BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court on Friday quashed a sexual assault case filed by an aspiring young actor against Malayalam filmmaker Ranjith Balakrishnan.

MANGALURU: Acting on a complaint filed by a parent regarding his son’s drug addiction, the Karnataka Police have busted a gang of drug peddlers in Mangaluru district, officials said on Friday.

BENGALURU: Commenting on the statements of leadership change in Karnataka by the Congress MLAs, Deputy Chief Minister and State Congress President D.K. Shivakumar maintained on Wednesday that there is no discontent within the party.

CHAMARAJANAGAR: Close on the heels of the shocking incident involving the poisoning of five tigers, authorities have recovered the carcasses of 20 monkeys in Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka on Wednesday.

BENGALURU: The Karnataka Lokayukta sleuths on Tuesday were conducting simultaneous raids on at least 10 locations in eight districts, targeting the residences, properties, and offices of nine officials, including a police inspector.

BENGALURU: The Karnataka BJP on Monday observed the remembrance day of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee and the birth anniversary of Karnataka Kesari Jagannath Rao Joshi.

BENGALURU: BJP State President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra has expressed confidence that the party's national leadership will soon decide on the post of State President for Karnataka.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday recorded the assurance given by the Karnataka government to give "protection and security" for the release of ‘Thug Life’ -- a film by veteran filmmaker Mani Ratnam and superstar Kamal Haasan — in the state’s theatres.

BENGALURU: State Minister for RDPR, IT, and BT Priyank Kharge stated on Thursday that the Central government was attempting to undermine Karnataka’s success.

BENGALURU: Commenting on the Karnataka BJP unit staging a protest on Tuesday to condemn the June 4 stampede incident, which claimed 11 lives in Bengaluru, Deputy Chief Minister and state Congress President D.K. Shivakumar said the party was "carrying out politics over dead bodies".

MYSURU: The Karnataka Police have arrested a police officer on charges of running a gang involved in honey-trapping wealthy individuals, officials said.

BENGALURU: Karnataka Police have arrested a priest from Kerala on charges of blackmailing a woman and attempting to rape her, officials said on Monday, adding that a hunt has been launched for another priest, who is absconding.

BENGALURU: Justice Perugu Sree Sudha took oath as a judge of the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday at a swearing-in ceremony organised at the Raj Bhavan. Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot administered the oath of office to Justice Perugu Sudha.

KARNATAKA: Congress national President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids were intended to split the party in the state.

BENGALURU: Stepping up its attack on the Congress-led Karnataka government, the BJP on Wednesday demanded a public discussion and an all-party meeting on the proposed resurvey of the caste census announced by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

BENGALURU: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached 92 immovable properties having market value of approximately Rs 100 crore under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in connection with Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) case in which Karnataka Chief Minister is named as accused number one.

BENGALURU: The political temperature in Karnataka soared after a tragic stampede near the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru claimed the lives of 11 people during the Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) IPL 2025 victory celebrations.

BENGALURU: Taking cognizance of the stampede incident near the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, which resulted in the deaths of at least 11 people, the Karnataka High Court on Thursday registered a suo motu Public Interest Litigation (PIL) and sought a report from the Congress-led Karnataka government.

KOLAR: A man has been arrested on charges of raping and murdering an 80-year-old woman in Srinivasapura town of Karnataka's Kolar district.

KARNATAKA: The Karnataka Police on Tuesday arrested the father of a Maulvi on charges of raping a six-year-old girl within the premises of a mosque in Chikkaballapura city, located close to Bengaluru.

BENGALURU: After massive protests by farmers and the BJP opposing the Hemavathi Express Link Canal Project, Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara will be visiting Tumakuru on Monday to meet the project officials and police officers to review the situation.

BENGALURU: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar on Saturday warned corporate entities operating in the state not to indulge in committing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fraud.

BENGALURU: The Karnataka Lokayukta conducted simultaneous raids on Saturday across seven districts in the state, at the residences and properties of several government officials in connection with the disproportionate assets case.

