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Karnataka: Bommai inaugurates Jana Sankalp Yatra, slams Congress
Udupi: Karnataka BJP took up the second leg of the Jan Sankalp Yatra in the state on Monday. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and BJP Central Parliamentary Committee Member B.S. Yediyurappa inaugurated the Yatra…
- India
Karnataka Lingayat mutt sex scandal: Accused seer drugged, abused girls
Chitradurga: Rape-accused Lingayat seer Shivamurthy Murthy Murugha Sharanaru allegedly drugged minor girls residing in the Chitradurga Murugha Mutt before violating them, the police investigation has revealed. Currently, in judicial custody, the accused seer…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Former IB officer killed in road accident, police suspect murder
Mysuru: The investigation into the death of an 83-year-old retired Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer took a twisting turn on Sunday with senior police officials, who initially believed it to be a case…
- India
Retired IB officer’s murder: Mysuru police sets up special probe team
Mysuru: The Karnataka Police has set up a special team to probe the murder of a retired Intelligence Bureau officer in Mysuru city. Former 82-year-old IB officer R K Kulkarni was killed on…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Ruling BJP sounds poll bugle with back to back conventions
Bengaluru: The ruling BJP in Karnataka has sounded the election bugle in the state, with organisation of back-to-back conventions starting from Monday. The Scheduled Tribe Morcha convention will be held in Bellary on…
- India
Three Karnataka farmers die of electrocution
Mysuru: In a tragic incident, three farmers died after being electrocuted in Neelasoge village in T Narasipur taluk in Mysuru district of Karnataka on Sunday. The deceased farmers have been identified as…
- India
Critics blame BJP for stoking the fires of vigilantism in Karnataka
Bengaluru: Karnataka is witnessing an unprecedented rise in incidents of vigilante action. The hijab crisis, boycott of Muslim traders, the protest against the High Court order upholding the hijab ban, a series…
- Bangalore
Karnataka to bring law preventing confiscation of farmers’ land over delay in loan repayment
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government will introduce a law to stop the confiscation or auction of farmers’ property over any delay or non-payment of loan taken for agricultural purposes, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said…
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Karnataka: NIA arrests three in BJP’s Praveen Nettare’s murder case
Bengaluru: The National Investigation Agency (NIA), on Saturday, conducted raids on Popular Front of India (PFI) leaders’ residences in Mysuru, Hubballi and Dakshina Kannada districts in connection with the killing of BJP activist…
- India
Seven women dead in Karnataka road accident
Bidar: At least seven women were killed and 11 people injured in a road accident on Saturday in Karnataka’s Bidar district, police said. The accident took place in Bemalkheda village when an…
- Bangalore
Bengaluru airport back to pre-COVID passenger levels
Bengaluru: Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru is back to pre-COVID passenger levels owing to the high traffic numbers recorded in the current financial year (2022-23) until October 26. Passenger traffic volumes registered over…
- India
If minor girl in brothel complains of forceful sex, customer can’t be let off: K’taka HC
Bengaluru: In an important judgment, the Karnataka High Court on Friday ruled that if a minor girl in a brothel complains that a person had forceful sex, he can’t be categorised as…
- India
Hyderabadi woman mimics ‘Daiva’ from Kantara film; tenders apology
Mangaluru: A young woman from Hyderabad, drawing flak on the social media for her portrayal of Daiva Mukhavarnike’ (face-painting of Daivas) mimicking the film Kantara’, offered a penalty to Lord Manjunatha temple…
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Death of woman, twin newborns: Four, including doc suspended in Karnataka
Benglore: A day after a woman and her twin babies died during childbirth reportedly after being refused treatment at a government hospital, Karnataka Health Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar on Friday ordered the…
- India
Karnataka: Man throws out wife, 3-yr-old son on astrologer’s advice
Ramnagar: The Karnataka Police booked an FIR against a man for throwing out his wife and three-year-old son over the pretext that the child would bring bad luck to the family after…
