Odisha on April 16, refuses to die. The Election Commission (EC) has approached the Karnataka

Bengaluru: Amid the 'Siddaramaiah for CM' clamour in Karnataka, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has said Congress veteran M Mallikarjun Kharge should have been given the position a long time ago and "injustice" was done to the leader. His remarks come amid a bitter spat between the leaders of the

Police in Bengaluru on Wednesday arrested an ATM mechanic and his associate for stealing Rs 1 crore cash from ATMs. The prime accused has been identified as 28-year-old Kishore Kumar who ran away after allegedly stealing the money. Police have also arrested 30-year-old Rakesh Samuel who allegedly he

If things go as planned, Bengalureans can soon travel cashless on metro trains and buses across the city. The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) and Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation will soon introduce an interoperable smart card that would work for both modes of public tra