Voting for 16 Rajya Sabha seats in four states currently underway
Jun 10, 2022, at 03:01 pm
New Delhi: Voting for election of 16 Rajya Sabha seats in four states across India is currently being held on Friday.
Coronavirus: Karnataka registers 308 fresh cases
Jun 08, 2020, at 07:17 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: With the detection of 308 fresh COVID-19 cases, the total number of people tested positive for the pandemic surged to 5760 in Karnataka on Monday.
Coronavirus cases in Karnataka swell to 1056
May 15, 2020, at 07:57 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: With detection of 24 more fresh cases of the COVID-19 virus infection, including 13 from Mandya district, the total number of persons contracted for the disease, in Karnataka surged to 1056 on Friday.
Karnataka: Road accident claims life
Oct 27, 2019, at 08:15 pm
Chitradurga , Oct 27 (UNI) One person was killed and 15 were injured when a Volvo bus collision with a transport truck near Kapile Village on Pune-Bangalore National Highway on Sunday.
Vishveshwar Hegde Kageri nominated by BJP for post of Karnataka Speaker
Jul 30, 2019, at 12:29 pm
Bengaluru, July 30 (UNI): The ruling BJP in Karnataka fielded MLA Vishveshwar Hegde Kageri as the party's candidate for the election to the post of Speaker of Karnataka Assembly.
All eyes on Karnataka as Kumaraswamy's chance of providing majority thins; 5 more MLAs approach SC
Jul 15, 2019, at 02:03 pm
Will he or won't he? This is the question that keeps lingering on everyone's mind about the ongoing political crisis in Karnataka with chances of proving majority by the Kumaraswamy government appearing thin with every passing moment.
Karnataka rebel MLAs head to Goa from Mumbai
Jul 08, 2019, at 09:16 pm
Mumbai, July 8 (IBNS): Karnataka’s rebel Congress and JD(S) MLAs who had been camping at a hotel here after tendering their resignations left for Goa on Monday evening as Congress workers demonstrated outside the hotel, media reports said.
BJP killing democracy: Congress' Adhir Chowdhury over Karnataka crisis; Rajnath replies
Jul 08, 2019, at 01:47 pm
New Delhi, July 8 (IBNS): Raising the crisis over the Congress-Janata Dal Secular (JDS) government in Karnataka, Congress' leader of the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of poaching MLAs and said the saffron party is "killing democracy".
Karnataka cabinet minister resigns, Congress-JDS government in more trouble
Jul 08, 2019, at 12:39 pm
Bengaluru, July 8 (UNI) The JD(S)-Congress coalition government in Karnataka fell into a deeper crisis on Monday as minister and independent member H Nagesh quit the cabinet and reportedly decided to support the BJP.
IT department conducts raids in Karnataka constituencies dominated by JDS
Apr 16, 2019, at 01:30 pm
Bengaluru, Apr 16 (UNI): The Income Tax authorities have conducted simultaneous raids in the JD(S) dominated two Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka.
Three of a family killed in a road accident in Hassan district
Mar 13, 2019, at 12:54 pm
Hassan, Mar 13 (UNI) Three members from the same family, including a woman, were killed on the spot and four others sustained serious injuries when the car in which they were travellling colided with a State road transport bus near Lakshmidevaranahalli village in Arasikere taluk in Hassan district of Karnataka, in the wee hours on Wednesday.
Four Karnataka MLAs stay from Congress meet
Jan 18, 2019, at 09:26 pm
Bengaluru, Jan 18 (IBNS): Four Congress MLA remained away from a Congress Legislative Party meeting here on Friday adding fuel to speculations that the BJP is trying to topple its government led by H.D.Kumaraswamy of the Janata Dal (Secular).
Karnataka hotelier arrested in connection with Gauri Lankesh murder
Aug 09, 2018, at 03:01 pm
Bengaluru, Aug 9 (IBNS): A Special Investigating Team (SIT) has arrested one person from north Karnataka in connection with the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh, so far capturing altogether eleven of the 12 accused in the case, reports said.
GST: Double taxation forces theatre owners to down shutters in TN
Jul 04, 2017, at 05:14 pm
Chennai, Jul 4 (IBNS): The Goods and Services Tax (GST), a sweeping tax reform in India, has already claimed its first victim, within few days of its roll out.
By-poll results: BJP wins Assam, Delhi
Apr 13, 2017, at 06:20 pm
New Delhi, Apr 13 (IBNS): The BJP recorded a victory in Delhi's Rajouri Garden constituency by a huge margin, as the Assembly by-poll results were declared on Thursday afternoon, reports said.
