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The move is being seen as a damage-control exercise after it came to light on Tuesday that a BJP supporter in Chikkamagaluru district had held 14 Dalits captive and tortured them.
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Hyderabad: Some parts of Bengaluru’s main areas were flooded with posters of Karnataka’s BJP Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai. Posters featuring the face of the CM Basavaraj Bommai within the QR code, along with messages – ‘40% accepted here’ and ‘Scan this QR Code to make the CM Pay For Corruption’ – erupted across various parts […]
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Bengaluru: A controversy has erupted in Karnataka in connection with the celebration of Hindi Diwas on Wednesday, with the JD (S) and BJP taking a confrontational position. Former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has written a letter to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai that celebrating Hindi Diwas in will amount to committing injustice to the land. The […]
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Talking to reporters at Mangaluru, Bommai when asked about arrest proceedings being delayed in the case said that it is not appropriate to talk over the matter at this juncture.
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Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai asserted that not an inch of State’s territory would be handed over to Telangana but chose to ignore the demand of the people of Raichur district, who demanded development which was done in the neighbouring Telangana State.
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Bengaluru: The political slugfest over the serial killings in coastal Karnataka region has threatened to create more divide between communities in the communally sensitive region. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s gesture of paying visit only to the BJP activist’s residence and announcement of a compensation package to the family of the Hindu youth and turning a […]
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Dakshina Kannada: A gang of miscreants allegedly hacked a Muslim youth to death in Karnataka’s Mangaluru district, hours after the state Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s visited the family of slain BJP activist Praveen Kumar Nettaru, police said. The deceased Muslim youth has been identified as Mohammed Fazil, a resident of Mangalpete near Surathkal, located on the […]
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Bengaluru: Popular Front of India (PFI) has lodged a complaint against air gun training to more than 100 participants during a week-long training camp held recently in Karnataka’s Madikeri district, police said on Tuesday. Ibrahim, a member of PFI, has lodged a complaint and demanded a probe into the matter. The complaint mentioned that air […]
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Bengaluru: Keeping up the industrial growth momentum, the Karnataka government has approved 60 industrial projects worth Rs 2,465.94 crore that would generate jobs for over 8,575 people in the state, an official statement stated on Sunday. The 131st State Level Single Window Clearance Committee (SLSWCC) meeting held under the chairmanship of Minister for Large and […]
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Bengaluru: The Karnataka government is all set to strictly implement the law in connection with Azaan. The move is likely to add to the existing social unrest in the state. Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and the state DG and IGP Praveen Sood made it clear on Friday that everyone should follow the law in […]
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Shivamogga: Karnataka Minister K S Eshwarappa, who is facing charges of abetment to suicide in connection with the death of a civil contractor in Udupi, on Thursday announced that he will step down from his position. Addressing a press meet here, Eshwarappa said, “I have served as the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister in […]
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Hyderabad: A delegation of 30 farmers met Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and appealed to him to implement in Karnataka the farmer-friendly welfare programmes introduced by the TRS government, said Turmeric Farmers Association national vice president K Narasimha Naidu. The farmers’ union leaders from across the country urged the Karnataka Chief Minister to implement Rythu […]
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Bengaluru: Following death threats to the three Karnataka High Court judges, including the Chief Justice, who delivered the hijab verdict, and arrest of a person in Tamil Nadu in this regard, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said his government has decided to provide ‘Y category’ security to them. Stating that his government has […]
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Shivamogga: The body of the 26-year-old Bajrang Dal activist Harsha, who was allegedly murdered last night in Shivamogga, was taken to his residence amid high police security after the autopsy. Large numbers of workers of Hindu organizations joined in. A 26-year-old Bajrang Dal activist Harsha was allegedly murdered on Sunday at around 9 pm in […]
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Bengaluru: After the death of a 26-year-old Bajrang Dal activist in Shivamogga, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said that police have gathered a few leads in the case, the investigation into which started last night. CM Bommai said, “One Harsha was stabbed to death yesterday. Few leads have been gathered in the incident […]
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Udupi: Amid the ongoing hijab row, schools for classes up to 10th standard re-opened on Monday in Karnataka. Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai made the announcement on re-opening of the schools on Sunday. “Schools up to 10th standard will re-open from Monday. I have instructed the DCs, SPs and school administrations to conduct a peace […]
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Celebration of diversity and plurality defines the soul of India. Any attempt to alter this fundamental identity will damage the country’s social fabric. If backed by a political agenda, such attempts can lead to disastrous consequences. Invoking the xenophobic narratives to rake up the communal divide has been a familiar electoral strategy of the BJP […]
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Udupi: Amid the ongoing controversy over wearing hijab to college, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday has asked all concerned to keep the peace and let children study. While speaking to ANI, Bommai said, “All the concerned people (in the Udupi hijab row) should keep the peace and let children study. The matter will […]
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Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who tested positive for Covid-19, was shifted to a private hospital on Tuesday. The doctors have stated that the CM was showing mild symptoms and there was no problem as such. CM Bommai was shifted to hospital on the suggestion of doctors and a few tests will be conducted […]
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Bengaluru: Sixteen districts in Karnataka have seen a rise in the number of new Covid cases in the first week of December. As many as 500 students have tested positive in the recent past, causing a major worry for the authorities. Sources in the health department said that if the same trend continued then restrictions […]
