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Katnataka: 24 students temporarily banned from classes for wearing hijab
Dakshina Kannada: Twenty-four students studying in a college in Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada district were on Tuesday banned for a period of seven days from attending classes for wearing hijab. The decision was taken…
- India
Contaminated drinking water leaves 3 dead in Karnataka, Bommai orders probe
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday announced a solatium of Rs 5 lakh to the families of three persons who died due to consumption of contaminated water in the state’s…
- Bangalore
Karnataka authorities on high alert after Hizbul terrorist’s arrest
Bengaluru: The authorities are on high alert after the detection and arrest of a Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist here, who had been living in disguise for the past two years. Since the state…
- India
Karnataka: Peer Pasha Dargah built over ‘Anubhava Mantapa’, allege Lingayat seers
Bengaluru: After Jamia Masjid in the historical Srirangapatna town and Malali Masjid near Mangaluru city, a fresh controversy has erupted in connection with ‘Peer Pasha Dargah’ near Basavakalyan town in Bidar district…
- Bangalore
Karnataka police arrest rowdy sheeter for trading leopard skin
Bengaluru: Karnataka police on Monday arrested a rowdy sheeter on charges of trading leopard skin in Bengaluru. The Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths seized leopard skin worth Rs 10 lakh. The police…
- India
Congress will lose in Karnataka due to anti-RSS propaganda, says CM Bommai
Hubballi: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said the anti-RSS propaganda resulted in the Congress losing its grounds elsewhere and the same will happen in the state as well. “Former chief…
- Bangalore
Textbook review row: Karnataka CM Bommai says ‘ours is Basava Patha govt’
Bengaluru: After disbanding the state textbook review committee, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday ruled out forming a new panel and defended inclusion of a chapter on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) founder…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: HC refuses to quash ‘bigamy’ case of man with 3 wives
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has refused a petition seeking to quash the case of bigamy filed against a 76-year-old man who admitted that he is still married to three women. The…
- India
Jamia masjid row: Karnataka historical town turns into police fortress
Mandya: Karnataka’s historical town Srirangapatna has turned into a police fortress on Saturday against the backdrop of Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) “Srirangapatna Chalo” call to chant Hanuman Chalisa in…
- Bangalore
Karnataka dissolves textbook review committee, agrees to revisit chapter on Basavanna
Bengaluru: Karnataka state government has announced the dissolution of the state textbook review committee. The move comes amid a controversy over textbook revisions. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said that the…
- India
Karnataka’s Jamia Masjid row: Police to stop Hindu activists enroute Srirangapatna
Mandya: Karnataka police personnel have been stationed to stop Hanuman devotees and activists, who are planning to conduct prayers at the Jamia Masjid in Srirangapatna, enroute the historical town on Saturday. The…
- India
Karnataka CET exams: Hijabi students not allowed to enter exam hall
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) announced on Friday that students wearing hijab will not be allowed to enter the examination hall to take the Common Entrance Test (CET) for admissions to…
- Telangana
KCR expresses shock, announces ex gratia for Karnataka bus accident victims
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) expressed deep shock and grief over the ghastly road accident that occurred in Karnataka on Friday where seven persons belonging to Hyderabad died. He…
- Bangalore
Bengaluru: College girl takes to chain snatching for returning Rs 5K loan, arrested
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Police have arrested a girl student and two of her friends on charges of attempting to snatch a chain to pay a loan amount of Rs 5,000 in Bengaluru,…
- Bangalore
Heavy rainfall to lash Karnataka for 4 days, yellow alert for Bengaluru, coastal regions
Bengaluru: Heavy rainfall has been predicted in Karnataka for four days from Friday by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), which has sounded a yellow alert for Bengaluru and coastal regions. The Bengaluru…
