Mahajan Commission report on Karnataka-Maharashtra border row is final, asserts H.K. Patil

Mahajan Commission report on Karnataka-Maharashtra border row is final, asserts H.K. Patil

Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.K. Patil at a meeting of Kannada organisations in Belagavi on Saturday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT HUBBALLI Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.K. Patil has said that there was no reason for Kannadigas to be concerned over cases pertaining to the Karnataka-Maharashtra border row before the Supreme Court, as … Read more

Special residential school to come up for cancer-affected children

Special residential school to come up for cancer-affected children

The State government has taken steps to start a separate free residential school in Bengaluru city for cancer-affected children. During an interative session at The Hindu office here on Thursday, Minister for School Education Madhu Bangarappa said that this will be the first residential school in the country, particularly for these children. “Around 3.5 acres … Read more

B. Saroja Devi death: Karnataka leaders pay tributes to a timeless icon

B. Saroja Devi death: Karnataka leaders pay tributes to a timeless icon

B. Saroja Devi in the Kannada film Kittur Chennamma. | Photo Credit: THE HINDU ARCHIVES Karnataka leaders, including CM Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar, condoled the death of veteran actor B. Saroja Devi, who passed away owing to age-related ailments on July 14, 2025. “I am deeply pained by the news of the passing … Read more

Officials directed to respond swiftly to wild animal menace

Officials directed to respond swiftly to wild animal menace

Minister in charge of Chamarajanagar district K. Venkatesh presiding over a district level Karnataka Development Programme meeting on Monday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Minister for Animal Husbandry and Sericulture K. Venkatesh, who is also the Minister in charge of Chamarajanagar district, has directed the officials to respond swiftly to the complaints of wild animal … Read more

Karnataka HC orders BBMP, govt. to clear ₹10.41 crore COVID dues to private health centres pending since 2022

Karnataka HC orders BBMP, govt. to clear ₹10.41 crore COVID dues to private health centres pending since 2022

The High Court of Karnataka has directed the State government and the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to pay ₹10.41 crore to two private health establishments towards the pending dues to them for providing COVID-19 testing facilities way back during 2020-2022. Two petitions Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar issued the directions while allowing the separate petitions … Read more

Appointment letters handed over to pourakarmikas in Mysuru city 

Appointment letters handed over to pourakarmikas in Mysuru city 

Minister in charge of Mysuru district H.C. Mahadevappa handing over appointment letters to pourakarmikas in Mysuru on Friday. | Photo Credit: M.A. Sriram The credit for Mysuru’s ‘Clean City’ tag goes to pourakarmikas, said Minister in charge of Mysuru district H.C. Mahadevappa while handing over appointment letters confirming their status as regular government employees. Speaking … Read more

Karnataka rains: Two killed in Hubballi-Dharwad, red alert issued for nine districts

Karnataka rains: Two killed in Hubballi-Dharwad, red alert issued for nine districts

Flooding at an apartment complex in Shirur Park area in Hubballi following heavy rains on Thursday. | Photo Credit: PTI Rains continued to lash parts of coastal, south-interior and north-interior Karnataka and two rain-related deaths were reported from Dharwad in the last 24 hours. According to the Dharwad district administration, a 31-year-old man was killed … Read more

Nudged by Congress high command, Karnataka to undertake fresh socio-educational survey

Nudged by Congress high command, Karnataka to undertake fresh socio-educational survey

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and LoP in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi. | Photo Credit: File photo Close on the heels of Congress central leaders asking Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar to undertake a fresh survey of Karnataka’s population, the Cabinet on June 12 decided to hold … Read more

‘कुंभ में भी भगदड़ हुई थी…’, बोले सीएम सिद्धारमैया, बेंगलुरु हादसे के लिए क्रिकेट एसोसिएशन पर फोड़ा ठीकरा

‘कुंभ में भी भगदड़ हुई थी…’, बोले सीएम सिद्धारमैया, बेंगलुरु हादसे के लिए क्रिकेट एसोसिएशन पर फोड़ा ठीकरा

कर्नाटक के मुख्यमंत्री सिद्धारमैया ने बेंगलुरु के चिन्नास्वामी स्टेडियम के बाहर हुई भगदड़ के लिए क्रिकेट एसोसिएशन को जिम्मेदार ठहराया. उन्होंने बीजेपी के सवालों पर पलटवार करते हुए कहा कि महाकुंभ के दौरान भी भगदड़ हुई थी. ऐसी घटनाओं पर राजनीति नहीं करनी चाहिए. सीएम ने रॉयल चैलेंजर्स बेंगलुरु (RCB) की आईपीएल जीत के जश्न … Read more