Provocative speech case against BJP national spokesperson Nazia Khan

Provocative speech case against BJP national spokesperson Nazia Khan

State BJP head office in Bengaluru | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Police registered a case against BJP national spokesperson Nazia Elahi Khan on the charge of insulting religious sentiments at a recent rally in Sulebavi village in Belagavi district of Karnataka. The first information report was registered following a complaint by Afsar Maktu Saab Jamadar … Read more

ED ‘misleading’ people on attachment of immovable properties in MUDA probe: Congress MLC

ED ‘misleading’ people on attachment of immovable properties in MUDA probe: Congress MLC

Congress MLC Yathindra Siddaramaiah did not rule out the possibility of the ED issuing such a statement to influence the court, which is expected to shortly give a ruling on the petition to hand over the case to the CBI. | Photo Credit: Murali Kumar K Congress MLC Yathindra Siddaramaiah termed the recent tweet by … Read more

Martur: A village in Karnataka that shaped India’s legal heritage

Martur: A village in Karnataka that shaped India’s legal heritage

IN FOCUS A 20-minute drive from Kalaburagi takes you to Martur, a small village with a population of approximately 4,000 in Shahabad taluk. It is the place where India’s celebrated jurist from ancient times, Vijnaneshwara, lived. His monumental treatise, Mitakshara, has influenced Indian jurisprudence for over nine centuries. As recorded in a stone inscription found … Read more

Case against SRS members for conducting rifle training in Belagavi

Case against SRS members for conducting rifle training in Belagavi

Sri Ram Sena chief Pramod Mutalik | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI Police in Karnataka have registered a case against 12 Sri Ram Sene (SRS) activists on the charge of conducting rifle training in a village in Bagalkot in the last week of December. According to the complaint, SRS activists held a rifle training camp on … Read more

Uncertainty in Bangladesh can bring more business to jeans industry in Karnataka: Minister

Uncertainty in Bangladesh can bring more business to jeans industry in Karnataka: Minister

Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi visited a garments factory and home-based tailoring units to interact with people engaged in the business, in Ballari during Bharat Jodo padayatra in October 2022. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Political uncertainty in Bangladesh has created an opportunity to bolster the jeans industry in Ballari, a traditional hub for the … Read more

Education sector in Karnataka marred by chaos

Education sector in Karnataka marred by chaos

Eggs or their alternatives, bananas or groundnut chikkis, were distributed along with mid-day meals in government and aided schools two days a week after nutritional deficiencies in children were flagged following the pandemic. | Photo Credit: special arrangement The year gone by, 2024, was plagued by chaos and confusion in the education sector. While the … Read more

Nandini launches ready-to-cook idli/dosa batter with whey protein

Nandini launches ready-to-cook idli/dosa batter with whey protein

Chief Minister releasing the Nandini products in Bengaluru on Wedneday. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday launched whey protein-enriched idli/dosa batter prepared by the Karnataka Milk Federation under its brand name Nandini. The product was officially launched at the Vidhana Soudha by Mr. Siddaramaiah in the presence of Ministers K. Venkatesh, Krishna Byre Gowda, and Dinesh … Read more

Lokayukta conducts raids in six districts across Karnataka

Lokayukta conducts raids in six districts across Karnataka

The Lokayukta officials on Tuesday carried out a series of raids against ten government officials in six districts across the State. The officials were found to have disproportionate assets totally worth over ₹48.5 crore to their known source of income. After gathering information based on the complaints, several teams conducted raids in Bengaluru, Bengaluru Rural … Read more

Watch: Remembering S.M. Krishna, a political giant

Watch: Remembering S.M. Krishna, a political giant

Remembering S.M. Krishna, a political giant Former Karnataka Chief Minister S.M. Krishna passed away at his residence early Tuesday (December 10, 2024) morning Ninety-two-year-old Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna (S.M. Krishna), who passed away on December 10, was a charismatic leader with a modern outlook, who created a niche for himself in the country’s political landscape with … Read more

Surgery for actor Darshan planned on December 11, lawyer tells Karnataka High Court

Surgery for actor Darshan planned on December 11, lawyer tells Karnataka High Court

The doctors have planned to perform a surgery for Darshan’s back pain on December 11, the High Court of Karnataka was informed on Monday.  Senior advocate C.V. Nagesh, appearing for the actor, made this submission before Justice S. Vishwajith Shetty during the hearing of the petitions filed by Darshan and other accused persons in the Renukaswamy … Read more