Karnataka
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Karnataka: Justice B S Patil is the new Lokayukta
Bengaluru: Justice B S Patil took oath as the Lokayukta of Karnataka on Wednesday at the swearing-in ceremony organised at the Glass House of Raj Bhavan. Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot administered the oath…
- Bangalore
Basavaraj Bommai in tears after watching ‘777 Charlie’ movie
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai was in tears after watching Rakshit Shetty starrer movie “777 Charlie” here. According to the film crew, the movie written and directed by Kiranraj K, is…
- India
Belagavi: 3 arrested for hanging effigy of Nupur Sharma
Belagavi: Three persons were arrested for hanging an effigy of suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma from an electric wire resembling a public execution near a mosque on Fort Road, police said, on…
- Bangalore
Experts fear textbook revision row will dent image of Karnataka as education hub
Bengaluru: Karnataka has been known as an educational hub at the national level. Educational clusters are established across the state. People from across the country prefer to study in reputed educational institutions…
- Bangalore
Textbook row: Karnataka Min orders to drop Dalit writer’s poem
Bengaluru: Amid the controversy over revision of textbooks in Karnataka, the ruling BJP has ordered to drop a poem by a famous Dalit writer which says that the sun and moon are…
- India
Ahead of President election, Rajya Sabha poll result boost for BJP
New Delhi: The BJP’s strength in state assemblies suggested that the party could retain only 20 of the 24 Rajya Sabha seats it held in the biennial polls for 57 seats but…
- India
Karnataka: Students clash at University College over Savarkar’s portraits
Mangaluru: Two groups of students clashed at the University College in the city over a few mounting the portraits of Veer Savarkar and Bharat Mata in the classroom a few days ago,…
- India
Rajya Sabha election results at a glance; BJP wins big
Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal, Randeep Surjewala and Jairam Ramesh of the Congress and Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut were among the 16 candidates elected to the Rajya Sabha from four…
- India
‘Do you want bodies dumped on roads?’ HC raps Karnataka govt
The Karnataka high court questioned the state government caustically as to if why remains of dead bodies had to be thrown on the roads, citing that the state claimed failure to provide…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Hindu BMTC workers wear saffron shawls in protest of skull-caps
Bengaluru: A section of Hindu employees of the state-owned Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) objecting to the Muslim drivers, conductors and others wearing skull caps, are now attending duty donning saffron shawls.…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Covid cases cross 500-mark
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has announced strict implementation of Covid-19 safety protocols from Saturday after fresh infections in the state crossed the 500-mark in the past 24 hours. Wearing of masks in…
- India
Stop talking against Savarkar: Fringe group threatens Kannada litterateur
Chitradurga: A Hindu fringe group in Karnataka has threatened Kannada litterateur B.L. Venu over his comments on the textbook revision issue in the state, police said on Saturday. A letter, containing threats…
- News
Karnataka: AISEC criticises textbook revision celebrating RSS
Last month, a debate erupted over the textbook revisions in Karnataka state’s official curriculum. Rohith Chakratirtha, the head of the review committee, to be fired. The new curiculum, in keeping with saffronisation…
- India
Man kills self after being insulted for questioning sexual harassment to daughter
Bengaluru: A man in Karnataka has committed suicide after he was insulted for confronting the parents of a youth who had sexually harassed his minor daughter. The incident has been reported from…
- Bangalore
After syllabus row, Siddaramaiah seeks committee chairman’s arrest
Bengaluru: Even as the ruling BJP announced that the Textbook Revision Committee under the Chairmanship of Rohith Chakrathirtha was discharged, Opposition leader Siddaramaiah on Friday launched a scathing attack on the ruling…
