Karnataka
- Bangalore
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…
- Bangalore
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…
- Bangalore
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…
- Bangalore
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…
- Bangalore
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…
- India
Former PM Deve Gowda tests COVID positive
Bengaluru: Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda has tested positive for COVID-19, sources close to him said. “He has tested positive for COVID-19 but he is asymptomatic. However, he is admitted…
- Bangalore
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…
- Bangalore
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…
- Bangalore
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…
- Bangalore
Hindu seer released on bail demands closure of K’taka mosque, stirs controversy
Mandya: Rishikumar Swami of Kali Mutt, who was arrested for giving a call to demolish the mosque of Srirangapatna town in Mandya district, has again kicked up a row by stating that the…
- Bangalore
K’taka Hijab row; Minister calls move political, students unmoved
Bengaluru: The controversy surrounding the denial of permission to six girl students to classrooms for wearing hijab in the Government Girls Pre University College in Udupi of Karnataka has taken a political turn…
- Bangalore
Pay bribe or have sex: Karnataka police inspector to woman
Bengaluru: A 39-year-old woman has filed a complaint against a Police Inspector in the city accusing him of sexual harassment. In a complaint with Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant, the woman claimed…
- Bangalore
Muslim youth killed, another injured by Hindutva goons in Karnataka
Karnataka: Two Muslim youth were attacked by goons of the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS) on Monday evening in Gadag district. The youths were identified as 21-year-old Shamsheer, and, 19-year-old Sameer who…
- Bangalore
After Mekedatu, K’taka Cong to take up padayatra on Mahadayi
Belagavi: The Karnataka Congress which has organised Mekedatu padayatra (foot march) despite curfew orders is all set to launch another foot march demanding implementation of the Mahadayi project. Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee…
- India
140 Engineering students test positive for Corona in Karnataka
Mandya, (Karnataka): As many as 140 engineering students have tested positive for Covid-19 in Mandya district of Karnataka on Tuesday causing panic among the people. Following the development, PES Engineering College of…
