Bengaluru: Former MLA, Anitha Kumaraswamy, wife of Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has been chosen as the party candidate for Ramanagara assembly by-election. Anitha, who will contest the Ramanagara bypoll on a JD(S) ticket, will file her nomination papers on October 11 at 10.45 am. The former

Bengaluru: Around 400 people were diagnosed with Influenza-A (H1N1, also known as 'swine flu') in Karnataka state. The maximum number of cases were reported in Bengaluru city (89 cases). Bengaluru had the highest number of 89 cases. Shivamogga - 43 cases and Dakshina Kannada, 24 cases. Of t

Mysuru: The Tourism department, Karnataka State Development Corporation (KSTDC) and the BMTC have organised special buses ‘Open Bus Tour,’ which will take tourists around Mysuru city during dasara festivities from October 10 to 20. An open vehicle with 32 seats will be arranged. Tickets will cost

Bengaluru: The Election Commission's decision to hold by-elections to three Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka on November 3 has surprised political parties who question the logic, with general elections due early next year. Those elected in the by-poll will have just about five months in office till t

Kalaburgi: A 51-year-old physical education teacher of a government high school in Kalaburgi was arrested by the police on Friday on charges of sexual abuse and molestation of female students. The accused, Basavaraj was arrested following a complaint filed by the Superintendent of a state-run Bal

Bengaluru: The city police arrested three persons in connection to the mistaken identity murder case of a 23-year-old accountant at K.R. Puram in Bengaluru. Sai Vardhan, Sunil Kumar, and Kiran were arrested by the police while three others - Vishal, Vishwas and Arbaz - surrendered before the cour

BENGALURU: The State Government on Friday launched Unnati, its ambitious programme aimed at promoting technology startups steered by SC/ST entrepreneurs as well as those that are developing a product or a solution with a strong rural-focus. “We will support these startups by way of funding which

New Delhi: A Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus driver lost his job after a video of him allowing a Gray langur (Hanuman langur) to take charge of the wheels has gone viral. The video which has been spilling over the social network for a few days now shows Prakash, from KSRTC’

BENGALURU: Deputy mayor Ramila Umashankar, elected just last week as the Deputy Mayor of Bengaluru, died on Thursday night from cardiac arrest. A first time councillor in the BBMP council, she was just 44 years old. Ramila was the JDS councillor from Kaveripura ward in Govindarajanagar. She wa

Bellari: The Karnataka Lokayukta Special Investigation Team (SIT) who were probing into the mining baron Janardhana Reddy and his aides arrested one of the partners from Obalapuram Mining Company, on Wednesday. The accused are BV Srinivasa Reddy, and also issued non-bailable warrant against MLAs

Heavy rains have been forecast for Karnataka over the weekend due to a low pressure trough that is expected to form over Arabian Sea, an official from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday. "A low pressure is expected to form over southeast Arabian Sea, which can further inte

BENGALURU: In the past 11 years, the consumption of liquor in Karnataka has grown by 77% and the excise revenue by a staggering 273%. Sale of alcohol — Indian Made Liquor (IML) and beer— surged from 468.8 lakh boxes in 2007-08 to 830.6 lakh boxes in 2017-18, while revenue increased from Rs 4,812 cr

Bengaluru: After a woman fell off the 16th floor of an apartment, the police had ruled it as a accident. Her son has now informed the police that the woman unferwent torture from her husband which would have forced her taking this extreme step. The police, who had earlier registered a case of unn

Bengaluru: The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Tuesday organised the "Plog Run"— Replicating the Scandinavian trend where the joggers pick up garbage as they run. People from all age group participated in the event in 50 locations across the city and collected about 33.4 tonnes of plast

As many as 700 Public Works Department (PWD) officials, from engineers to first division assistants have been transferred in a overnight decision. This decision has been taken despite regulations against the transfer of officials in the middle of a financial year. This ill advised and sudden move

Madikeri: A local BJP leader was shot dead by a gram panchayat member at Maragodu village in the taluk on Monday, October 1. Maragodu BJP local committee secretary Kanadka Thilak Raj, 40, is the deceased. The accused has been identified as Mundodi Nanda Nanaiah. Reportedly, Thilak Raj and Nand

Bengaluru: "Rafale for India will not be ready by February. We expect Dassault to fly some other Rafale at the Aero India show in Bengaluru on February 20-24, 2019," said Deputy Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal R.K. Singh Bhadauria at a press conference in Bengaluru. The 12th edition of the 5-day b

Hubbali: "Special Investigation Team (SIT) has done a commendable job in the investigation of the murder case of journalist Gauri Lankesh. The inquiry is in its final stage," said DCM Dr G Parameshwar, speaking to media on Sunday, September 30th. He said that the team of SIT officials has cracked