Karnataka

My son will contest upcoming K'taka assembly polls: Former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa

Refuting rumours that the BJP is sidelining his son B.Y. Vijayendra, former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa stated here on Wednesday that Vijayendra would contest the upcoming state assembly polls.

Jun 15, 2022

Justice BS Patil takes oath as Lokayukta of Karnataka

Justice B.S. Patil took oath as the Lokayukta of Karnataka on Wednesday at the swearing in ceremony organised at the Glass House of Raj Bhavan.

Jun 15, 2022

MLC Polls update: Counting underway for K'taka MLC polls

Counting for votes for the Karnataka Legislative Council polls for two graduate and two teacher constituency seats got underway on Wednesday morning.

Jun 15, 2022

President Kovind arrives in Bengaluru on 2-day K'taka visit; Gehlot, Bommai receive prez [details]

President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday arrived here on a two-day Karnataka visit.

Jun 13, 2022

K'taka police to intensify operations to track down Bangladeshi immigrants [details]

After arresting members of a well-organised gang which provided government documents like the Aadhaar Card to illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, police in Karnataka have intensified operations to track down the immigrants.

Jun 12, 2022

Grand Prix Badminton League (GPBL) : Around 200 players to go under the hammer for auction

As many as 200 players from Karnataka will go under the hammer as teams mentored by the likes of PV Sindhu, K Srikanth and B Sai Praneeth pick their squads through the auction for the inaugural edition of the Grand Prix Badminton League (GPBL) here on Sunday.

Jun 11, 2022

K'taka RS polls: JD-S-Cong bickering helps BJP to win 3 of 4 seats

Karnataka's ruling BJP won all three seats it contested in Rajya Sabha elections held on Friday as the opposition JD-S and Congress failed to agree on a common candidate.

Jun 10, 2022

24 K'taka students temporarily banned from attending classes for wearing hijab; row continues [details]

Twenty-four students studying in a college in Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district were on Tuesday banned for a period of seven days from attending classes for wearing hijab.

Jun 7, 2022

K'taka CM Bommai seeks report as Covid cases spike

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has sought a report from the principal secretary of the state's health department in the wake of rising Covid-19 cases.

Jun 6, 2022

K'taka cop booked for sexually exploiting step-daughter, wife's sister

A sub-inspector in Karnataka has been booked for the alleged sexual exploitation of his 13-year-old step-daughter and his wife's sister.

Jun 6, 2022

Satellite phone calls to foreign locations tracked again in K'taka, agencies on high alert

Intelligence agencies have alerted the Karnataka government after they tracked satellite phone calls made to foreign locations from state's coastal and Malnad regions, sources said on Monday.

Jun 6, 2022

Govt wants to have me killed: Farmers' leader Rakesh Tikait

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait has alleged that the government "wants to get him killed" and that the attacks on him in Karnataka and Delhi are proof enough.

Jun 4, 2022

Amid row over saffronisation, K'taka disbands Textbook Revision Committee

In a major development, the Karnataka government has disbanded the Textbook Revision Committee headed by writer Rohith Chakrathirtha.

Jun 4, 2022

7 charred to death as "Goa to Hyderabad" bus catches fire after collision in Kalaburagi district of Karnataka.

At least seven people were charred to death after a Hyderabad-bound sleeper bus caught fire in the early hours of Friday in Kalaburagi district of Karnataka.

Jun 3, 2022

Heavy rainfall to lash K'taka for 4 days [Yellow alert areas]

Heavy rainfall has been predicted in Karnataka for four days from Friday by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), which has sounded a yellow alert for Bengaluru and coastal regions

Jun 3, 2022

'Attack on Rakesh Tikait for not speaking in Kannada', accused tell K'taka Police

The three accused persons, who attacked Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Singh Tikait, have taken a u-turn and claimed that they attacked him for not speaking in Kannada, police sources said on Thursday.

Jun 2, 2022

K'taka: Protests on textbook row turn violent; 15 arrested [details]

At least 15 people were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly indulging in vandalism while staging a protest near the residence of Karnataka Education Minister B.C. Nagesh at Tiptur town in the state's Tumakuru district, the police said.

Jun 1, 2022

PUC-II history lesson revised in K'taka amid furore

Amid the huge controversy on revision of class 1 to 10 text books, the Textbook Revision Committee headed by Rohith Chakrathirtha has completed the revision of history textbook of PUC-II in Karnataka, according to reliable sources.

Jun 1, 2022

AICC Spokesperson and senior Congress leader Brijesh Kalappa quits Congress in Karnataka

AICC Spokesperson and senior Congress leader from Karnataka Brijesh Kalappa on Wednesday resigned from the party membership.

Jun 1, 2022

Nirmala Sitharaman files nomination for Rajya Sabha seat as a BJP candidate from K'taka

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday filed her nomination for the Rajya Sabha seat as a BJP candidate in Vidhana Soudha (Legislative Assembly), Bengaluru.

May 31, 2022