Karnataka

Bengaluru, Dec 20: Police have nabbed a Central Prison First Grade Teacher on the charges of supplying Ganja to the convicts for cash. Police said that B Kumaraswamy was arrested from his native village Javagundanalli in Hiriyur Taluk of Chitradurga District in the State. He was caught while giving four packets ganja of 100 gram each on August 21-2018 to prisoner Manjunath evading security checks

Belagavi, Dec 20: The JD(S) Karnartaka President H Vishwanath today alleged that the opposition BJP has failed to make better use of the ongoing Winter Session which is held here since December 10. Speaking to newsmen, he said that the Opposition BJP had played a spoilsport in the session on which the people of the Northern Karnataka had high hopes. “The BJP instead of acting as a constructive one

New Delhi, Dec 20: Ahead of the strike called by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) on December 26, one of the bank officers' union has called a strike on December 21, demanding unconditional mandate for the XIth bipartite wage revision talks, officials said on Wednesday. In the wake of strikes and holidays, the banks will remain closed from next Friday to Wednesday, except Monday and the

Mysuru, Dec 20: All India Democratic Students’ Organisation (AIDSO) has condemned the Karnataka government’s proposal to introduce NRI quota in Government Medical Colleges and increase the fees for PG and Under Graduate students in Government Medical Colleges. The organisation asked the state government to withdraw such a proposal and called it anti-Constitution and anti-public. In a press release

Chamarajanagara, Dec 20: A Kollegal court has remanded police custody for the four arrested persons arrested including Immadi Mahadeva Swamy, junior seer of Salur Mutt at MM Hills after 15 persons died after consuming ‘prasada’ in a temple in Salwadi village in the district tragedy on last Friday (Dec 14). The accused were produced before the Kollegal court magistrate Mr Srikanth’s residence on

Belagavi, Dec 20: BJP on Wednesday staged a protest in the Karnataka assembly by entering the well of the House on the farm loan waiver issue, alleging that the government was "lying" to farmers. Slogans like "down down to the government that is lying", "loan waiver should be implemented" reverberated in the assembly, which is holding its winter session here. With the ruling Congress-JD(S) MLAs

Belagavi, Dec 20: Opposition BJP members continued their dharna in the well of the Legislative Assembly demanding Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy to tender apology for making derogatory remark against Opposition Leader B S Yeddyurappa while replying to discussion on Loan waiver issue yesterday. When the opposition members failed to return to their respective chairs despite his appeal, Speaker

Belagavi, Dec 20: Amid reports over losing the cabinet post in the event of the cabinet expansion, Congress party’s strong man and Belagavi district in charge minister, Ramesh Jarkiholi attended a dinner hosted by the BJP leaders, here on Wednesday night, leaving the party State leadership in great discomfort. The disgruntled minister remains a factor in the JD(S)-led coalition Government often

Belagavi, Dec 20: The government has finally decided to shift nine offices belonging to six departments to North Karnatakafrom Bengaluru. The state cabinet, which met on Wednesday evening, reportedly took a decision on this matter and chief minister HD Kumaraswamy is expected to make a formal announcement in the assembly or council on Thursday. The decision is in tune with the long-pending demand

Chamarajanagara, Dec 19: In a major breakthrough police have solved the food poisoning in Kiccha Gutti Temple a temple by arresting four people including younger swamy of Slur Mutt which was running the temple. In all 15 people died and more than 80 people took ill after eating the poison mixed prasadam distributed after rituals performed and foundation laying for construction of Gopuram was