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Karnataka: Ex-speaker’s remarks on farmer suicide goes viral
Haveri: Controversial remarks made by K.B. Koliwad, former Speaker of the Karnataka Assembly, in connection with a farmer committing suicide has gone viral, causing widespread outrage. Koliwad, a five-term Congress MLA, made…
- India
Don’t compare turbans, kirpan with hijab: SC Judge tells petitioners
The Supreme Court told the petitioners in the case challenging the hijab ban in Karnataka government educational institutions on Thursday that comparisons with turbans worn by Sikhs would be ‘inappropriate’. “The Supreme…
- Bangalore
Bengaluru floods: Karnataka leaders try to fish in troubled waters
Bengaluru: The Bengaluru flood crisis has given an opportunity to Karnataka’s political leaders to score brownie points ahead of the 2023 Assembly elections in the state. The ruling BJP as well as…
- Bangalore
Companies in Bengaluru won’t survive if shift to Naxal-prone Telangana: BJP leader
Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP leader N.R. Ramesh on Thursday held IT companies responsible for the floods and crisis situation that has arisen following heavy rains in Bengaluru. Bengaluru has received 899 mm of…
- Bangalore
Karnataka BJP activist murder case: NIA raids SDPI leaders house
Bengaluru: The sleuths of National Investigation Agency (NIA) probing into the sensational murder case of BJP Yuva Morcha activist Praveen Kumar Nettare raided the residence of the National Secretary of Social Democratic…
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Bulbul reference in Savarakar essay is a “metaphor”, says author’s wife
Bengaluru: Following the controversy over a paragraph from class 8 Kannada second language textbook on V D Savarkar, which had gone viral on social media, for apparent “glorification” of the freedom fighter,…
- Bangalore
Karnataka to seek special grants from Centre for rain havoc in Bengaluru: CM
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said his government will seek special grants from the Union government as compensation for the damages caused in rain-battered Bengaluru. He held a meeting…
- Bangalore
Bengaluru rain havoc: BJP MP Tejasvi Surya, other politicians come under scrutiny
Bengaluru: Bengaluru South Lok Sabha member Tejasvi Surya was trolled and criticised by a section of social media users accusing him of relishing dosa and promoting an eatery in his constituency, when…
- Bangalore
Bengaluru floods: HC orders BBMP to set up residents’ grievance cell in each ward
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the city civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to immediately set up cells to address the grievances of citizens affected by the heavy…
- India
Karnataka: Killers developed hatred towards Hindus, says NIA in Harsha Hindu murder case
Shivamogga: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) probing the murder of the 27-year-old Bajrang Dal activist Harsha in Shivamogga district of Karnataka has mentioned in its charge sheet that the killers of Harsha…
- Bangalore
Rain fury: Karnataka govt to hold meeting with heads of tech companies
Bengaluru: After the unprecedented rainfall exposed the limitations of infrastructure in Bengaluru, especially in the regions that house the IT companies, the state government will be holding a meeting with the heads…
- Bangalore
Karnataka govt utility washes off its hands from Bengaluru electrocution case
Bengaluru: Bengaluru Electricity Supply Company (Bescom), the government body which is in-charge of the distribution of electricity in the capital city, has washed off its hands of the incident involving the death…
- Bangalore
Battered IT capital Bengaluru to face rain god’s fury for 5 more days
Bengaluru: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted continuous rainfall in Bengaluru for next five days. Yellow alert was issued on Wednesday. Sources said that the people will have to bear with…
- Bangalore
Karnataka Minister Umesh Katti dies due to cardiac arrest
Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister Umesh Katti died due to cardiac arrest at a private hospital here on Tuesday night, official sources said. The minister for food, civil supplies and consumer affairs and forest…
- India
K’taka BJP activist murder case: NIA conducts multiple raids
Bengaluru: National Investigation Agency (NIA) was conducting multiple raids in Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada district in connection with the revenge murder case of BJP Yuva Morcha member Praveen Kumar Nettaru, sources said on…
