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Priyanka Gandhi, D K Shivakumar, Rahul Gandhi, Siddaramaiah

Court issues summons to Congress leaders including Rahul Gandhi and Siddaramaiah in defamation case...

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BENGALURU: The BJP has filed a defamation complaint against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, and Karnataka Pradesh...

Special court dismisses complaint against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over Lingayat CM comment

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A private defamation complaint against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on his comment about a Lingayat chief minister during the recent Assembly election has been...
JD(S) slams Congress' Surjewala presence in Karnanata govt's official meeting

JD(S) slams Congress’ Surjewala presence in Karnanata govt’s official meeting

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BENGALURU: Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) leader and former chief minister and HD Kumaraswamy has hit out at the Congress in Karnataka for allowing AICC general secretary...
Why should I not become CM, asks Home Minister Parameshwara, saying Dalits should assert themselves

Why should I not become CM, asks Home Minister Parameshwara, saying Dalits should assert...

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BENGALURU: Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Tuesday said several Dalit leaders, now and in the past, including him, were deprived of opportunities despite having...
Former mining baron Janardhana Reddy wins, his wife and two brothers lose in Karnataka polls

Bengaluru court allows attachment of 82 properties of Janardhana Reddy and wife

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BENGALURU: A special court in Bengaluru has issued an order attaching 77 properties belonging to former Karnataka BJP minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy...
M B Patil

State keen to operate, maintain new airports on its own: Karnataka Industries Minister M...

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BENGALURU: This model is being followed in 2-3 other states also.The state has set up an airport in Kalaburagi at a cost of Rs 1,000...
Minister directs officials to end the middlemen menace in Minorities Development Corporation

Minister directs officials to end the middlemen menace in Minorities Development Corporation

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BENGALURU: Karnataka Housing and Minorities Welfare Minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan on Tuesday instructed officials concerned to put an end to the menace of...
CM Siddaramaiah indicates holding discussion on implementing OPS

CM Siddaramaiah indicates holding discussion on implementing OPS

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BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday hinted at holding discussions on implementing the Old Pension Scheme OPS in the cabinet meeting and announcing a...
BJP questions Surjewala's presence in meeting of DCM Shivakumar and state officials

BJP questions Surjewala’s presence in meeting of DCM Shivakumar and state officials

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BENGALURU: What has Congress state in-charge Randeep Surjewala to do with the senior BBMP officials, who has no official relationship with either the state government...
Bommai accuses Cong of cheating people by trying to attach conditions to poll guarantees after coming to power

No discussions at state level on electoral understanding with JD(S) for LS polls: Bommai

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BENGALURU: Senior BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said no discussions have taken place at the state level regarding poll understanding with the JDS for...
Shakti scheme offering free ride in govt buses for women costs Rs 8.84 crore on single day

Shakti scheme offering free ride in govt buses for women costs Rs 8.84 crore...

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BENGALURU: The free ride in non-luxury state-run buses for women across Karnataka under the Shakti scheme on Monday cost the state exchequer Rs 8.84 crore,...

Twitter violated laws between 2020-22: Amit Malviya

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The BJP's IT department head Amit Malviya Tuesday came down heavily on former Twitter chief executive officer Jack Dorsey, saying the social media company...

Cong demands answers on ex-Twitter CEO’s claim of pressure from Centre during farmers’ stir

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The Congress Tuesday demanded answers from the Modi government after ex-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey claimed the platform was threatened it would be shut down...
Threat to kill High Court judges in Karnataka, police register FIR

Criminal action only when there is prima facie material: Karnataka HC

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BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court has said that there should be prima facie material to initiate criminal proceedings against any person or else it would...
BBMP Karnataka Government Reconvened Committee to reimagine Bengaluru Siddaiah B S Patil

BBMP: Karnataka Government Reconvened Committee to reimagine Bengaluru

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BENGALURU: While the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike's (BBMP) Election discussion was underway, the Congress led Karnataka government has reconvened a committee of experts related to...
250 Indira Canteens to be opened in Bengaluru city: Karnataka CM

250 Indira Canteens to be opened in Bengaluru city: Karnataka CM

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BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday instructed officials to start at least 250 Indira Canteens, which provide subsidised food, with one outlet for each...
CT Ravi

We didn’t work like PM Modi, failed to set proper narrative: BJP leader Ravi...

