Bengaluru, Dec 24 (IANS): Hijab politics in Karnataka, which threatened to divide the student community on communal lines and law and order situation in the state during the BJP rule last year has come to the forefront yet again. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's announcement that

Mohammed Muzaffer, a student from Bhatkal and son of Afzal Mohtesham, was recently recognized by The Bharat Scouts and Guides, Karnataka, at the Alvas Virasat 2023 fest held at Alvas Campus in Moodbidri. Muzaffer, a former student of Ali Public School, Bhatkal, achieved academic excellence in

New Delhi: A drone strike caused an explosion and fire on a merchant ship in the Arabian Sea on Saturday, but no casualties have been reported. The crew includes 20 Indians, and an Indian Coast Guard vessel is moving towards the merchant vessel, MV Chem Pluto, which is 217 nautical miles off the Por

Mysuru, Dec 22 (IANS): In a move that spark of major controversy, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday announced that he has asked to lift the ban on hijab for students and pre-university college students in the state as clothing is a matter of individual choice. "PM Modi's &#

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday announced that the state government will withdraw the order banning hijab in schools and colleges in the state. He stated, "the choice of clothes is one's own prerogative". The Chief Minister said he has directed officials to withdraw

Bengaluru, Dec 22 (IANS): State Health Department authorities are contemplating enforcing guidelines for school children in Karnataka in the wake of a spurt in the number of Covid cases. The department is closely monitoring the situation in schools and is contemplating implementing guideline

Bengaluru, Dec 21 (IANS): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will convene a high-level meeting here over the reported spike in Covid-19 cases in the state. Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao, and senior officers will also attend the meeting to discuss

Dec 21 (Reuters) - Social media platform X and X Pro suffered outages globally early Thursday, according to Downdetector.com. Users on X, formerly known as Twitter, were unable to view posts on the social media site with a message that said "Welcome to X!" Users encountered loading i

New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS): The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has announced that those above 18 years and wanting Aadhaar made for the first time will now be subjected to physical verification, with the consent of the state government, a UIDAI official said. "There will

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday suspended two more Opposition MPs for the remainder of the Winter Session of Parliament for misconduct. Both members -- Thomas Chazhikadan and AM Ariff -- hail from Kerala. While Chazhikadan is from Kerala Congress (M), Ariff belongs to the CPM. Both were suspended for

Gadag, Dec 20 (IANS): Senior BJP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister KS Eshwarappa has stirred a controversy by stating that not a single mosque built after destroying a temple would be spared in the country. Speaking to the media in Gadag city, Eshwarappa, known for controversial statem

Israeli president Isaac Herzog indicated readiness on the part of the country to enter another foreign-mediated Gaza truce in order to recover hostages held by Hamas. This will also enable more aid to reach the Palestinian enclave, he said. "Israel is ready for another humanitarian pause and

Bengaluru, Dec 19 (IANS): Former Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said that no development has taken place in the state in last six months under Congress government. “The Chief Minister must review the work done in the last six months under his rule,” Bommai said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. PM Modi took to social media to inform about his conversation with Netanyahu and said the two leaders “had a productive exchange of views with PM Netanyahu on the on

The close aide to the underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, Chhota Shakeel, has called the claims of his boss's poisoned death rumours. He claimed that Dawood was in perfect health and fitness and that these kinds of rumours are occasionally disseminated with malevolent purposes.  Rumours were

Bengaluru, Dec 19 (IANS): As a result of the increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in neighbouring Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the Commissionerate of Health and Family Welfare Services in Karnataka on Tuesday issued an advisory with multiple guidelines amid fears of a fresh increase during the ye

The National Investigation Agency (NIA), India's prestigious anti-terror body, raided up to 19 locations in four states on Monday in connection with the ISIS* network case, according to media reports. A week ago, the central agency raided over 40 locations in Maharashtra and arrested 15 peopl

Bengaluru, Dec 18 (IANS): As fears of the Covid-19 pandemic have resurfaced in Karnataka after several people in neighbouring Kerala have been infected by the new JN.1 variant, the state health department has ordered mock drills to be conducted at all government hospitals to ensure the preparedness