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Hubli: Karnataka Police on Saturday arrested Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) corporator Nazeer Ahmed Honval, an All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader, in connection with the stone-pelting incident at Old Hubli Police Station on the night of April 16. Earlier, the police had arrested Irfan Nalvatwad, the husband of AIMIM Corporator Hussainbi Nalvatwad, in the stone-pelting […]

Bengaluru: Hindu organisations in Karnataka are all set to carry out door-to-door campaigns against ‘Azaan’ from Saturday across the state. The campaign will be kick-started from Shivanahalli Circle in Rajajinagar locality of Bengaluru. Sri Rama Sena has given out a call for the campaign and Rishi Kumara Swamiji of Kali Mutt would inaugurate the campaign. […]

Hyderabad: Making light of BJP State president Bandi Sanjay’s claims on supplying water from Rajolibanda Diversion Scheme (RDS) in six months, Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy challenged the BJP leader to prevail upon the neighbouring Karnataka in addressing the RDS issues. “Do Bandi Sanjay and BJP national vice president DK Aruna have the guts to […]

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 […]

Hubli: Section 144 has been imposed in Karnataka’s Hubli city after a mob pelted stones at the old Hubli police station in which four policemen were injured on Saturday night, the curfew will continue till April 23, the police said. As many as 12 cases were registered in connection with the law and order situation […]

Haveri: Karnataka police have formed two special teams on Thursday to nab a miscreant who opened fire in the theatre while watching blockbuster ‘KGF: Chapter 2’, severely injuring a 27-year-old youth in Haveri district of Karnataka. Vasanth Kumar Shivapura, a resident of Mugali village has been seriously injured in the incident which took place on […]

Hyderabad: Ankura Hospitals for Women and Children, which has 12 centres in the two-Telugu speaking states, is in the process of expansion and establishing new facilities in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Odisha. The new facilities will come up in collaboration with the hospital’s brand ambassador, popular actor and social activist Sonu Sood. Dr. Krishna Prasad, MD, […]

Bengaluru: Almas A.H., a second PUC (Class 12) student from Udupi Girl’s Pre-University College, one among the six girls who started a protest on hijab in Karnataka which went on to become a major crisis in the state, has said that it was not ‘just to deny’ education for a piece of cloth. Her post, […]

Hyderabad: The TRS working president and Minister KT Rama Rao has advised the state BJP president Bandi Sanjay to tour the BJP ruled neighbouring state Karnataka first before criticising the TRS government in Telangana. Rama Rao’s comment came in response to Bandi Sanjay’s comments during his yatra in erstwhile Mahabubnagar district. Speaking to reporters here […]

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 […]

Bengaluru: Predictive studies opine that the 4th wave of the Covid-19 will start in June-July and last till September, stated Karnataka Health Minister K. Sudhakar on Tuesday. “Karnataka is prepared to face it,” he added. He said that there is no need to worry as of now. The new XE variant of Covid-19 is prominent […]

Bengaluru: Amid all the din and commotion in the state following ban calls on Muslim traders by Hindutva groups, the ruling BJP government is all set to clear temple premises in Karnataka of Muslim vendors, according to sources. Already, the state government has declared on the floor of the House that there is no provision […]

Hyderabad: Different hybrid recombinants and mutations of the Omicron variant have continued to get reported by genetic researchers from across India. The latest to be reported is BA. 2 Omicron subvariant with L452R mutation in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Overall, between January and March, about 57 cases of L452R Omicron variant, which was first […]

Hyderabad: The Rachakonda Central Crime Station police nabbed an interstate house burglar involved in several cases here on Monday. Police recovered stolen material worth Rs.32 lakh from him. Police said the suspect Ganesh from Karnataka was earlier involved in 15 burglaries in Karnataka. He did a recce of secluded residential colonies and targeted locked houses […]

Bengaluru: The Central Bureau of Investigation has dismissed reports in a section of the media which said that a team of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States of America has come to India to investigate the Bitcoin hacking case in Karnataka. “Reference is invited to reports in sections of media that a […]

Bengaluru: As many as 64 persons, including Karnataka Opposition leader Siddaramaiah, former Chief Minister Kumaraswamy and famous progressive litterateur K. Veerabhadrappa, have received death threat messages which are doing rounds on social media. The police department has taken serious note of the matter and is contemplating beefing up the security. “Death is lurking around you, […]

New Delhi: Amidst a raging row in Karnataka where several outfits have demanded a ban on the use of mosques using loudspeakers to offer Azaan, former prime minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Deve Gowda has said that implementing such a policy would put an end to the rule of the Bharatiya Janata Party […]

Bengaluru: Karnataka, which has entered election year, has been witnessing unsavoury developments threatening the law and order situation and attracting international attention for the wrong reasons. At a time when the hijab row seemed to be settling down, the ”halal” controversy has erupted across the State. Elaborate security arrangements are being put in place for […]

Raichur: Karnataka Police on Saturday sent a team to look into the situation in Andhra Pradesh’s Srisailam where a violent clash involving pilgrims broke out. According to the police, the decision to send the team of 14 policemen — two PSI’s, two ASI’s, 10 constables — was taken by the Karnataka state government. After the […]

Sangareddy: The National Highway-161-B that connects Narayankhed-Nizampet and Bidar towns will get a facelift as the union Ministry of Road Transportation and Highways has granted Rs 512.98 crore for laying a 46-KM double-lane road to connect these two towns located on two sides of Karnataka and Telangana border. In a press statement on Tuesday, Finance […]