BELAGAVI: In a shocking incident in Karnataka's Belagavi district, an epileptic woman was allegedly killed by her husband and in-laws, who attempted to project it as an accident.

TUMAKURU: Five women staffers have claimed harassment by the Deputy Commandant (Home Guards) in Karnataka's Tumakuru, police said on Friday.

BENGALURU: The Congress-led Karnataka government has directed the Police Department to register an FIR against Madhya Pradesh Minister and BJP leader Vijay Shah in connection with his controversial remarks on Colonel Sofiya Qureshi.

BENGALURU: A man, who purportedly said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence should be bombed, has been arrested in Karnataka, police said on Tuesday.

KARNATAKA: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah stated in Mysuru on Monday that the Centre should have called for an all-party meeting before announcing the ceasefire.

BENGALURU: In two separate tragic road accidents on Monday, five people lost their lives in Chitradurga district and Hosakote town near Bengaluru, Karnataka.

BENGALURU: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) Bengaluru has forecast significant rainfall across Karnataka in the coming days, starting from today, May 10, to May 16. The Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) has shared an update in this regard.

BENGALURU: In the backdrop of Operation Sindoor and rising tensions between India and Pakistan, the Karnataka government has moved to curb the spread of false and provocative content online.

BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has convened a high-level meeting in Bengaluru on Saturday evening to assess the state’s preparedness amid escalating tensions with Pakistan following Operation Sindoor.

VIJAYAPURA: A medical college student was booked in Karnataka for posting a "pro-Pakistan" message on social media, amid rising tensions between India and the neighbouring country, police said on Friday.

BENGALURU: Karnataka MLA, mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy, has been disqualified from the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Thursday following his conviction by the Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in an illegal mining case.

BENGALURU: In two separate tragic road accidents in Karnataka on Thursday, nine people, including three minors, lost their lives, and one person was in critical condition in Haveri and Bagalkot districts.

AMRITSAR: Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), has termed the denial of admission to a six-year-old Sikh boy by a school in Mangalore, Karnataka, as an attack on the religious freedom of Sikhs. 

BENGALURU:Close on the heels of a reputed college at Bengaluru asking a Sikh girl student to remove her turban in wake of hijab row, a private school in Karnataka's Mangaluru has allegedly denied admission to a 6-year-old Sikh boy for wearing a turban.

AMRITSAR: Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), has strongly objected to a college in Bangalore, Karnataka, asking an Amritdhari Gursikh girl to take off her turban and come to the college.

BENGALURU: Ever since the arrest of Deepthi Marla a.k.a Mariyum on charges of alleged links with the ISIS by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) earlier this week in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, it has sparked off a debate on "Love Jihad" in the state.

DAKSHINA KANNADA(Karnataka): National Investigation Agency (NIA) sleuths on Monday arrested the granddaughter-in-law of former Karnataka Congress MLA B.M. Idinabba for her alleged Islamic State (IS) links.

Chikkaballapur (Karnataka): At a time when the BJP is bringing Anti-Conversion bill in the assembly, some unidentified men on Thursday vandalized the statue of Saint Anthony in Chikkaballapur district of Karnataka.

KOVILPATTI(Tamil Nadu):Hockey Haryana, Hockey Chandigarh, Hockey Karnataka and Hockey Punjab recorded convincing opening day wins over Telangana Hockey, Hockey Andhra Pradesh, Hockey Mizoram and Kerala Hockey, respectively, in the 11th Hockey India Junior Men National Championship 2021 here today,

In October, fantasy sprots operator Dream 11 announced that its operations in Karnataka were suspended. The company took this action in order to comply with the state’s new online gambling law which came into effect on 5 October 2021.

BENGALURU:Terming his two-day Delhi visit as a success, Karnatala Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday said that his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi boosted his confidence to work with added vigour for welfare of the people.

NEW DELHI: The Karnataka government has filed a revised affidavit in the Supreme Court, where it has retracted from its earlier affidavit stating that there is no immediate plan to deport Rohingyas in Bengaluru.

