Tag: Karnataka
10 additional judges sworn in as permanent judges of Karnataka HC
BENGALURU:
Ten additional judges, who were elevated as permanent judges of the Karnataka High Court, took the oath of office here on Saturday.
Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand...
Karnataka inks 3 MoAs of Rs 100.52 crore to promote new...
Focus areas are Centre of Excellence, techpreneurship and ethical tech: Karnataka Minister
BENGALURU:
To facilitate the growth of emerging technologies in the state, the Government of...
Karnataka cinema halls can open at 100% capacity from Oct 1;...
Entry to theatres, bars limited to persons with at least one dose of vaccine
Pregnant women and elderly advised against going to theatres, pubs: Karnataka...
Rs 20,000 crore ‘down the pothole’, especially on Bengaluru’s outskirts
Karnataka CM admits to sorry state of Bengaluru roads, promises ‘road maintenance audit’
BENGALURU:
As if the roads in the core areas of the city are...
Bommai’s electric effect! In 3 days, 4,750 street lights repaired in...
BBMP Special Commissioner Manoz Jain is monitoring the work, and the remaining 3,150 defunct street lights will be repaired in the next couple of...
Karnataka kicks off Covid relief with Rs 1 lakh to BPL...
Revenue Minister Ashoka says DCs will distribute compensation to Covid-hit families in Karnataka
BENGALURU:
Launching the state government’s compensation programme for Covid-hit families, Revenue Minister R...
BBMP has met only half of property tax target of Rs...
Civic chief Gaurav Gupta exhorts staff to meet property tax target by March-end
BENGALURU:
With barely 6 months left of the current fiscal year, BBMP has...
Cracker blast kills 2 in Bengaluru’s New Tharagupet
3 passersby injured, rushed to Victoria Hospital
Crackers were illegally stored in transport firm godown: Cops
BENGALURU:
Two persons were killed in a blast in a transport...
BBMP begins doorstep vaccination for persons with disabilities
Elderly, home-bound Bengalureans also covered in vaccination drive
BENGALURU:
Just two days ago, the Supreme Court had asked the Union government to explain the steps taken...
Sunday ‘rest’ for Karnataka vaccination staff
Karnataka Mission Director asks health staff to take a 'vaccine break' on Sundays
BENGALURU:
Following a directive by Dr K Sudhakar, Minister of Health, Family Welfare...
Fire tragedy fall-out: BBMP warns against balcony grills
BBMP chief says such ‘unsafe’ building practices will henceforth not be permitted
BENGALURU:
A day after the blaze in a Bommanahalli apartment in which 2 women...
Drop move to ‘gift’ land for private varsity, Karnataka govt told
Karnataka Cong will go to court against Chanakya University bill: Siddaramaiah
BENGALURU:
Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah has urged the government of Karnataka to drop its...
BBMP school headmaster suspended in ‘massage’ case
Incident was shown on TV channels, Lokeshappa reportedly admitted to his involvement
BENGALURU:
A headmaster of BBMP’s Kodandaramapura High School has been suspended and is awaiting...
Finish Metro Phase 2 by 2024, directs Karnataka CM
Bommai pats BMRCL, says completed Metro will be the ‘lifeline’ of Bengaluru
BENGALURU:
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has directed BMRCL officials to complete the Metro Phase...
Karnataka HC upholds ‘firearms rights’ of Kodavas
HC sets aside challenge to Centre’s continuation till 2029 of British-era gun licence exemption to Kodavas
BENGALURU:
Kodavas can keep their firearms, thanks to an order...
‘Big Momma’ Urja finishes 855 metres of Metro tunnelling in Karnataka...
Nine tunnel boring machines going full tilt on 14-km Dairy Circle-Nagawara underground section
BENGALURU:
Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) ‘Urja’ may not be aware of its record...
Dalit family in Karnataka fined Rs 25,000 after their toddler enters...
Father of boy reluctant to file complaint, but Koppal cops register suo motu case and arrest 5
BENGALURU:
Caste-based discrimination continues to be an everyday reality...
Karnataka CM to woo his flock with a dinner meeting!
Bommai’s Wednesday invite aims at winning BJP legislators’ confidence for smooth running of Karnataka govt
BENGALURU:
In a ‘charm offensive’ aimed at his own flock, Chief...
Most of Bengaluru’s roads are now pothole-free, says BBMP
Repair work on 1,120 km of major roads completed, 224 km work remains: Gaurav Gupta
BENGALURU:
Despite Bengaluru city witnessing extremely heavy rains in the last...
476 instances of satellite phone calls from Karnataka since last year:...
Use of these banned phones has serious national and state security implications: Karnataka Home Minister
BENGALURU:
Satellite phones were banned in India in 2012, but their...
Bengaluru railway cops nab runaway truck driver who caused near-fatal accident
Truck driver had taken an illegal diversion onto rail track near Hebbagodi when Mysuru-Mayiladuthurai train collided with it
BENGALURU:
Following Monday night’s close shave for more...
Major fire claims two lives in Bengaluru’s Bommanahalli
Mother and daughter, who had just returned from US, perish in apartment blaze; fire tenders take 4 hours to put out fire
Bommanahalli MLA Satish...
NIA arrests absconding accused in Bengaluru riots of August last year
Minority mob had vandalised DJ Halli police station and other property after allegedly provocative Facebook post
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The NIA, in a joint operation with the Karnataka...
‘Burkha woman’ hijacks Karnataka Minister’s Twitter account!
Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani shocked at hacking of his handle, complains to Twitter and will contact Bengaluru cyber cell cops
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Karnataka's Large and Medium Industries...
Alert loco pilot averts major collision with truck, saves 1,380 lives
Mysore-Mayiladuthurai Express driver applied emergency brakes after truck illegally crossed track at 8.30 pm on Monday
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An alert loco pilot of train No 06232, the...
