BELAGAVI: A circular issued by a government boys’ hostel warden for admission for students into the hostel has shocked and enraged parents in Vijayapura. Reason: The warden has asked parents of the students seeking admission to furnish a bond on a Rs 50 stamp paper declaring that their boy and his f

Bangalore: H1N1 influenza, or swine flu, claimed two more lives in Karnataka, taking the death toll in the state to eight. The two deaths was reported by the Department of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday, one from Ballary and another from Bengaluru. While the state had recorded only 20 po

Bengaluru: Nearly a fortnight after the state government ordered the sudden transfer of Assistant Conservator of Forests (Bengaluru Urban) Ravindra Kumar, Bengalureans staged a peaceful protest demanding that the government reinstate the officer. Recognising the yeoman service done by Kumar in re

Bengaluru: The resignation submitted by Minister for Primary and Secondary Education N. Mahesh, the lone BSP legislator in the coalition state government has been kept on hold by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy. Reportedly Mahesh tendered his resignation on instructions from Bahujan Samaj Party (

Bengaluru: A 59-year-old Kabbadi coach with the Sports Authority of India (SAI) allegedly committed suicide in a hotel room in Bengaluru after being accused of molesting a teenage girl at the training centre, police said Tuesday. "Rudrappa V Hosamani, a senior coach at SAI in Bengaluru, committed

Bengaluru: Chikkamagaluru SP Annamalai has been transferred from the district with effect from today. The State government has promoted SP Annamalai as DCP South Bengaluru city with effect from 16 October. Annamalai served as SP of Chikkamagaluru from August 4, 2016. Annamalai was posted to

Bengaluru: BJP state general secretary Shobha Karandlaje lashed out at the Congress party president Rahul Gandhi for holding a meet with retired employees of HAL and Congress workers on the Rafale deal at the Minsk Square near the HAL corporate office in Bengaluru on Saturday. Karandlaje said tha

Bengaluru: Speeding car hits a motorcycle near Kumaraswamy Layout killing the pillion rider on Sunday morning. The deceased has been identified as Roopa(19). Due to the collison, Roopa suffered severe head injuries and died on the spot while her husband who was riding the motorcycle escaped wi

Mysuru: Higher Education Minister G T Devegowda on Saturday inaugurated the helicopter joy ride, which allows a tourist to get a bird’s eye view of all the iconic places in Mysuru including the famous Chamundi Hill, Mysore Palace and Lalitha Mahal Palace. The 10-minute heli-rides, costing Rs 2,39

Bengaluru: In a rather shocking incident, the principal of Havanur Public School in Bengaluru was stabbed to death, by a gang of five persons, in front of the class 10 students of the school on Sunday morning. The deceased, Ranganath, 56, was taking a special class for the students when the miscr

Bengaluru: The Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) students called off their strike on Friday evening since a few students fell ill. Students were protesting against the VTU management demanding a one-time exam, supplementary or relaxation in the carry-over system. The protest continue

Bengaluru: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy directed the Transport Department officials as not to hike bus fares. CM held a meeting with the transport department’s officials and it has been alleged that the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corpo

Bengaluru: In a shocking incident, a father killed his newborn baby girl at his residence near Banaswadi on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as 20 days old, Kapita. The accused Gokul (21) a swimming pool cleaner hails from Nepal. It has been alleged that he brutally killed his dau

Bengaluru: Two medical colleges in the city have been charged for demanding excess fees from students. The college allegedly demanded the students to pay excess fees and the ones who failed to pay would be marked absent. It is illegal for colleges to make their students pay excess fees over an

Ramanagara: Congress MLC C.M. Lingappa's son Chandrashekar joined BJP party ahead of Ramanagara byelection. MLC C.M. Lingappa had opposed the Congress party's decision to give up the byelections to thier coalition party - JD(S). Chandrashekar joined the saffron party at BJP state president B.S

Bengaluru: The ruling Congress-JDS coalition in Karnataka Tuesday announced its decision to put up a united fight against the BJP in the November 3 bypolls to three Lok Sabha and two assembly seats. After meeting JDS leaders here late tonight, AICC general secretary K C Venugopal said both the pa

Mysuru: Infosys Foundation chairperson Sudha Murty inaugurated the Mysuru Dasara at Chamundi Hill today morning in the presence of elected representatives and other dignitaries. CM H D Kumaraswamy, district in-charge minister G T Devegowda, Tourism Minister Sa Ra Mahesh, MP Prathap Simha and othe

Bengaluru: A seven year old girl was tortured by her aunt and uncle for not studying well in her academics. The victim's aunt clipped her finger using a cutting plier. Seeing the condition, the grandmother rushed the girl to a nearby hospital. The hospital, noticing that this was no ordinary i