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Mohali building collapse: Death toll rises to 2, many feared trapped for 17 hours | 4-year-old killed after speeding car driven by a teen hits him in Mumbai | PM Modi attends opening ceremony of Arabian Gulf Cup in Kuwait | Jaipur gas tanker crash: Toll touches 14, 30 critical | Arrest warrant against former cricketer Robin Uthappa over 'PF fraud' | PM Modi emplanes for a visit to Kuwait | German Christmas market car attack leaves 2 dead, Saudi Arabian doctor arrested | India, France come together to build world's largest museum in Delhi's Raisina Hill | Canada, US presented no evidence of Indians' involvement in purported criminal acts: Centre informs Parliament amid 'serious allegations' | Delhi Police Crime Branch to investigate FIR against Rahul Gandhi over Parliament tussle

Former Karnataka CM SM Krishna, who transformed Bangalore into India's 'Silicon Valley', dies at 92

Dec 10, 2024, at 09:03 am

Former Karnataka Chief Minister SM Krishna, who is credited with having transformed Bangalore into a tech hub, died after a prolonged illness.

Woman from Assam stabbed to death in Bengaluru hotel by boyfriend

Nov 27, 2024, at 03:56 am

Bengaluru: A 22-year-old woman, who worked as a vlogger and a private company employee, was found murdered inside a hotel room in Bengaluru’s Indiranagar on Tuesday morning, media reports said.

Karnataka Minister sparks row with racist remark against HD Kumaraswamy

Nov 12, 2024, at 04:38 am

Bengaluru/IBNS: Karnataka Minister BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan has unleashed a political row after making an alleged racist remark against Union Minister and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy with the latter demanding his ouster from the cabinet.

'Patriarchy' a Left-invented term, didn't stop Indira Gandhi from becoming PM: Sitharaman to female students in Bengaluru

Nov 10, 2024, at 04:49 am

Bengaluru: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday questioned how Indira Gandhi made it as prime minister if patriarchy held back women in India from achieving their goals, media reports said.

Former Karnataka CM Yediyurappa, ex-minister, to be prosecuted over irregularities in Covid spending

Nov 10, 2024, at 02:20 am

Bengaluru: A report by retired High Court judge Michael D'Cunha, who investigated the alleged Covid-19 scam under the previous BJP government in Karnataka, has recommended prosecuting former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and then-Health Minister B Sriramulu under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, media reports said.

K'taka yoga teacher escapes death, outsmarts kidnappers using breathing control skill after being molested, stripped

Nov 09, 2024, at 04:57 am

Dibburahali/IBNS: A 34-year-old yoga teacher evaded the clutches of her kidnappers based on her mastery over breathing control skills after she was abducted from near Devanahalli in Karnataka, taken to a forest about 30km away, stripped, molested, and strangled by the miscreants, media reports said.

20-year-old drunk man mows down woman in Bengaluru with speeding Mercedes-Benz

Nov 06, 2024, at 06:03 am

Bengaluru: A 30-year-old woman was killed after a speeding Mercedez-Benz, allegedly driven by a 20-year-old drunk man, hit her in Bengaluru’s Kengeri on Saturday evening, media reports said.

Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy booked for threatening cop probing into mining case

Nov 05, 2024, at 07:04 pm

Bengaluru/IBNS: Union Minister and Janata Dal Secular leader HD Kumaraswamy has been booked for allegedly threatening a police officer who is probing into a mining case involving the politician, media reports said.

After Karnataka, Congress-ruled Telangana to undertake caste census starting Nov 6

Nov 05, 2024, at 06:47 am

Hyderabad/IBNS: After Karnataka, Telangana is set to become the second Congress-ruled state to undertake a caste census, expected to be carried out from November 6-30, media reports said.

Karnataka guarantee model is a model for the entire country: DK Shivakumar after Kharge's rap over Shakti scheme remark

Nov 01, 2024, at 07:37 pm

Bengaluru/IBNS: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has made a U-turn after he was pulled up by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for an appeal to revisit the state government's Shakti scheme that allows free travel in buses for women, media reports said.

Five injured, 30 arrested in clash over waqf land dispute in Karnataka

Nov 01, 2024, at 03:23 am

Haveri (Karnataka): At least five people sustained injuries after a confrontation between two groups escalated into violence in Karnataka's Haveri late Wednesday night, media reports said.

Yash's Toxic lands in controversy as Karnataka minister claims hundreds of trees cut on forestland for filming

Oct 30, 2024, at 05:50 pm

Bengaluru/IBNS: Actor Yash starrer Kannada film Toxic has landed in a controversy after Karnataka Environment Minister Eshwar Khandre alleged that hundreds of trees were cut down on a forestland for the shooting, media reports said.

Woman kills businessman husband in Telangana for Rs 8 cr, travels 840 km to Karnataka to burn body, erase evidence

Oct 28, 2024, at 11:25 pm

Hyderabad: The Karnataka police have solved the murder of Telangana businessman Ramesh, whose burnt body was discovered in a coffee estate in Kodagu district, media reports said.

Karnataka: Congress, BJP spar as Waqf Board claims 1,500 acres farmland; minister asks aggrieved farmers to seek legal recourse

Oct 27, 2024, at 03:35 am

Bengaluru: The BJP and Karnataka's ruling Congress have clashed over claims by the Karnataka State Board of Waqfs to farmland in Vijayapura district, media reports said.