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BENGALURU: The BJP lost the Karnataka Assembly polls as it could not work in the southern state the way Prime Minister Narendra Modi works at...
Karnataka minister warns officials against delay in execution of govt schemes

Karnataka minister warns officials against delay in execution of govt schemes

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BENGALURU: Karnataka Women and Child Development Minister and Udupi district-in-charge Laxmi Hebbalkar on Monday said strict action will be taken against those who cause delay...
Karnataka Chief Minister orders inquiry into deaths due to drinking contaminated water

Karnataka Chief Minister orders inquiry into deaths due to drinking contaminated water

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BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday ordered an inquiry into deaths allegedly due to drinking contaminated water recently in Koppal and Raichur district, and...
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Two men held with banned drug in coastal Karnataka

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BENGALURU: The scooter used by them was also confiscated.The value of the seized goods has been estimated at Rs 1,06,500, police said, adding Konaje police...
Congress' Mekedatu 'padayatra' enters Bengaluru city, party chief DK Shivakumar apologises for traffic jams till Mar 3....

Poll guarantees in Karnataka can be template for Congress in other states: Shivakumar

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BENGALURU: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar says the Congress' poll promise of five guarantees was a ''very tough call'' and feels it can...
Laxmi Hebbalkar visits Udupi math after appointment as district in-charge minister

Laxmi Hebbalkar visits Udupi math after appointment as district in-charge minister

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BENGALURU: Karnataka Minister for Women and Child Development Laxmi Hebbalkar visited the famous Sri Krishna Math in Udupi on Sunday. Hebbalkar, who has been appointed as...
Communal violence hampers development, says Karnataka Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao

Communal violence hampers development, says Karnataka Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao

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MANGALURU: The incidents of communal violence will hamper development works as investors will be discouraged from financing projects in violence-hit regions, Karnataka Health and Family...
Free bus ride for women in Karnataka from June 11

Free bus ride for women in Karnataka from June 11

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BENGALURU: Women in Karnataka can travel for free on government-run buses in the state from Sunday, with the administration rolling out the first of the...
D K Shivakumar

Poll guarantees in Karnataka can be template for Congress in other states: Shivakumar

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BENGALURU: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar says the Congress poll promise of five guarantees was a very tough call and feels it can...
Karnataka Dy CM visits Mahakaleshwar, Kalabhairava temples in Ujjain; predicts thumping Cong victory in year-end MP polls

Karnataka Dy CM visits Mahakaleshwar, Kalabhairava temples in Ujjain; predicts thumping Cong victory in...

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BENGALURU: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar took part in the Bhasm Aarti held at dawn on Sunday in the Mahakaleshwar Temple and then...
BJP leader Dr CN Ashwathnarayan

Karnataka govt shouldn’t act out of revenge: Former state minister on review of land...

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BENGALURU: Narayan, further calling the government an 'enabler and a facilitator', the former state minister stressed the importance of the government being unbiased. As Siddaramaiah-led Congress...
Cong doesn't want to get involved in polarisation issue, leave it to BJP, says Karnataka DY CM

Cong doesn’t want to get involved in polarisation issue, leave it to BJP, says...

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BENGALURU: On the issue of whether chapters related to the first RSS chief Keshav Baliram Hedgewar are being removed in Karnataka, he said India is...
The Bengaluru Live

Engineering student found dead in college hostel room in Bengaluru

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BENGALURU: A 20-year-old engineering student was found dead in his college hostel room here on Saturday in a suspected case of suicide, police said. According to...
Threat to kill High Court judges in Karnataka, police register FIR

HC confirms capital punishment on man who killed five, including three of his children

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BENGALURU: These records, the court said were necessary to issue directions to be followed in all cases where the prosecution seeks for award of the...
SC upholds winding up of Devas Multimedia

Spl Court declares Devas Multimedia CEO a Fugitive Economic Offender

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BENGALURU: A Special Court in Bengaluru has declared Ramachandran Vishwanathan, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Devas Multimedia Private Limited as a Fugitive Economic Offender...
Will regulate AI and ensure it doesn't harm digital citizens: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Will regulate AI and ensure it doesn’t harm digital citizens: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

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BENGALURU: Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday said that the government will regulate Artificial Intelligence technology in order to ensure that it doesn't harm 'digital...
Complaint filed against BJP MLA's speech in Karnataka

Karnataka HC stays proceedings in case against BJP MLA for his remarks on Siddaramaiah

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BENGALURU: The High Court of Karnataka on Friday granted an interim stay on the proceedings in a case against Belthangady BJP MLA Harish Poonja for...
Siddaramaiah urges Maharashtra CM to release water to North Karnataka districts hit by severe summer

‘Conductor’ CM Siddaramaiah to kickstart free bus rides for women in Karnataka on June...