Ritu Raj Awasthi is new CJ of Karnataka High Court
Transferred from Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court, Awasthi succeeds Justice Abhay Oka as Karnataka CJ
BENGALURU:
Ritu Raj Awasthi has been appointed the new Chief...
Super-spreader scare in Bengaluru as BSF trainees test positive
Officials face huge task in tracing 1,000 passengers who arrived in Bengaluru on same train on Sept 18
BENGALURU:
Around 34 Border Security Force (BSF) trainee...
Machete wielding man attacks Mangaluru govt staff
3 women staffers of Mangaluru’s District Education Institute injured, assailant in police custody
MANGALURU:
In what appears to be a ‘lone wolf’ act of rage, a...
Bengaluru’s Paru Gowda emerges as a national superstar, wins Moj Superstar...
She emerges as a winner in Acting category amidst a fierce competition with over 6.5 lakh participants
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Concluding its two month long nation-wide digital talent...
Pak ISI’s Indian mole nabbed in Bengaluru
Suspect, a resident of Barmer in Rajasthan, was providing vital military info to his Pakistani intelligence agency handler
BENGALURU:
In a joint operation by Southern Command...
Davanagere man poisons wife & daughter, then hangs himself
Ill health of couple may have contributed to ghastly incident
DAVANAGERE:
After the ghastly incident of four members of a Bengaluru family committing suicide recently (and...
Giraffe suffocates to death in Bengaluru’s Bannerghatta zoo
3-year-old male giraffe’s neck got caught in an obstruction, leading to asphyxiation
BENGALURU:
A three-year-old male giraffe died due to asphyxiation at Bannerghatta Biological Park on...
Angry Bengaluru locals demand ‘instant justice’ for child’s molester
Sanjay Nagar police take accused into custody, but protestors refuse to be pacified by DCP Meena and local MLA Byrathi Suresh
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A case of molestation...
Fake porn video features Karnataka’s BJP leader Sadananda Gowda!
Former Union Minister complains to Bengaluru cyber police, gets court injunction against uploading/forwarding fake video
BENGALURU:
Even high-profile politicians find themselves at the mercy of cyber...
Bengaluru biker dies after falling into BWSSB trench
Victim’s wife blames fatal accident on lack of signboards near trench, locals say there were no reflectors
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A two-wheeler rider was killed after he fell...
Bengaluru police raid rave party, arrest 35
Bengaluru Urban Deputy Commissioner says Anekal resort which hosted the rave is on ‘gomala’ land allotted to the resort owner
BENGALURU:
Acting on a tip-off, the...
Yediyurappa cautions party workers against taking opposition lightly
DAVANGERE:
Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Sunday cautioned his party colleagues against taking the opposition lightly in the upcoming elections.
"I have a...
Bengaluru journo narrowly escapes eye injury from flying pebble
Senior scribe Shyam Prasad was on his bike when a small stone kicked up by the wheel of another vehicle went under his helmet...
Bengaluru’s Taliban ‘cops’: Muslim youths bash up Hindu man in company...
Hindu man was thrashed for giving lift on 2-wheeler to Muslim woman who was in burkha; both are reportedly bank colleagues
Karnataka CM shocked, says...
Karnataka CID sleuths arrest Haryana-based sex extortion gang
The accused provided fake e-wallets to criminals who sent women’s pix to unsuspecting victims and then blackmailed them
BENGALURU:
CID sleuths from Karnataka have arrested a...
Bengalureans can now call 1533 for either Covid-19 or any civic...
Single-point helpline will make life easier for citizens in distress
BENGALURU:
Unable to remember various zonal control room numbers of BBMP? Now, the civic agency has...
Karnataka govt restrains officials from going before media
BENGALURU:
The Karnataka government on Saturday restrained officials from going before the media to air their grievances or share opinions, other than for bonafide official...
BBMP to give ‘world-class’ makeover to Shivajinagar school
Rs 12 crore sanctioned for renovation of century-old Hafiziya school
BENGALURU:
A 100-year-old civic school is getting a makeover by BBMP with the objective making it...
ACB arrests Bengaluru cop in Rs 10 lakh bribe case
Police Inspector’s accomplice nabbed while collecting Rs 2 lakh from complainant
BENGALURU:
Two persons involved in a bribery case, of whom one is a police inspector,...
Baby, 4 adults found dead in Bengaluru house; toddler survives
Gory incident occurred 4 days ago when house owner was reportedly away
BENGALURU:
A nine-month-old baby was among five persons found dead on Friday evening in...
Karnataka tops 28.90 lakh doses in vaccination drive
BBMP achieves 4.09 lakh doses
BENGALURU:
Karnataka topped the COVID vaccination drive in the country on Friday by administering 28.90 lakh doses till 10.30 PM, as...
Tremors felt in Hassan taluk of Karnataka
No casualties or damage from low-intensity quake
BENGALURU:
An earthquake of magnitude 2.3 on the Richter scale occurred around 5.30 pm on Friday, with its epicentre...
Ex-cop’s statement shows ‘TRP case against Republic TV was false’
Arnab Goswami channel considering legal action against those who 'amplified' TRP allegations
BENGALURU/MUMBAI:
Following a recent statement by Mumbai ex-police officer Sachin Vaze, who was handling...
Malleswaram marks PM’s birthday with special vaccination drive
54 special vaccination centres will function for 20 days to mark Narendra Modi’s 20 years in public office
BENGALURU:
To mark the celebration of Prime Minister...
Bengaluru teen reportedly kills himself with dad’s revolver
17-year-old Rahul left Ganganagar home early on Friday and was found dead near a bus stop
BENGALURU:
In a case of suspected suicide, a 17-year-old boy...
