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Bengaluru airport records ‘highest-ever’ cargo tonnage

Bengaluru: The Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (BLR Airport) has recorded its highest-ever cargo tonnage, despite a turbulent pandemic environment. In Calender Year 2021 (CY 2021), the airport has also welcomed 16.07 million…
Appointments to Boards, Corporations decided by party: K’taka CM

Bengaluru: Appointments to various Boards and Corporations are decided after due deliberation by the party, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Monday. Reacting to BJP state President Nalin Kumar Kateel’s statement…

Man held for raping 8-yr-old in K’taka

Bengaluru: A 36-year-old man has been arrested for raping an eight-year-old girl here, police said on Monday. The incident took place in the limits of Nandini Layout police station. According to police,…
Campus Front of India condemns Karnataka govt to establish Sanskrit University

Bengaluru: Karnataka State Committee of the Campus Front of India has condemned the state government’s decision to establish a Sanskrit University saying that it is an attempt to subvert the state’s language…
Karnataka reports over 50,000 COVID-19 cases

Bengaluru: Karnataka on Sunday added 50,210 fresh infections to its cumulative COVID-19 tally and 19 deaths taking the total caseload and fatalities to 35,17,682 and 38,582 respectively. This the second time when…
K’taka hijab row triggers debate on religious practices in educational institutes

Bengaluru: The issue of wearing a hijab (head covering worn in public by Muslim women) to the colleges along with the uniform has sparked a debate in Karnataka over religious practices impacting the…
Karnataka’s R-Day tableau themed on traditional handicrafts

Bengaluru: Karnataka’s tableau for the Republic Day parade in New Delhi is themed ‘Karnataka, the cradle of traditional handicrafts’. As per information, the then Department of Information and Publicity (DIP) was assigned…

Tiger Census begins in Bandipur National Park in K’taka

Chamarajanagar: The National Tiger Estimation (Census), which will be taken up in three phases, got underway at the Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Karnataka on Saturday. The national park is spread across 868.63…
2 held in Karnataka for honey trapping a priest and extorting Rs 49L

Dakshina Kannada: Karnataka police have arrested two persons including a married woman on charges of honey trapping a priest and extorting Rs 49 lakh from him in Mangaluru, Dakshina Kannada district, police said…
Karnataka High Court cancels bail to rape accused lecturer

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has cancelled bail to a lecturer who is facing charges of raping a girl and taking nude pictures of her. The accused had obtained bail from a local…
NRAI thanks Karnataka CM for lifting weekend curfew

Bengaluru: National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) has thanked Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai for lifting the weekend curfew in Karnataka and hearing the concerns of the restaurant industry. Mukesh Tolani, Head of NRAI…
K’taka HC quashes proceedings against Delhi-based event manager in drug cases

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has quashed proceedings against Viren Khanna, a Delhi-based event manager and socialite, in two drug cases and underlined procedural lapses by the Bengaluru police who lodged the cases…
Govt dedicates ‘Thrividha Dasoha’ to people of the state: CM Bommai

Bengaluru: The state government has dedicated itself to providing ‘Thrividha Dasoha of Anna ‘(food), ‘Akshara’ (education) and ‘Ashraya’ (shelter) for all the poor and weaker sections of the society, Chief Minister Basavaraj…
K’taka to take call on reopening schools in B’luru on Jan 29

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government will take a call on reopening of schools in Bengaluru on January 29, Education Minister B.C. Nagesh said on Friday after attending a high-level committee meeting in the…
K’taka launches centre of excellence for animation, visual effects, gaming

Bengaluru: The AVGC Centre of Excellence (animation, visual effects, gaming and comics CoE), a high-technology digital media hub funded by the Department of Electronics, Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology under…