Toxic foam covers road near Bengaluru after heavy rain; suspected industrial pollution spurs investigation

Oct 25, 2024, at 02:53 am

Chennai: Toxic foam blanketed a road in Tamil Nadu's Hosur, about 40 km from Karnataka’s capital Bengaluru, on Thursday morning following heavy rainfall and the release of water from a nearby reservoir, media reports said.

MUDA chief resigns amid probe into Siddaramaiah's 'land scam'

Oct 16, 2024, at 08:59 pm

Bengaluru/IBNS: Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) chairperson K Marigowda on Wednesday resigned amid the ongoing probe into Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's alleged land scam involving the government body, media reports said.

Chanting 'Jai Shri Ram's slogan inside mosque doesn't hurt religious feelings: Karnataka HC

Oct 16, 2024, at 06:51 pm

Bengaluru/IBNS: The Karnataka High Court has said chanting the 'Jai Shri Ram' slogan inside the mosque doesn't hurt religious feelings of any community, media reports said.

Tampering with evidence: Siddaramaiah faces fresh complaint in MUDA scam

Oct 03, 2024, at 07:35 pm

Bengaluru/IBNS: Karnataka Chief Minister has tampered with the evidence in the MUDA (Mysuru Urban Development Authority) scam in which the Congress leader is accused, a fresh complaint has alleged, media reports said.

Karnataka land scam: Mysuru body agrees to take back plots from Siddaramaiah's wife

Oct 02, 2024, at 03:43 am

Bengaluru/IBNS: The Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has agreed to take back 14 plots of land, which have been at the heart of a massive row owing to an alleged scam, from Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's wife, media reports said.

Bengaluru court directs FIR against Nirmala Sitharaman on extortion allegations

Sep 29, 2024, at 05:06 am

Bengaluru: A Bengaluru court has directed the registration of an FIR against Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman following allegations of extortion involving the now-defunct electoral bonds, media reports said.

I am ready for a direct debate on corruption: Siddaramaiah's dare to PM Modi

Sep 26, 2024, at 05:47 pm

Bengaluru/IBNS: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a "direct debate" on corruption after the latter attacked the Congress leader over the alleged Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam.

Guv has no fault: Karnataka HC dismisses Siddaramaiah's plea in MUDA case

Sep 24, 2024, at 06:33 pm

Bengaluru/IBNS: In a setback for Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, the High Court on Tuesday rejected the Congress veteran's plea challenging Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot's approval for a probe against the state's administrative head in connection with the alleged irregularities in the land allocation by Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA).

Karnataka HC to deliver verdict on Siddaramaiah's plea in MUDA case today

Sep 24, 2024, at 04:40 pm

Bengaluru/IBNS: The Karnataka High Court will on Tuesday deliver its verdict on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's plea challenging Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot's approval for a probe against the state's administrative head in connection with the alleged irregularities in the land allocation by Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA).

Karnataka orders Nandini ghee usage at all temples amid Tirupati laddoo row

Sep 22, 2024, at 02:46 am

Bengaluru/IBNS: The Karnataka government has ordered the usage of Nandini brand ghee at all 34,000 temples in the state amid the massive controversy over the alleged use of animal fat in ghee to make laddoo at Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati.

Amid corruption allegations on Siddaramaiah, power tussle intensifies in Karnataka Congress for CM post

Sep 09, 2024, at 06:27 am

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's struggle with corruption allegations has triggered a power tussle within the state Congress, with several leaders expressing interest in the chief minister's position, media reports said.

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah calls Guv's prosecution nod against him in MUDA site allotment case 'unconstitutional'

Aug 18, 2024, at 04:59 am

New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Saturday refuted allegations of wrongdoing soon after Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot green-lit his prosecution in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allotment case, media reports said.

Karnataka: Four districts on alert after Tungabhadra Dam gate collapse

Aug 11, 2024, at 11:06 pm

Koppal (Karnataka): The Karnataka government has issued extreme caution alert to four districts of the state after the 19th shutter of the Tungabhadra Dam in Koppal district was damaged late Saturday night, media reports said.

'I feel how I felt when my father died': Rahul, Priyanka in landslide-hit Wayanad

Aug 02, 2024, at 04:29 am

Wayanad/IBNS: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Thursday visited Kerala's Wayanad, Gandhi's Lok Sabha constituency, and offered messages of support to victims of the devastating landslides that have killed nearly 300 so far with another 200 still missing.

Chaos over alleged dog meat shipments: Bengaluru food safety dept sends samples for testing

Jul 28, 2024, at 08:34 pm

Bengaluru: A day after chaos erupted at a Bengaluru railway station over a large meat shipment, the Karnataka Food Safety and Standards Department stated that samples of the meat were collected and sent for laboratory analysis, media reports said.

Karnataka govt considers 14 hrs work per day for IT sector; workers' union calls it 'biggest ever attack on working class'

Jul 21, 2024, at 08:34 pm

New Delhi: Amid controversy over a bill requiring private firms in Karnataka to reserve jobs for Kannadigas, the state government is now considering extending IT employees' working hours to 14 per day, the Karnataka State IT/ITeS Employees Union (KITU) reported on Saturday, media reported.