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Video: Close shave for tourists in Karnataka jungle as tusker charges at them
Mysuru: Tourists on a jungle safari in Kabini backwaters in Karnataka had a narrow escape when a lone tusker charged at their jeep. The video has created a social buzz with netizens…
- India
Mild tremors jolt Karnataka district
Ramnagar: Mild tremors jolted Ramnagar, the neighbouring district of Bengaluru, on Saturday morning forcing panic-stricken people to rush out of their houses. According to local district authorities, three tremors were felt at…
- Bangalore
Grand celebration marking 3rd anniversary of BJP govt in Karnataka begins
Bengaluru: In a major show of strength, the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka on Saturday organised the ‘Jana Spandana’ programme celebrating three years of the party’s rule in the state, at Doddaballapura in…
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Child Marriage: Karnataka Police arrest husband, parents of girl
Bangalore: Karnataka Police said on Saturday that it arrested the 46-year-old husband and parents of a 14-year-old girl on charges of child marriage in Yelahanka New Town of Bengaluru. The police have…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: BJP to sound poll bugle with ‘Janaspandana’ rally today
Bengaluru: Setting its eye firmly on the 2023 Assembly elections, the ruling BJP in Karnataka will on Saturday organise ‘Janaspandana’, a public rally to mark Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai government’s one year…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Councillor with BPL card loses post after court finds he has 500 kg jewellery
Tumakuru: A magistrate court has declared as null and void the election of a JD(S) councillor to a local body here, after he did not rebut the petitioner’s claims of possessing 500…
- India
Karnataka: Class 2 student suffers 40% burn after teacher throws hot water
Bengaluru: A Class 2 student has suffered a 40 per cent burn after a teacher threw hot water on him for relieving himself in the school uniform. The incident took place last…
- Bangalore
Protests erupt at Bangalore University against temple construction
Bengaluru: The students of Bangalore University (BU) have alleged that the ruling BJP government was trying to saffronise the university campus by allowing the construction of a Ganesha temple inside the campus.…
- India
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…
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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…
- India
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…