BENGALURU: The intelligence agencies have alerted the Karnataka government after they tracked satellite phone calls made to foreign locations from the coastal area and Malnad region of the state, sources said on Saturday.

BENGALURU: The Karnataka Congress unit which has been already badly hit by the cold war between Opposition leader Siddaramaiah and state President D.K. Shivakumar, just added one more woe after the Punjab experiment.

YADGIR:  In a shocking incident, a married 23-year-old woman was burnt alive for resisting a rape attempt in Karnataka's Yadgir district and police have launched a hunt for the accused.

BENGALURU:Karnataka Police have arrested a youth after a minor girl ended her life for being dragged and hugged by the accused person, the police sources said on Tuesday.

CHIKKABALLAPUR(Karnataka):At least seven people were killed and five others seriously injured as an overloaded jeep collided head-on with a truck in Karnataka's Chikkaballapur district on Sunday, police said.

BENGALURU: Karnataka attracted the country's maximum share of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the April-June quarter, Large and Medium Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani said on Wednesday.

BENGALURU:Crooks created a fake Facebook profile of Karnataka minister for Large and Medium Industries, Murugesh R. Nirani and started demanding money from FB users. Nirani, shocked by the development, on Tuesday made an appeal to his friends and supporters not to fall prey to it.

BENGALURU:Students who could not pass one or two subjects in the Karnataka Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC or Class 10) examinations will be able to appear in supplementary examinations on September 27 to 29, officials said on Tuesday.

HASSAN(Karnataka):The Hassan police in Karnataka on Monday arrested 10 persons in connection with the death of 18 calves while they were being illegally transported.

BENGALURU:In a bid to avoid long traffic snarls and save ‘man hours being wasted in traffic junctions, Karnataka industries minister, Murugesh R. Nirani said on Friday that the state government was planning to launch unique concept of "Walk-to-work" across the state.

BENGALURU:Karnataka recorded 1,432 new Covid cases, 1,538 recoveries, and 27 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to state Health Department bulletin.Positivity rate for the day was 0.80 per cent, and the case fatality rate stood at 1.88 per cent. The number of total active cases stood at 21,133. As many as 1,507 patients have undergone mental health counselling.

BENGALURU: With the recovery of 1,914 patients recoveries outnumbered 1,598 fresh Covid cases and Dakshina Kannada district bordering Kerala surpassing Bengaluru in positive cases in Karnataka, according to the Health Department on Sunday.

BENGALURU: Days after the swearing in ceremony of 29 ministers of Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai's cabinet, the process of portfolio allocation is yet to begin amid hectic lobbying over plum posts.

BENGALURU: Reacting sharply to Tamil Nadu BJP state president K. Annamalai's protest against the proposed Mekedatu balancing reservoir project, Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday said that Tamil Nadu is opposing the Mekedatu project for the sake of politicking.

HASSAN(Karnataka):The forest department and police have arrested seven persons, including a woman in connection with the killing of 38 monkeys in the Hassan district.

NEW DELHI: Newly-appointed Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday met BJP chief J.P. Nadda to discuss cabinet expansion in the state.

BENGALURU: Reversing the declining trend, 1,890 new Covid cases were registered across Karnataka in a day, while recoveries were lower at 1,631, said the state health bulletin on Friday.

BENGALURU: Taking suo motu cognisance of media reports about several monkeys found dead or poisoned in gunny bags on the side of the road in the state's Haasan district, the Karnataka High Court on Friday initiated PIL proceedings in the matter.

BENGALURU:Basavaraj Bommai, a senior BJP leader was sworn-in as the 30th Chief Minister of Karnataka by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot at a function held in the Glass House of Raj Bhavan on Wednesday. Basavaraj Bommai took oath in the name of God.

BENGALURU:As an evidence of the pandemic's second wave weakening, only 1,501 new Covid cases were registered in a day in Karnataka, while 32 died of the infection, said the state health bulletin on Tuesday

CHENNAI:Former Chief Minister and AIADMK Joint Coordinator K.Palaniswami on Monday said the party delegation urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the central government should not give permission to Karnataka to build the Mekedatu dam.

BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister, B.S. Yediyurappa submitted his resignation to Governor Thawarchand Gehlot on Monday after tweeting that it was an honour for him to have served the state for two years.

BENGALURU: With the pandemic's second wave subsiding, state-run and private colleges across Karnataka would resume classes from Monday, Deputy Chief Minister C.N. Ashwath Narayan said on Sunday.

BENGALURU: Torrential rain continued to cause a flood-like situation across Karnataka on Saturday with the death toll rising to 9.The continuous rain affected 12 districts of north Karnataka, coastal Karnataka and Malnad region.

BENGALURU:The Karnataka Skill Development Board on Friday launched a month-long virtual job fair for hiring skilled manpower.
"Over 20 companies are participating in the virtual job fair to hire skilled talent in the state across verticals where opportunities are aplenty," Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister C.N. Ashwath Narayan said on the occasion.

BENGALURU:The Karnataka government has directed all the universities in the state to vaccinate their students on priority before offline classes begin for the 2021-22 academic year, Deputy Chief Minister C.N. Ashwath Narayan said on Thursday.

BENGALURU: As evidence of the curve flattening, with 14,302 patients discharged, recoveries were four times the 3,203 new Covid cases in Karnataka in a day, said the state health bulletin on Thursday.

UDUPI(Karnataka):Karnataka Hindu Religious Organisations and Endowments minister, Kota Srinivasa Poojary on Wednesday dropped hint that he was in discussions with state Covid task force and other departments to reopen temples in a phased manner after July 5.

BENGALURU: Karnataka would seek more vaccines from the Centre to ramp up its drive to inoculate as many of its citizens soon, said state Health Minister K. Sudhakar on Tuesday.

BENGALURU:Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Tuesday flagged off a 'Kisan' Rail service to New Delhi, with 250-tonne mangoes from Chintamani in Kolar district from the Yelahanka railway station here.

BENGALURU:Hundreds of distressed mango growers in Karnataka's Kolar district have been dumping mangoes on roads near Srinivasapura over a week due to steep fall in demand and crash in their prices, traders said on Sunday.

BENGALURU: Raising concern over the intensity of the second wave not declining in neighbouring Maharashtra and Kerala, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Friday directed officials intensify its surveillance on border areas to keep track of passengers those arriving from these states

BENGALURU: With 6,524 patients discharged in a day, recoveries continued to outnumber 3,310 new Covid cases across Karnataka, while 114 succumbed to the infection, said the state health bulletin on Friday.

BENGALURU: A day after internal bickering within the state Congress came to the fore with at least half a dozen MLAs projecting Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah as the ‘next CM, Karnataka Congress chief D.K. Shivakumar on Thursday said Karnataka has even seen leaders who lost elections becoming Chief Minister.

BENGALURU:Ranking second after Maharashtra on the Covid tracker, deaths due to the infection crossed the 33,000-mark across Karnataka on Sunday, including 15,319 in Bengaluru alone, the state health bulletin said on Monday.

BENGALURU: Heavy rains lashed many parts of coastal and south Karnataka, as the southwest monsoon intensified and advanced across the state, said the weather office on Monday.

BENGALURU:As the pandemic's second wave wanes, Karnataka is reading to partly unlock from Monday in 19 districts where the test positivity rate has fallen below 5 per cent, an official said.

BENGALURU: New Covid cases declined to 7,810, while 18,648 patients were discharged and 125 succumbed to the infection in a day across Karnataka, said the state health bulletin on Sunday.

BENGALURU: As a further evidence of breaking the chain, with 21,614 patients discharged, recoveries were more than 9,785 new Covid cases in a day across Karnataka, said the state health bulletin on Saturday.

BENGALURU: For the first time in 2 months, Covid test positivity rate declined below 5 per cent in a day across Karnataka, while case fatality rate was up at 1.92 per cent on Thursday, said the state health bulletin on Friday.

