COVID-19 Lockdown: Church Priest, six others held for holding mass prayer in Karnataka
Apr 10, 2020, at 02:37 pm
Udupi/UNI: Despite restrictions on religious gathering, amid Lockdown, mass prayers were held at St Antony Church of Padukone, Nada village in the District, forcing the authorities to take into custody a Church Priest and six others,sources said on Friday.
K'taka: Police seizes ambulance ferrying 20 labourers, quarantined
Apr 08, 2020, at 07:46 pm
Chikkamagaluru/UNI: The police have seized an ambulance ferrying 20 labourers including eight children from Mangaluru to Vijayapura at Balehonnur check-post in Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka on Wednesday.
COVID-19: 24 arrested for violating lockdown guidelines in K'taka
Apr 06, 2020, at 07:51 pm
Bidar/UNI: Police have registered a case against 24 people for violating the lockdown imposed to control the spread of Coronavirus by offering prayer at a mosque in the city of Bidar in Karnataka.
COVID-19: One more tested positive in Karnataka
Mar 22, 2020, at 03:38 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: Karnataka on Sunday reported one more fresh case of novel coronavirus, taking the total number of infected persons in the state to 21.
COVID-19: Three more people in Karnataka test positive
Mar 21, 2020, at 04:58 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: With the three more persons tested positive for the dreaded COVID-19 virus, the total number of people infected for the coronavirus rose to 18 on Saturday.
COVID-19: K'taka ban might extend by one more week, says CM Yediyurappa
Mar 18, 2020, at 01:19 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Wednesday hinted at the possibility of extending the week-long ban by seven days to curb the spread of coronavirus in the southern state.
Coronavirus: Total positive cases in India jump to 147, global death toll above 7,500
Mar 18, 2020, at 10:36 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The total positive Novel Coronavirus cases in the country rose to 147 on Wednesday while the global death toll from the virus has crossed 7,500.
COVID-19: Tourist spots at Srirangapatna in K'taka closed till Mar 20
Mar 16, 2020, at 07:52 pm
Mandya/UNI: Following an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in various parts of the country, the Mandya district administration in Karnataka has closed the entry of visitors to the popular tourist attractions Dariya Daulat Bagh and Gumbaz in historic town Srirangapatna.
COVID-19: Karnataka shuts down malls, theatres, colleges for a week
Mar 13, 2020, at 07:03 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday announced to shut down malls, theaters and colleges for a week beginning Saturday to contain the spread of the pandemic novel coronavirus in the state.
Congress appoints its troubleshooter DK Shivakumar as Karnataka PCC chief
Mar 11, 2020, at 05:36 pm
New Delhi/UNI: After months of uncertainty and internal fight, the Congress on Wednesday appointed former Minister and senior leader DK Shivakumar as its PCC president in Karantaka unit along with three working presidents.
COVID19: Suspected patient dies in K'taka
Mar 11, 2020, at 02:43 pm
Kalaburagi/UNI: A person, who was reportedly suffering from the infectious disease Covid-19 died in the district on Wednesday.
Covid-19: Karnataka govt declares holiday for LKG, UKG classes in Bengaluru
Mar 09, 2020, at 05:32 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: In view of the novel Coronavirus outbreak worldwide and detection of a few positive cases in neighbouring states, the Karnataka government has declared holidays in all LKG, UKG classes here.
Karnataka: Miscreants scribble pro-Pak slogans in Kalaburagi
Mar 01, 2020, at 09:27 pm
Kalaburagi/UNI: Some unknown miscreants scribbled pro-pak slogan and jibe the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a wall of a house in busy Saath Gumbaz area of Kalaburagi city on Sunday.
Karnataka: Two arrested, six rescued in raid on Jon spa
Mar 01, 2020, at 08:16 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: As many as six women were rescued and two people arrested after a raid on a spa, allegedly operating illegally, in the city’s HSR layout area, police said on Sunday.
Karnataka: Three students held on sedition charges
Feb 17, 2020, at 01:51 pm
Hubballi/UNI: Three Engineering students of a college here from Kashmir, who were taken into custody on sedition charges and released, were again arrested on Monday following opposition against their release from various circles.
Karnataka: Three Kashmiri students arrested for raising pro-Pakistan slogans in college
Feb 15, 2020, at 10:50 pm
Hubballi/UNI: Tension prevailed here in the KLE Institute of Technology on Saturday, when members of Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP) assaulted three Kashmiri students for raising pro-Pakistan slogans on the first anniversary of the Pulwama attack.
