BENGALURU: A day after state BJP president B S Yeddyurappa extended an open invitation to dissident JD(S) and Congress MLAs to join the saffron party, chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday said it's a clear indication of the BJP becoming "weak". Kumaraswamy said: "Yeddyurappa recently admitt

BENGALURU: Tension prevailed at the Kengal Hanumanthaiah gate of the Vidhana Soudha on Saturday after a businessman attempted suicide by consuming poison inside his car. It is said that an MLA had taken Rs 1 crore from him to get some work completed. The police said that around 12.15 pm a busines

Bengaluru: State Director General of Police (DGP) Neelamani Raju has directed the police officials not to reveal every detail of the investigation to media as "today’s media glorifies the incidents." In a recent circular to the senior police officials, she said, “There is no need to give complete

The Karnataka government on Saturday announced the appointment of TM Vijay Bhaskar as the state's new Chief Secretary replacing outgoing CS Rathna Prabha. Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy had earlier written to the Centre seeking a three-month extension for Rathna Prabha until September 2018. Howeve

Dharwad: A mail written to Prime Minister Modi by a Dharwad man has evoked a response from the Prime Minister's Office thus ushering a ray of hope for the villagers of Tegur who do not have access to a government hospital in the vicinity. In the mail, Rudrappa Gonigeera drew attention towards the

Bengaluru: Investigations into the Lankesh murder case had revealed that actor Prakash Raj too was on the hitlist of Gauri's killers. Responding to the news, the actor, who has been immensely critical of the ruling central government has said that his voice will grow stronger. “Bengaluru: Gaur

Bengaluru: The Karnataka capital on Wednesday celebrated its founder Kempe Gowda's birth anniversary as Kempegowda Day, with the state government announcing to set up a skill development university in the city in the erstwhile ruler's name. "Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has announced that the

Bengaluru: As many as 10 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers in Karnataka have transferred. According to a government notification dated Tuesday, M. Lakshminarayana, currently Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister, has been made Additional Chief Secretary, Social Welfare, whil

Belagavi: The Belagavi police, acting on a complaint filed by members of the Mukti Dham Seva Mandal burial ground have started a look-out for a couple who it is alleged trying to bury an infant girl alive. The incident took place on Monday when the couple along with three others had come to the b

Manipal: The family of a brain-dead woman saved the lives of seven people by donating her organs. Nirmala Bhat from Karkala had met with an unfortunate road accident in Karkala on June 22. Following this, she was rushed to Kasturba Hospital, Manipal and was declared brain-dead on June 25, as per

Bengaluru: Fugitive tycoon Vijay Mallya has sought the Karnataka High Court's permission to let him and his holding firm UBHL sell their assets under judicial supervision and repay creditors, including state-run banks. "UBHL (United Breweries Holding Ltd) and myself have filed an application befo

Bengaluru/Hassan: In a major development, the coalition government in the state has agreed before the Karnataka High Court to transfer IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri as the Deputy Commissioner of Hassan on Monday, June 25. During the Assembly elections, Rohini Sindhuri had been transferred as the Em

CHAMARAJANAGAR: They call it miracle! Sixty passengers who were traveling on the Chikkamagaluru-Kozhikode Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus had a narrow escape when a mother elephant attacked the bus - it ran after the vehicle - at Mulehole near Gundlupet town of the Chamarajana

Kushalanagar, Karnataka: A 14-year-old boy was found murdered in the washroom of a top military school in south Karnataka's Kodagu district on Saturday. The boy was a Class 9 student of Sainik School in Kodagu. The incident came to light a day after another Class 9 student was found murdered in the

A Muslim BJP worker from Karnataka’s Chikmagalur was hacked to death on Friday night, news channel NDTV reported. According to the report, Mohammad Anwar, the BJP general secretary of the region, was on his way home when he was stabbed thrice by bike-borne assailants near Gauri canal. He died on

In a bid to make themselves more accessible to citizens, the Karnataka State Police has released an official mobile application for Android and iOS. The new application 'Karnataka State Police App' comes a year after the release of ‘Suraksha’ app released by then Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in 20

Kadaba: In yet another case of conflict between humans and animals, six passengers of an Omni vehicle suffered injuries after the car was attacked by an elephant. The incident took place near Bilenele, on the Uppinangady-Subrahmanya State Highway here. Girish, a Chikkamagaluru resident was travel

Bengaluru/Mangaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Friday, granted conditional bail to Mohammed Sharif, the prime accused in the Sharath Madiwal murder case. Hearing the bail petition filed by Sharif, Justice Michael D’Cunha noted that the investigating officers had failed to provide enough evidenc