By-poll results: BJP likely to win in Delhi, Congress in Karnataka
Apr 13, 2017, at 04:57 pm
New Delhi, Apr 13 (IBNS): While the counting of votes in the recent by-polls in 11 assembly constituencies across eight states began on Thursday morning, the BJP has taken a healthy lead in Delhi's Rajouri Garden constituency, reports said.
Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu expresses shock over illegal sand miners attacking police in Karnataka
Apr 04, 2017, at 07:15 pm
New Delhi/Bengaluru, Apr 4 (IBNS): Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu, on Tuesday, expressed shock over the incident of illegal sand miners attacking District Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis in Udupi, Karnataka.
PM Modi greets nation on Ugadi
Mar 28, 2017, at 02:26 pm
New Delhi, Mar 28 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday greeted the people of India on the occasion of Ugadi.
Former Congress veteran S M Krishna joins BJP
Mar 23, 2017, at 12:06 am
New Delhi, Mar 22 (IBNS): Former Congress veteran S M Krishna, who earlier served various government posts, formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday.
Can't release water to Tamil Nadu : Karnataka
Sep 26, 2016, at 06:13 pm
New Delhi, Sept 26 (IBNS) : Karnataka has told the Supreme Court that it cannot release any more water from the Cauvery to Tamil Nadu till December, NDTV reported.
#CauveryIssue: Normalcy returns to Karnataka
Sep 14, 2016, at 04:52 pm
Bangalore, Sept 14 (IBNS): After a week long violent protest over Supreme Court's direction to Karnataka to share waters of Cauvery River with neighbouring state Tamil Nadu, calm prevailed in the state as normal life was restored on Tuesday evening, according to reports.
Poll debacle :Congress likely to hold Chinatan Shivir next month
May 31, 2016, at 06:29 pm
New Delhi, May 31(IBNS) After suffering huge electoral defeats in four states, the Congress is likely to hold a 'chintan shivir' (brainstorming session) in June.
AAP Govt spent nearly Rs. 15 crore in 91 days on ads :RTI reply
May 16, 2016, at 05:10 pm
New Delhi, May 16 (IBNS) Delhi's AAP government spent nearly Rs 15 crore-Rs. 16 lakh a day- on advertisements in print media, according to an RTI reply.
Karnataka: PM reviews drought and water scarcity situation with CM
May 08, 2016, at 02:05 am
New Delhi, May 7 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday chaired a high level meeting on the drought and water scarcity situation in parts of Karnataka here.
Karnataka CM's son quits firm after hospital lab deal controversy
Apr 16, 2016, at 08:11 pm
Bengaluru, Apr 16 (IBNS) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's younger son, Dr.Yathindra Siddaramaiah, has resigned as director of Matrix Imaging following a tender controversy, reports said.
Decision on fireworks at Karnataka's Mahaligeshwara temple today
Apr 15, 2016, at 05:26 pm
Bengaluru, Apr 15 (IBNS) A day after the Kerala High Court allowed fireworks for Thrissur Pooram festival with some restrictions, the decision to allow similar fire shows in Karnataka's Shree Mahalingeshwara Temple in Puttur will be taken on Friday, reports said.
Hanumanthappa's last rites in his ancestral Karnataka village today
Feb 12, 2016, at 04:55 pm
Hubli, Karnataka, Feb 12 (IBNS): While India mourned the death of their soldier Lance Naik Hanamanthappa, who was rescued alive from Siachen after remaining buried for six days under snow but succumbed later in a hospital in New Delhi, his final rites will be performed Friday in his village in Dhadwaad in Karnataka.
Karnataka's MLC election: Congress takes early lead
Dec 30, 2015, at 05:46 pm
Bengaluru, Dec 30 (IBNS) The Congress took an early lead as counting was underway for the elections to 25 seats of Karnataka Legislative Council on Wednesday, reports said.
Rajnath Singh to chair the 26th Meeting of Southern Zonal Council in Vijayawada
Dec 11, 2015, at 04:52 pm
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IBNS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will chair the 26th meeting of the Southern Zonal Council to be held in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh on Saturday, according to a release by his department.
Girish Karnad offers apology on Tipu Sultan issue, protests continue in Karnataka
Nov 12, 2015, at 04:20 pm
Bengaluru, Nov 12 (IBNS) Jnanapith awardee kannada litterateur Girish Karnad has apologised for his remarks on naming the Bangalore international airport after city founder Kempe Gowda even as protests against him by right wing forces continues in Karnataka.