Karnataka Home Minister MB Patil on Monday said “moral policing is not acceptable” after a professor of a Vijaypura district college was forced to kneel down and apologise by ABVP activists on Saturday for his Facebook posts that were critical of the BJP amid the simmering tensions with Pakistan.

Congress's Chincholi MLA Umesh Jadhav, whose disqualification has been sought under the anti-defection law for skipping two legislature party meetings, on Monday submitted his resignation to Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar. Mr. Jadhav, a two-time MLA, had claimed he would not quit the Congress. His

After months of speculation, the JD(S) has finally decided to give Kumaraswamy's son and actor, Nikhil Gowda a ticket to contest from the Mandya Lok Sabha segment. On Monday, over 50 persons were hospitalised after a bus turned turtle in Mandya's Maddur. Nikhil Gowda visited the Mandya Institute of

Bengaluru: KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao on Saturday, March 2 said that right-wingers are chanting Jai Shri Ram slogans and killing people, just because they do not share our food habits. Addressing Congress Party meeting here on Saturday, March 2 Gundu Rao said that the right-wing people are t

Mandya: In a road mishap reported from Mandya on Sunday afternoon about 30 people sustained injuries after the bus they were traveling on overturned near Aishwarya school on Bengaluru-Mysuru National Highway in Maddur here. According to the reports, the driver of the bus which belonged to West Be

Chamarajnagar: Karnataka forest department of Friday, March 1 arrested one person in connection with the wildfire in Gopalaswamy Betta range of forests under Bandipur National Park and Tiger Reserve. The arrested is identified as Arun Kumar, a resident of Kallipura, in Gundlupet taluk. He was pro

Bengaluru: Engineering education will be getting costlier in Karnataka from the upcoming academic year, with the Karnataka Government allowing the private engineering colleges for 10% fee hike. On Saturday, Higher Education Minister GT Deve Gowda along with other officials and private college ass

Kolar: The parents of a three-year-old boy have been arrested by Malur police in Kolar district for allegedly torturing the kid to death. On the wee hours of Tuesday, 3-year-old Pritvi was rushed to the Kolar District Hospital with severe injuries and cigarette burn marks on his body. The kid was

Bengaluru: The Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy's proposal during the budget speech for the creation of 12 new taluks in 10 districts including Kodagu has received clearance from Karnataka cabinet. The formation of the new taluks is on grounds of better and effective administration. A few of the new ta

Bengaluru: DK Shivkumar has received a clean chit in three cases lodged against him by the income tax department. According to sources, unaccounted property worth Rs 300 crore was unearthed by IT sleuths, who had cracked down on 50 places including DKS’s residence and offices in Delhi, Bengaluru

Bengaluru, Feb 28: Karnataka BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa Wednesday said India's pre-emptive strikes on terror camps in Pakistan has created a wave in favour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and will help the party win over 22 of 28 seats in the state in the coming Lok Sabha polls. "The atmosphere...

Bengaluru: State-run BEML on Wednesday said it has bagged an order worth Rs 400 crore to augment the metro services in Bengaluru. "BEML has received a contract for seven metro train sets of six cars configuration to augment the metro services in Bengaluru valued around Rs 400 crore," the company

Mysuru: "I feel this action will give peace to the martyred soldiers," is how a Pulwama attack victim's wife reacted to India's air strikes killing a large number of terrorists and trainers of Jaish-e-Mohammed in Pakistan on Tuesday, February 26. Kalavathi, whose husband H Guru from Karnataka was

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Monday announced that the Indian Air Force (IAF) will join the operations to contain the forest fire raging in the state's Bandipur Tiger Reserve area for the past five days. Taking to Twitter, the CM said, "Decided to use Air Force's help to

Bengaluru: Various political parties in Karnataka on Tuesday hailed India's preemptive strikes on Jaish-e-Mohammed's terror camps in Pakistan, with Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy offering his "salute" to the Indian Air Force. "My Salute to the Indian Airforce. Jai Jawan. Jai Hind. #IndiaStrikesBa

Karnataka deputy chief Minister G Parameshwara has raised a political storm with his comments that he was denied the chief minister’s chair in the state thrice because he belonged to the Dalit community. Parameshwara, a senior Congress leader, said there were attempts by some people in the Congress

Bengaluru: Just two days after the Aero India 2019 fire mishap which gutted over 300 cars and the Bandipur forest fire massive fire broke out on Monday at the famous hill station and tourist spot Nandi Hills. Reportedly, a massive blaze has severely damaged the areas surrounding the pathways. The

Vijayapura: BJP Karnataka President B. S yeddyurappa, was left as the mute spectator of the fight between his party-men on Saturday. The incident took place at the party Shakti Kendra Convention held at Zilla Panchayath Office premises here in Vijayapura. Supporters of Union Minister Ramesh Ji