BENGALURU: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president D.K. Shivakumar, opposition leader Siddaramaiah and party's state unit leaders courted arrest on Friday for protesting against fuel price hike.

BENGALURU: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed woman loco pilot Sireesha Gajini of the South Western Railway (SWR) for also steering the Oxygen Express ferrying the life-saving gas from Jharkhand's Jamshedpur to Bengaluru on May 21.

BENGALURU:Reeling under the impact of the extended lockdown across the state, the Federation of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) on Friday sought concessions from the state government to the business community suffering mounting losses.

BENGALURU: Railways has transported more medical oxygen to Karnataka as it faces growing demand amid the Covid surge, an official said on Friday.

BENGALURU: Continuing its reverse trend, new Covid cases in Karnataka declined to 28,86 and recoveries rose to 52,257 while deaths shot up to 548 in a day, said the state health bulletin on Thursday.

BENGALURU: The Railways has ferried 160 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen more to Karnataka from Jharkhand's Tatanagar for treating Covid patients, an official said on Thursday.

BENGALURU:In an effort to curb the surge of Covid in the state's rural areas, Karnataka on Thursday hinted that it was contemplating stricter implementation of lockdown by measures to control unnecessary movement of people.

BENGALURU: Reversing the trend, with 49,953 discharged in a day, including 29,238 in Bengaluru recoveries outnumbered 34,281 new Covid cases in Karnataka, said the state health bulletin on Wednesday.

BENGALURU: Reversing the downward trend of Sunday, 38,603 new Covid cases were reported in a day across Karnataka, while 476 patients succumbed to the infection, said the state health bulletin on Monday.

BENGALURU: For the first time in 3 months, with 36,475 patients discharged, recoveries outnumbered 31,531 new Covid cases in a day across Karnataka, while 403 succumbed to the infection, said the state health bulletin on Sunday.

BENGALURU: With the pandemic wave continuing to swarm the state, 41,664 cases were registered in a day across Karnataka including 13,402 cases in Bengaluru, while 349 succumbing to this deadly virus, said the health bulletin on Saturday.

BENGALURU: The second and third Oxygen Express trains, carrying 120 MT liquid medical oxygen (LMO) each from Odisha and Jharkhand, respectively, chugged into the Whitefield railway station in the city's eastern suburb on Saturday, an official said.

BENGALURU: Lauding the Defence Research and Development Organisation's (DRDO) contribution in the fight against the pandemic, Karnataka Health Minister K. Sudhakar on Friday said its anti-Covid drug would be a game-changer in treating the infection.

BENGALURU: Karnataka Revenue Minister R. Ashoka on Friday favoured extension of the 14-day lockdown to contain the Covid spread in the state, which is in the grip of the pandemic's second wave.

BENGALURU: Finally after several people complained about a bed shortage in hospitals, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Tuesday directed hospital authorities to take steps to vacate all those patients who are staying in hospitals beyond 20-days.

BENGALURU: Karnataka's first day of two-week lockdown on Monday was witness to people agitating over the tough rules, several instances of police adopting crude policing tactics to tame erring people and finally even police were forced to give-up caning and started appealing people with folded hands not to flout lockdown rules.

BENGALURU: With 47,930 new cases in a day, including 20,897 in Bengaluru, Covid tally in Karnataka crossed 19-lakh mark, while 490 died of the infection during the day, said the state health bulletin on Sunday.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday held telephonic discussions with the Chief Ministers of Bihar, Karnataka, Punjab and Uttarakhand to take stock of the Covid-19 situation in their respective states, said sources.

BENGALURU: With the pandemic's second wave hitting hard, Karnataka recorded 47,563 new Covid cases, including 21,534 in Bengaluru were registered in a day while 482 patients succumbed to the virus, the state health bulletin said on Saturday.

BENGALURU: With 48,781 new cases, Karnatka's Covid tally crossed the 18 lakh mark, while 592 patients succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours, said the state health bulletin on Friday.