Bengaluru: Karnataka’s popular Lingayat seer Siddalinga Swami passed away at Gadag in the state’s northwest region, a member of his Thontadarya Mutt said on Saturday. He was 69. “Doctors at a private hospital declared Swamiji dead today (Saturday) morning after a massive cardiac arrest,” the member told reporters at Gadag,[Read More…]
Karnataka: A shocking incident was caught on camera where a woman can be seen whipping a man identified as Devaiyya, an employee at DHFL loan agency in Davanagere district, Karnataka, who allegedly asked the woman to make sexual relations with her in return of sanctioning her loan. According to the[Read More…]
The seat sharing between JDS and Congress party is final and VS Ugrappa is set to contest the infamous Bellary seat reserved for Scheduled Tribe (ST), as Congress candidate from the ruling alliance of Karnataka for the upcoming by-polls scheduled to be held on November 3. JDS has got two[Read More…]
Karnataka Forest Minister R Shankar garlanded a new statue of M Visvesvaraya, but he was clueless when questioned whose statue it was. The incident took place when locals insisted that the minister pays a visit to newly erected statue at Muddenahalli, the birthplace of Visvesvaraya. Shankar was in the district[Read More…]
A heartwarming photo is going viral on social media touching millions of hearts across the nation. The photograph features affection of a young police officer who got a job in the police department in Karnataka. Soon after he got the job, the young fellow rushed to his single mother to[Read More…]
Karnataka: 26-year-old Arun, a youth congress leader of Allasandra block, hacked to death on Sunday night at Yelahanka. Around 02:30 AM on Monday, Arun was reportedly returning after watching a film, when a group of six to eight people attacked him. The alleged attackers chased him for around two kilometers[Read More…]
After a row of media reports over deteriorating maintenance and unhygienic atmosphere of primary schools after since rain, Kempaiah B P, a block education officer personally cleaned a toilet at the Kannada Lower Primary School Kanumanahalli in Bangarpet taluk, Karnataka on Wednesday. “I visited the school and found that two[Read More…]
Of the 30 districts across Karnataka, 23 districts have been declared drought-hit due to deficit rainfall in the monsoon season, an official said on Wednesday. “Though the monsoon (June-September) was near normal in coastal, south interior and Malnad regions with record rainfall causing floods in seven districts, deficit-rains forced the[Read More…]
The warfare between the BJP and the opposition has gone berserk from the roads to social media. Congress has launched a protest against the increasing petroleum prices. Thousands of people came out to protest against the rising fuel prices on Monday during Bharat Bandh. The Karnataka government had announces to[Read More…]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) blamed Karnataka’s ruling coalition partners Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) for its defeat in the state civic polls held across 22 districts. “The BJP should have won more seats but we could not perform the way we wanted to because of the Congress-JD(S) coalition,” BJP state[Read More…]
The counting of votes for civic polls conducted on 105 Urban Local Bodies (ULB) of Karnataka has begun. The State Election Commission (SEC) will declare all the results of civic polls conducted in 105 Urban Local Bodies of Karnataka by today in the evening. Elections in the 105 ULBs were[Read More…]
BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa said that the saffron party couldn’t perform as per the calculations due to Congress-JD(S) coalition government. On Saturday, the ruling Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) had said that it would extend its coalition alliance with Congress in Karnataka to the urban local bodies (ULBs) across the state[Read More…]
Hukkeri Municipality: The Congress has won 12 seats, followed by the BJP at eight seats while the Independents bagged three. Sankeshwar Municipality: The Congress and BJP have drawn with 11 seats with the 12th seat won by Independent Ajith Karajagi, who now the kingmaker to decide the fate of the urban[Read More…]
In the Yelbarga Town Panchayat, there were 15 seats in total, out of which BJP has won 11 and Congress managed just 3 along with 1 independent victory. Whereas, in Koppal Municipal Council, out of the 31 total seats, 15 landed with Congress while BJP managed 10 and 2 went to JDS.[Read More…]
Congress to form alliance with JD(S) in Mysuru, Tumkur At the press conference, Karnataka Congress chief Dinesh Gundu Rao said that the party will join hands with JD(S) in civic bodies where there is no clear majority, like Mysore and Tumkur HD Kumaraswamy says voters have shown support for coalition govt After the BJP came second in the ULB polls,[Read More…]
The ruling Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) and the Congress in Karnataka would extend their coalition alliance to the urban local bodies (ULBs) across the state to keep the opposition BJP out of power, said a JD-S official on Saturday. “In the event of either party not getting majority on its own in the[Read More…]
In an attempt to clarify Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s stance on ‘Pariwar visit’ Ministry of Defence has issued a clarification through a press release. Calling it a gross misrepresentation, the MoD writes, one of the four departments of the Ministry of Defence is the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare and in[Read More…]
Karnataka on Friday sought Rs 2,000 crore interim relief from the central government for relief and rehabilitation of flood victims in the southern state’s Kodagu district. “I appeal to you to release an interim relief of Rs 2,000 crore to enable the state government to rehabilitate Kodagu’s flood-hit victims,” said[Read More…]
Mangalore Electricity Supply Company (MESCOM) Limited has shown the way to use drones in times of crisis. Making the best use of drone for disaster management, MESCOM laid three power supply wires across a river in Kodagu, Dakshina Kannada. Due to heavy rains, electricity lines were snapped as a tree, getting[Read More…]
Former chief minister Siddaramaiah’s initiative Indira Canteens served nearly 6 crore meals to the Bengaluru citizens in past 11 months. The Indira canteen, launched last year, has witnessed a great growth as the menu has grown and so has the number of its branches while the mobile canteens have been[Read More…]
Karnataka floods have claimed six lives and over 11,000 houses washed away in Kodagu district of the state. Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has said that over 1,500 people are stranded in the area. The officials are struggling hard to airlift people in the district even though the weather becomes huge[Read More…]
On the Independence eve, a small group in Bengaluru started ‘1000 Book Project’ with the aim to donate books to rural children. Seif Sulthan, founder of Hope Foundation and a management trainer, initiated the project with aim to send 200 books each to remote schools in five different parts of[Read More…]
It has been few months since the JD(S) and Congress formed its government in Karnataka after the Legislative Assembly election in May 2018. During the election, Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the single largest party with 104 seats although the majority of seats and popular votes had fallen into Congress’ side.[Read More…]
In a shocking incident, a journalist associated with India Today, was thrashed by the mob in Ramanagara, Karnataka, during a raid on illegal slaughter houses. The journalist had gone to film the raid carried out by the animal activists and police officials. The raid was carried out based on credible[Read More…]
Must have heard of the tale in childhood where the two cats fight over one last piece of bread while a monkey witnessing the fight tricks down the duo and takes away the food. Somewhat similar real-life drama, yet with a twist, has happened in Bengaluru, where ‘two husbands’ fought[Read More…]