Category: KARNATAKA

• CHITRADURGA
• BANGALURU
• Chikkamagaluru
• Udupi
• Chamarajanagar
• Mangaluru
• Mysuru
• Belagavi
• Hubballi
• Kolar
• Gadag
• Bidar
• Tumakuru
• Ramnagar
• Shivamogga
• Dakshina Kannada
• Hassan
• Mandya
• Chikkaballapur
• Sirsi
• Davanagere
• Bagalkot
• haveri
• Koppal

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) announced that it will seize properties that belong to the two key accused in the Praveen Nettaru murder case in Karnataka if they failed to surrender before it by Friday.

Karnataka police have arrested a man for allegedly slitting his friend's throat and drinking his blood suspecting an affair with his wife in this district of the state, police said on Monday.

Disappointed over non-arrest of accused who killed BJP leader Anwar Gauri in Karnataka's Chikkamagalguru district even after passage of five years, his family members on Saturday demanded either the culprits should be arrested immediately or they be allowed to go for mercy killing.

The announcement came after Gary E. Dickerson, President and CEO of Applied Materials, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the US and discussed ways to strengthen the semiconductor ecosystem in India.

Micron Technology on Thursday announced to set up a new $2.75 billion semiconductor assembly and test facility in Gujarat, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Sanjay Mehrotra, the Indian-American President and CEO of Micron, in Washington DC during his state visit to the US.

The bench observed that the sole allegation against the petitioner is that he believed that love is never about getting physical and it should be soul to soul. The petitioner claimed that he was the follower of a certain spiritual order.

The shuttle buses connects T1 with the newly launched T2 terminal which is less than a kilometer away. Most of the domestic airlines operate from the new terminal. Passengers rely on shuttle bus service to reach T2.

Karnataka's Congress government, which has taken up the textbook revision exercise, on Thursday declared that the lesson on RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar has been dropped from the textbooks.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said that he has not spoken to the opposition leaders referring to the 'adjustment politics' charge made against him by the BJP.

Karnataka Minister for Home and prominent Dalit leader Dr. G. Parameshwara's statements on Dalits being deprived of the post of Chief Minister in the state has not only triggered the Dalit CM debate but also revealed that all is not well within the Congress government.

The deceased were identified as Chandrashekar from Chamarajanagar district and Sudha Rani from Belagavi district. The incident took place in the Tarabanahalli village in Yelahanka taluk of Bengaluru. Both worked at a star hotel near the Bengaluru International Airport.

Days after the horrific train accident in Odisha's Balasore district left 275 people dead, a video showing a minor boy placing stones on railway tracks in Karnataka went viral on social media on Monday.

Patil said this after the representatives of the company led by George Chu met him as part of a courtesy visit in which Information Technology and Biotechnology Minister Priyank Kharge was also present.

According to authorities, the trainer aircraft had taken off from the HAL airport of Bengaluru in the morning. The aircraft developed a technical snag and crashed. The aircraft was completely damaged and gutted in the fire. The parts of the aircraft were strewn all around the place.

As the government schools across Karnataka reopened on Wednesday after two-month summer holiday, the row over syllabus revision has left the parents, students and teachers in a state of confusion.

Former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has alleged that the Congress distributed such cards in 45 to 50 Assembly segments in elections. "Mr Siddaramaiah, if you have courage get this allegation investigated," he challenged. The allegations were made last week.

After creating a furore with its proposal to ban the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) once its assumes power in Karnataka, the newly-elected Congress government on Saturday delivered a major a U-turn with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah denying any such claim by his party.

Amid voices of dissent by Congress leaders over not getting cabinet posts, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Saturday asked the "dejected" leaders to be perseverant like like him.

The full-fledged cabinet of Congress government in Karnatala came into force on Saturday as 24 Ministers took oath at the swearing-in ceremony at the Raj Bhavan. Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot administered the oath to the newly inducted cabinet ministers.

The incident took place in the limits of Banakal police station limits in Mudigere taluk. The group attacked Ajith, when he was going with the young woman. He was dragged over the road and assaulted, police said.

ADGP Amrit Paul, who was arrested long back, is still in the prison. The Congress leaders maintain that the investigation is stuck at this stage and the authorities have not bothered to carry forward the probe as there is involvement of powerful BJP politicians.

Asked about Amnesty International's rising concern on hijab ban in Karnataka, DyCM Shivakumar on Wednesday stated in Vidhana Soudha, "I don't want to comment on the matter of hijab as it is a policy matter."

Karnataka minister Priyank Kharge on Wednesday reiterated that his government would ban outfits like Bajrang Dal and RSS if peace of the state is disturbed and that if the BJP leadership find it unacceptable, they can go to Pakistan.

Days after the oath-taking ceremony in Karnataka, tension seems to be simmering between the Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar camps after the Chief Minister's loyalist and cabinet minister M.B. Patil claimed that Siddaramaiah will be the CM for a full term of five years.

A newly-elected MLA of the Congress party in Karnataka on Monday took oath as a member of the Assembly in the name of Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, while a BJP legislator took oath in the name of Hindutva and Gaumata.