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

Bengaluru: A Bengaluru-based financial company has shut down its office after allegedly amassing crores of rupees from the city's Muslim community by luring them to invest in their firm while claiming that the investments would be under Islamic and halal principles. An estimated 8,000-10,000 peop

Bengaluru: Central Crime Branch (CCB) police on Saturday night, September 29, raided four dance bars across the city and registered cases against them. All the four raids were under the Ashoknagar and Indiranagar police station limits. According to police, these raids were carried out after recei

In another instance of the Congress and JD(S) coming together to keep the BJP out in Karnataka, Congress corporator Gangambike Mallikarjun got elected as the 52nd Mayor of Bengaluru city on Friday. In a repeat of the 2017 elections, BJP staged a walkout ahead of the voice vote.  JD(S)’s Ramila Umash

KOLAR: Police personnel at Srinivasapura police station were  going about their day when a man calmly entered the station with a backpack on Thursday. When police asked him what his problem was, he kept quiet and opened his bag. To the horror of the policemen, the bag had a severed head of a woma

BENGALURU: Most of the state run universities and higher education Institutions in Karnataka are not supporting observing ‘Surgical Strike Day’ on Saturday, the second anniversary of the strike by Indian commandos on bases of terror outfits in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, as suggested by the Union gov

In order to prevent children and school students getting easy access to tobacco, the Karnataka government is mulling a new special license, which will regulate the sale of cigarette and other forms of tobacco among shop owners. This special license will be issued to shops by respective urban local b

BENGALURU: Private telecom service provider Airtel has chalked out plans to strengthen its presence in Karnataka. As part of plans to widen its network, the company said it will invest Rs1000 crore this year. It will add more than 13,000 new mobile sites along with 4,500 km of optic fibre across the

Bengaluru: The Bellandur lake started frothing again since Tuesday morning. City has been receiving heavy rains since a few days which led to the frothing of the lake. The froth flew up 10 ft into the roads. “The BDA had made slopes, gates and installed more than 20 sprinklers to control the f

Bengaluru: With the idea of filling the government exchequer, which is hit by the farm loan waiver scheme, the state government decided to issue permissions to 1,000 new liquor shops across the state. These new liquor shops will come up according to the population density. According to a circular