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BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will don the role of a bus conductor on June 11 and launch the ‘Shakti’ scheme, which provides free travel...
Cong's 'prism' of looking at history limited to Nehru-Gandhi family: Rajeev Chandrashekar

Cong’s ‘prism’ of looking at history limited to Nehru-Gandhi family: Rajeev Chandrashekar

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BENGALURU: Union Minister Rajeev Chandrashekar on Friday hit out at the Congress government in Karnataka over reports about it removing a lesson on RSS founder...
Hundreds of acres of land allotted to RSS and its affiliates by previous BJP govt will be reviewed: Karnataka Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao

Hundreds of acres of land allotted to RSS and its affiliates by previous BJP...

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BENGALURU: The Karnataka government will review the largesse of the previous BJP government in allotting 'hundreds of acres of land' to RSS and its affiliated...
New Cabinet Siddaramaiah, D K Shivakumar

District incharge ministers appointed in Karnataka

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BENGALURU: The Siddaramaiah government on Friday appointed the ministers in charge of the various districts, 20 days after the government came into power. According to the...
Cong reprimands K'taka minister for his views on state's anti-cow slaughter law

Cong reprimands K’taka minister for his views on state’s anti-cow slaughter law

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BENGALURU: The Congress high command on Thursday reprimanded Karnataka Animal Husbandry Minister K Venkatesh for his views on the anti-cow slaughter law in the state...
Karnataka govt to launch 'Gruha Jyothi' scheme on Aug 1, Gruha Lakshmi scheme on Aug 17 or 18, says CM

Karnataka govt to launch ‘Gruha Jyothi’ scheme on Aug 1, Gruha Lakshmi scheme on...

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BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said the 'Gruha Jyoti' free electricity scheme would be launched on August 1, while the 'Gruha Lakshmi' scheme...
School textbooks revision will be done this year itself: Karnataka Education Minister

School textbooks revision will be done this year itself: Karnataka Education Minister

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BENGALURU: Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa on Thursday said revision of school textbooks will be done this year itself in the interest...
Crocodile makes herself pregnant in first such case: Study

Crocodile makes herself pregnant in first such case: Study

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BENGALURU: The first ever known case of a crocodile who made herself pregnant without male intervention has been identified at a zoo in Costa Rica,...
Undecided about contesting Lok Sabha polls, feeling enough about politics: MP D K Suresh

Undecided about contesting Lok Sabha polls, feeling enough about politics: MP D K Suresh

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BENGALURU: My next aim is to serve the people and work for the development of the constituency. Amid talks to field him from the Ramanagara...
IAS Rakesh Singh

IAS officer Rakesh Singh appointed as chairman of 10 planning authorities including BDA

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BENGALURU: The state government has issued an order appointing IAS officer Rakesh Singh as the chairman of 10 planning authorities including the Bangalore Development Authority...
Threat to kill High Court judges in Karnataka, police register FIR

Contractors cannot be allowed to undertake shoddy construction using public money: Karnataka HC

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BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court has rejected the petition by a construction company seeking the return of the bank guarantee which was encashed by the...
Victory and defeat aren't new to BJP, will introspect setback: Yediyurappa on Karnataka polls

HC quashes criminal proceedings against BJP stalwart B S Yediyurappa in 2015 land denotification...

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BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court has quashed a criminal proceeding related to an alleged illegal denotification and allotment of sites against former chief minister B...

Alok Kumar including four IPS officers transferred

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BENGALURU: The government has transferred four IPS officers including Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Alok Kumar. Kumar has been transferred to Traffic and...
Gruha Jyothi Scheme — Want to make use of Free Electricity Scheme in Karnataka — Here are Frequently Asked Questions

Gruha Jyothi Scheme — Want to make use of Free Electricity Scheme in Karnataka...

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Gruha Jyothi - Frequently Asked Questions 1) Am I eligible for this scheme?All residential consumers within the State of Karnataka are eligible for this scheme. 2)...
Karnataka govt to receive socio-economic caste survey report: CM Siddaramaiah

Karnataka govt to receive socio-economic caste survey report: CM Siddaramaiah

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BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday assured that he would receive the report of the socio-economic caste survey conducted by the Permanent Backward Classes...
IPS Hemant Nimbalkar assumed office as Karnataka's new DIPR Commissioner

IPS Hemant Nimbalkar assumed office as Karnataka’s new DIPR Commissioner

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BENGALURU: A 1998 bacth IPS officer Hemant Nimbalkar assumed office as the new Commissioner of Information and Public Relations Department on Wednesday. The state government issued...
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ED raids premises of Bharath Infra Exports and Imports Ltd in Bengaluru and Davangere...

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NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday said it recently carried out search operations at seven locations in Bengaluru and Davangere in Karnataka belonging...
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