Karnataka-native abducted, robbed in Kerala
Feb 09, 2020, at 05:54 pm
Kozhikode/UNI: A man, native of Karnataka, was kidnapped and later robbed and then abandoned by a group of criminals, after he landed at the Karipur International Airport early on Sunday morning.
Fake kidney racket busted in Karnataka, 6 arrestedÂ
Feb 09, 2020, at 05:44 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: Six persons, including three Nigerian nationals, have been arrested for their involvement in a fake kidney racket, through which they duped over 300 people, police said on Sunday.
Commercial flight operations at Bidar Airport in Karnataka begin
Feb 07, 2020, at 04:03 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Post the successful commencement of flight operations from the Kalaburagi airport in Karanataka, Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) on Friday flagged off the first direct flight from Bidar airport to Bengaluru in Karnataka.
Coronavirus threat: Karnataka govt sets two more check posts in border
Feb 04, 2020, at 09:00 pm
Chamarajanagara, Karnataka/UNI: Authorities, in an attempt to prevent any scope for entry of dreaded disease Coronavirus into Karnataka, have set up two more check posts in the border with full medical team to check passengers arriving by various modes of transport from neighbouring Kerala where three cases were already reported.
Karnataka: Customers facing hardship due to countrywide strike of nationalised banks
Jan 31, 2020, at 12:57 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: Lakhs of bank customers are facing hardship in Karnataka following the closure of nationalised banks as members of the Employees Union have joined a countrywide agitation call given by their national Federation on Thursday.
Yediyurappa’s hand had been tied down by the central leaders: Congress
Jan 28, 2020, at 02:48 pm
Hubballi/UNI: Charting that the Bharatiya Janata party’s central leaders have not given a free-hand to the Chief minister B S Yediyurappa on the issue of expansion of Cabinet, former Chief minister and the Congress leader Siddaramaiah had opined that ''it has hampered the State’s development''.
Muslims are storing weapons in mosques, says Karnataka BJP MLA Renukacharya stirring row
Jan 22, 2020, at 11:53 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: Stirring a row, Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA M.P. Renukacharya said the Muslims are storing weapons in mosques instead of offering prayers, media reports said.
Karnataka: Two awarded death sentence for rape, murderÂ
Jan 19, 2020, at 06:13 pm
Chikkamagaluru/UNI: A Chikkamagaluru court on Saturday were sentenced to death two persons convicted of rape and murder 18-year-old girl in 2016.
Karnataka road mishap leaves three killed
Jan 18, 2020, at 04:42 pm
Belagavi/UNI: Three people were killed and four others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a pick-up vehicle near Somnatti cross in Bailhongal taluka of this district of Karnataka, police said on Saturday.
Airport authorities detain Sri Lankan national under Foreigner Act
Jan 17, 2020, at 05:59 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: Immigration officials at the Kempegowda International Airport on Friday arrested a Sri Lankan national under Foreign Act after he was deported to Bengaluru from Serbia. Airport officials said that the person identified as Kiyesuyen Jude Donal (24) has been been booked under various sections of the Passport and Foreigners Act, and remanded to judicial custody.
Karnataka: Six people arrested after alleged attempt of attack on CAA supporters
Jan 17, 2020, at 05:57 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: Police have arrested six people on charges of alleged attempt to murder leaders who were supporting the Central government's Citizens (Amendment) Act (CAA) on December 22 in the city.
Karnataka budget will be presented on Mar 5: Yediyurappa
Jan 15, 2020, at 02:32 pm
Shivamogga/UNI: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa announced here on Wednesday that he will present the state budget on Mar 5.
Karnataka: 15 RSS activists detained at literary event
Jan 10, 2020, at 04:06 pm
Chikkamagaluru/UNI: At least 15 RSS activists protesting against the 16th Chikkamagaluru District Kannada Sahitya Sammelan at Sringeri have been detained, Police said here on Friday.
Trade Unions' Bharat Bandh hits road, railway traffic in parts of West Bengal
Jan 08, 2020, at 11:45 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The 24-hour Bharat Bandh (nationwide strike) called by ten Central Trade Unions (CTU) to protest against the Narendra Modi government's "anti-people policies" have hit road and railway traffic in parts of West Bengal, media reports said.