BENGALURU: Infighting among the ranks of both Congress and JD(S) over ministerial berths remained a headache for leaderships of both the parties for the third consecutive day on Saturday since the Cabinet induction. Even as supporters of leaders left out of the Cabinet continued to protest on the st

Bengaluru: A police complaint has been filed against BJP leader and Udupi MP Shobha Karandlaje for her remarks against Peejawar Seer. The complaint accuses her of having hurt the people's religious sentiments by insulting the pontiff by stating that he "lacks knowledge about Modi’s administration."

BENGALURU: Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Friday allocated portfolios to his ministers even as his government faced birth pangs of coalition politics. Kumaraswamy retained the key finance department, as also energy while giving home to his deputy G Parameshwara of the Congress. Earli

Mangaluru: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mangaluru officials on Thursday, June 7 nabbed a person attempting to smuggling gold worth Rs 20 lakhs into the city, at the Mangalore International Airport (MIA). The accused, Umar Farook (28), a resident of Kannadaguli, Maila Bantwal Taluk had

Bengaluru: After the news of a lady constable, who breastfed an abandoned newborn baby to save it from starvation, went viral, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has expressed his desire to meet the selfless civil servant. Kumaraswamy stated in a tweet on June 6 that he had read a media report about

Mangaluru: The Mangaluru division of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal (BD) cadres, protested against the education department for including chapters on Christianity and Islam in the Class 9 "Social Science Part 1" textbook of the state syllabus. The protest was organised in front o

BENGALURU: The son of a Belagavi head constable who died in service is running from pillar to post for a job granted to him on compassionate ground two years back by the Tourism Department and Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR). Alleging that the authorities concerned did not

BENGALURU:  Two weeks after HD Kumaraswamy took oath as Karnataka Chief Minister, 25 ministers were sworn in today after ally Congress settled on its choice of ministers. The man behind the turmoil was DK Shivakumar - the Congress's biggest crisis manager at a time when the party was trying to preve

Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is likely to put forth its proposal, to hike bus fares to offset the burden imposed on them due to the spiraling diesel prices, before the state government. According to a senior official of the corporation, “Diesel price has cross

Davangere: Envious over the fact that his love interest was sharing a good camaraderie with a friend of his, Davangere Congress corporator's son is said to have stabbed his friend in broad-daylight here on Wednesday, June 6. An irate Rakesh, son of corporator PK Lingaraju stabbed the victim, Hari

BENGALURU: Adding to the list of ministerial aspirants in the Congress-JD(S) coalition government, 11 new members have been elected to the Karnataka Legislative Council. Five candidates of the BJP, four from Congress and two from JD(S) were elected unopposed on Monday in the biennial elections to th

Bengaluru: Revenge takes many forms, based on the level of spite one harbours in their heart. A man was arrested by Cyber Crime police on Saturday, June 2, for allegedly uploading indecent doctored images of his wife along with her phone number, to "teach her a lesson". The man, identified as Vin

BENGALURU: The transport department on Saturday issued notices to cab aggregators Ola and Uber for charging time-based fare in violation of rules. While the revised tariff structure for taxis, which came into effect in January, prohibits cab companies from charging on the basis of time, the aggre

BENGALURU:  Karnataka deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara said today that no talks have been held so far between his party and Janata Dal (Secular) over seat-sharing for the general elections, which both the parties have decided to contest as a pre-poll alliance. Speaking to reporters here prior

BENGALURU:  Rubbishing reports that JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda had a say in ministry formation and portfolio allocation in the JDS-Congress cabinet, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy today said he had only given the nod to finalising the portfolio list. "I have come across media reports

Karnataka 2nd PUC supplementary exam has been postponed by 21 days. The exam which was supposed to begin on June 8, 2018 will now commence from June 29, 2018. The exam will now continue till July 10, 2018. 'The supplementary exams have been postponed because on June 8, the elections for members of l

Udupi : Three Bajrang Dal activists have been arrested in connection with the suspicious death of cattle trader Hussainabba (62) near a coffee plant in Perdoor on May 30, 2018. Acting on a tip-off that the Bajrang Dal activists had absconded to Ballari here the Udupi police contacted the Ballari

Bengaluru: Congress and Janata Dal Secular or JD(S) are expected to announce the cabinet expansion and portfolio allocation for their coalition government in Karnataka today, with unambiguous reiteration that H D Kumaraswamy will be the chief minister for the full term and the two parties will conte