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BJP names 16 candidates for RS polls; Sitharaman to contest from Karnataka
New Delhi: The BJP on Sunday announced 16 candidates for the Rajya Sabha biennial elections from different states. The party has fielded Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman from Karnataka and Piyush Goyal from…
- Bangalore
Karnataka records 241 new COVID-19 cases
Bengaluru: Karnataka saw a spike in COVID-19 cases with 241 fresh infections reported on Sunday taking the total number of affected people to 39,51,739, the state health department said. The state had…
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Karnataka: Dalits enter Anjaneya temple amid heavy police force
The district administration of Yadgiri district, Karnataka, ensured that the Dalit community got to offer prayers at Anjaneya temple in Amalihall village of Surapur taluk. Amid heavy police deployment, Dalits entered the…
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Karnataka: Student thrashed for wearing skull cap, FIR against 7
Bagalkot: An FIR has been lodged against seven people, including principal, sub inspectors and five others in connection with alleged thrashing of a student for wearing a skull cap on the premises of…
- Bangalore
Stringent action against those who torment Kannadigas: Bommai
Bengaluru: Strongly condemning the vandalism by Maharastra Ekikaran Samithi (MES) in Belagavi, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday, warned of stringent action against those who torment Kannadigas in the southern state.…
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Bommai asks Siddaramaiah to clarify if he is Aryan or Dravidian
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday asked leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah that he must clarify whether he is an Aryan or Dravidian. Reacting to attacks by Siddaramaiah on the…
- Bangalore
Karnataka CM calls for abiding by HC’s order after hijab issue resurfaces
Bengaluru: After the hijab issue resurfaced in Karnataka, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday called for abiding by the High Court order in the matter. “There is no need of raising an…
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Hijab-clad college students in Karnataka sent back
Dakshina Kannada (Karnataka): Following a statement by Karnataka Education Minister B.C. Nagesh that only uniforms are permissible inside classrooms, authorities at a college in Dakshina Kannada district on Saturday sent back hijab-clad…
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Karnataka: Communal tension on rise amid hijab, Malali mosque rows
Communal tension in coastal Karnataka region comprising Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada and Udupi is on a rise with the resurfacing of hijab controversy and the Malali temple-mosque row. The coastal region of…
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Karnataka Legislative Council polls: BJP gains majority
Bengaluru: All the seven candidates for the biennial poll to the Karnataka Legislative Council were elected unopposed on Friday. The candidates elected include Laxman Savadi, Hemalatha Nayak, S Keshavaprasad and C Narayanaswamy…
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Karnataka: Dalit man killed over interfaith relationship, 2 arrested
Kalaburagi: A 25-year-old Dalit man who was in a relationship with a Muslim woman was killed in a suspected case of honour killing here and two persons, including her brother, have been…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Secretariat employees boycott work, govt calls it ‘illegal’
Bengaluru: A section of the Karnataka Secretariat employees have decided to skip work on Friday, by calling for “Secretariat Bandh”, to protest against the state government’s move for “rationalising the workforce” by…
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Karnataka: Two held for Dalit man’s murder over interfaith love
Kalaburagi: Two people were arrested on Friday in connection with the murder of Dalit youth over interfaith love affair here. Vijaya Kamble, a resident of Bheema Nagar Layout in Wadi town near Chittapur…
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Karnataka: Muslim students blame ABVP for anti-hijab protest
Mangalore: Karnataka’s hijab row seems to have resurfaced, as Muslim students on Thursday protested outside the District Collectorate in Mangalore seeking action against the protest held at Mangalore University. The Muslim girls,…
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Should there be a lesson on Jinnah?: Karnataka K.S. Eshwarappa asks
Bagalkot: Criticising the textbook revision row in Karnataka, senior BJP leader and former Minister, K.S. Eshwarappa on Thursday asked if a lesson on Muhammad Ali Jinnah should also be included in the…
