Belagavi: Expressing concern that Karnataka has become drought prone for successive years, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday, December 19 said that an expert committee would be set up to study about it and find ways to mitigate the situation. Intervening during the reply to a discussion

Belagavi: Aimed at addressing the regional imbalance, the Karnataka cabinet on Wednesday, December 19 decided to shift some government departments, boards and commissions to the North Karnataka region. In principle, approval had been given for shifting of some offices to north Karnataka, but loca

Bengaluru: A BBMP corporator’s son was arrested in connection to with the murder of a notorious rowdy sheeter on Monday Dec 17th. The arrested youth is identified as Sooraj (26), son of Hombegowda Nagar Corporator Chandrappa D and was produced before the Court in connection for his alleged involveme

Bengaluru: A 28-year-old software engineer, who had gone to bid his home-bound parents goodbye, was killed after he fell off the moving train and came under it at Carmelaram railway station, East Bengaluru on Monday night, Dec 17th. The deceased youth’s father also sustained grievous injuries after

Bengaluru: The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited's Light Utility Helicopter project has notched another milestone as the third prototype (PT3) made its maiden flight on December 14. The helicopter was flown by test pilots, Wg Cdr (Retd) Anil Bhambhani and Gp Capt (Retd) M R Anand VM, the Hindustan Ae

Belagavi: Though the use of mobile phones inside the Legislative Assembly is banned former primary-secondary education minister and lone BSP MLA N Mahesh was caught on camera while using his mobile phone in the Assembly on Monday, December 17. Mahesh was busy viewing the photograph of a woman on

Bengaluru: Love is an intoxication that drives the partners to do crazy things to any extent to just to make their partner happy. On similar lines, a lady went a step further and committed robbery at her own home, just to meet the desire of her lover. The lady robbed her parental home and made off w

Belagavi: A class 9 student committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling at his residence in Boknur village of Belagavi taluk. The deceased is identified as Arman (14). Arman committed suicide following harassment by seven of his schoolmates and same reason was cited in the suicide no

Nagarhole: In a tragic incident a 42-year-old elephant died while trying to cross a fence in Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka on Saturday, December 15. Iron fences were erected in parts of the park to prevent elephants from crossing over into human settlements but these fences turned out to b

At least five persons were killed and another five were injured on Sunday after an explosion in a sugar distillery in north Karnataka’s Bagalkot district. According to preliminary reports, the factory in Mudhol taluk’s Kulali village is owned by former BJP minister and Bilgi MLA Murugesh Nirani. The

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Friday said the proposed Mekedattu dam across Cauvery would benefit farmers of Tamil Nadu as excess water can be stored during monsoon season for release whenever required by the lower riparian state. Pitching for a dialogue to sort out differen

Chamarajnagar: After consuming prasad at a temple in Sulivadi village in Karnataka's Chamarajnagar district on Friday, December 14, at least 12 people were killed and over 80 others are ill. The deceased include girls and a woman. Some of those undergoing treatment are critical and they have been

Bagalkot: A Bagalkot youth committed suicide by coming under a moving train in front of his father, here on Thursday allegedly while taking the challenge in the Blue Whale killer game. Parashuram Lamani (28), a resident of Gulbal Tanda is the deceased person. Lamani who was employed as a lineman

Belagavi: Citing Karnataka High Court's strong stand against disfigurement of public places, state Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar Thursday sought removal of flex banners put up here welcoming political leaders for the ongoing winter session of the state legislature. Pointing to the high court's or

Belagavi: Karnataka Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar Wednesday directed the government to look into the alleged ill-treatment meted out to an MLA at a government function recently. He said respect and prestige of the House was of utmost importance, and MLAs were its integral part. Kumar warned again

Bengaluru: The central crime branch police arrested four persons allegedly for illegal trafficking of girls. As many as 35 girls of Nepalese origin were rescued during the operation. The arrested have been identified as Kishan Gale (29), Lakshman Gale (29), Rakesh Sharma (38) and Thag Bahadur Tha

Bengaluru: The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has announced the winner of its annual Technician of the Year Award, which recognises individuals who have made exceptional engineering achievements in their profession or operational area. Neeraj Kumar Sharma, a Geotechnical Engineer

New Delhi/Bengaluru: Two newly elected MPs V S Ugrappa and L R Shivarame Gowda took oath as members of the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. While Ugrappa was elected from Karnataka's Bellary, Gowda was elected from Mandya parliamentary constituency in the state. Ugrappa is a Congress member while Gowda is