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Kumaraswamy‘s ‘kill mercilessly’ order tosses up row, gets panned by BJP

Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy is under fire from the BJP over his comment on camera about instructing someone to kill the attackers of a local Janata Dal(Secular) leader “mercilessly in a shootout”. Leaders of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party have said Kumaraswamy’s statement after

No discontent in Congress: Siddaramaiah after cabinet rejig

Bengaluru: Amid growing dissent in the Congress following the Karnataka cabinet rejig a day ago, former chief minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday, December 23 set aside any rebellion in the party. Two legislators, Ramesh Jarkiholi and Independent R Shankar, were dropped in Saturday's cabinet expansio

Rs 50,000 crores needed for restoration, rejuvenation of Bengaluru lakes

Bengaluru: Former additional chief secretary, V Balasubramanian on Sunday, December 23 said that more than Rs 50,000 crore will have to be apid for the restoration and rejuvenation of the major waterbodies within the city. Addressing an event organised by Bengaluru Environment Trust Balasubramani

2 held for flying drone illegally near HAL airport

Bengaluru: The HAL police held two persons for illegally flying a drone near HAL airport on December 15. The detained persons, Syed, 24, and Bharath, 28, are residents of Whitefield and work for an advertisement company. On Thursday, Krishna Naik, chief manager, Helicopter Division of HAL, had

Fog delays 65 flights at Kempegowda International Airport

Bengaluru: Flight operations at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) were disrupted between 6:30 am to 7:30 am on Saturday, December 22 owing to poor visibility conditions caused by the dense winter fog. As many as 65 flights were delayed owing to the fog conditions informed sources at the airp

Karnataka Congress replaces Shivakumar, appoints HK Patil as campaign committee chairman

Kartnaka Congress on Saturday appointed HK Patil as the new campaign committee Chairman. Patil is replacing DK Shivakumar, the Minister for Water Resources and Medical Education in Karnataka government. The party released an official communique on Twitter informing about the change. Patil is a

140 Hospitalised after Lizard found in mid-day meals in two separate districts in Karnataka

Bengaluru: In two separate incidents in Karnataka, at least 140 students were on Thursday hospitalised following suspicion of food poisoning in mid-day meals. In both schools, students reported to having seen a lizard in the food they were served. What is strange, however, is that the two inciden

Karnataka to offer ₹425/quintal bonus over MSP for tur growers

BENGALURU, DECEMBER 21: Karnataka is offering a bonus of ₹425 per quintal for tur (redgram) growers, over and above the minimum support price (MSP) of ₹5,675 for the pulses crop. The total pay-out for tur growers will be ₹6,100 a quintal for the 2018-19 season. Farmers have been asked to

Karnataka to set up panel to study drought situation

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

Cabinet nod for shifting some govt offices to North Karnataka

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

Rowdy sheeter murdered; BBMP corporator’s son arrested

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: Techie jumps off moving train, crushed to death

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

HAL's light utility chopper project notches another milestone

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

Caught on cam while checking woman’s pic in House, BSP MLA admits mistake

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: Robbing one’s own home, women meets lover’s needs

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

Class 9 student commits suicide after classmates harass him for money

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

Elephant chokes to death while trying to cross fence in Nagarhole

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 5 killed after explosion in north Karnataka sugar factory

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