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K’taka Minister opposes separate literary festival for sidelined Muslim writers
Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister of Kannada and Culture, V. Sunil Kumar, on Friday objected to a parallel literary festival for sidelined Muslim writers in the 86th All India Kannada Literature Conference. “Organisation of…
- Bangalore
Karnataka Brahmin group slams state govt’s inclusion of dominant castes in EWS quota
Bengaluru: The Akhila Karnataka Brahmin Mahasabha (AKBM) has said that the BJP-led state government’s decision to accommodate the dominant Lingayats and Vokkaligas communities in the economically weaker section (EWS) quota is “anti-Brahmin”.…
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Muslim youth beaten for roaming with minor Hindu girl in Karnataka
Dakshina Kannada: A Muslim youth was allegedly thrashed and handed over to police for wandering with a minor Hindu girl near a pilgrimage centre in Dakshina Kannada district on Friday in Karnataka.…
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Karnataka: Dalit woman dragged, beaten at temple; video surfaces
Bengaluru: A video of a woman being kicked, dragged and beaten with sticks in a temple in Bengaluru surfaced and has gone viral on social media. The victim Hemavathi had lodged a…
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Karnataka BJP leader’s murder: 14L reward for 4 wanted PFI members
Bengaluru: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has intensified a reward poster campaign in Karnataka and Kerala in connection with the murder case of Praveen Kumar Nettare, a BJP Yuva Morcha leader, sources…
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Two arrested in Karnataka schoolboy kidnap case
Kalaburagi: Karnataka Police cracked the kidnapping case of a schoolboy and arrested two persons in Kalaburagi on Friday. The accused kidnapped the boy, a Class 4 student, on January 4 and demanded…
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NIA conducts searches in Karnataka, arrests two IS operatives
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted searches at six locations in Karnataka in the districts of Dakshina Kannada, Shivamogga, Davanagere and Bengaluru in connection with the Shivamogga Islamic…
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BJP will face polls in Karnataka with development report card: Nadda
Tumakuru: Bharatiya Janata Party president J.P. Nadda has stated that his party would go to the elections with a report card on the development of Karnataka. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has created…
- Bangalore
Karnataka lawyers refuse to represent acid attacker
Bengaluru: Bengaluru Police Commissioner Pratap Reddy said on Thursday that as no lawyer was coming forward to represent the accused in the sensational acid attack case reported from Bengaluru, it was proving…
- India
Karnataka BJP accused of protecting rape accused, Dalit group warns of protest
Bengaluru: The ruling BJP government in Karnataka has been accused of protecting the accused in a rape case of a Dalit woman in Mysuru, with a group representing the community warning of…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Congress slams BJP over ‘focus love jihad more’ remark
Bengaluru: The opposition Congress in Karnataka on Wednesday slammed the state BJP President Nalin Kumar Kateel’s remark at an event where he called upon the masses to “focus on love jihad and…
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Karnataka HRC orders probe against 5 cops in kidney selling case
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Human Rights Commission has ordered a departmental inquiry against five senior police officers in connection with a 29-year-old mentally challenged person’s kidney selling and suspicious death case. The Commission…
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Karnataka industrialist’s suicide case: Congress calls it murder
Bengaluru: The suicide case of an industrialist in Karnataka has taken a political turn after a Congress delegation paid visited the residence of the deceased on Tuesday and dubbed the incident a…
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AAP demands Karnataka BJP MLA’s arrest in industrialist suicide case
Bengaluru: The Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Karnataka unit on Monday demanded arrest of senior BJP MLA and former minister Arvind Limbavali in connection with the suicide of an industrialist. AAP state campaign…
- Bangalore
This is Karnataka, your politics will not work here: Kumaraswamy to Amit Shah
Mysuru: JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Monday hit back at Union Home Minister Amit Shah by stating that his style of politics will not work in Karnataka. The former chief minister’s…
