Karnataka

Bengaluru, Aug 4: To provide relief to a choked Bengaluru busting at seams, Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Friday told investors to set up their manufacturing units or services centres in tier-2 cities across the southern state. "I appeal to investors to locate their industries or services centres beyond Bengaluru in tier-2 cities like Mysuru, Hassan, Mangaluru, Hubballi, Belagavi

Bengaluru, Aug 3: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said the state government has not taken any decision on throwing open the national highway cutting through the Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Karnataka fornight traffic. The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has recently proposed to allow night traffic and claimed that the state government had agreed to give its consent.

Mandya, Aug 3: Within two weeks after he was posted as Tahsildar KR Pet, Mahesh Chandra, one of the senior revenue officials in the State, has been allegedly abducted by unknown miscreants. According to reports Mahesh Chandra has been missing since Thursday night. According to the police and revenue officials, they tried to reach the Tahsildar on his phone but found it to be switched off. The

Karwar, Aug 3: A non-resident Indian hailing from coastal Karnataka, has allegedly been abducted by extremists in Afghanistan. Patson Rodriguez (39), who hails from of Christian Colony at Kadawad in Karwar taluk of Uttara Kannada district, has been working as a cook with a France based company in Kabul for the last 10 years. Rodriguez's family members have confirmed that he was abducted on

Bengaluru, Aug 3: A four-year old boy lost his life after hot sambar fell on him, in Jayanagar 4th Block in Bengaluru. The deceased, Vivek S, was the son of Suresh and Asha. The couple from Shivamogga had come to the city a few years ago. Asha is a cook. The incident took place when Asha and her son were having dinner and Suresh was outside. Meanwhile, there was a knock at their door and Asha went

Bengaluru, Aug 3: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy led coalition government of Karnataka has decided to make yoga a mandatory extra-curricular activity in all universities and colleges in the state starting this academic year. Addressing a press conference after a meeting with Vice Chancellors and officials of all universities in the State, here yesterday, Higher Education Minister G T Deve Gowda

Mumbai, Aug 3: The Shiv Sena on Thursday said that the Maharashtra government should approach the Supreme Court and urge it to send a contempt notice to the Karnataka government for its Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy’s remark about making Belagavi the second capital of the state. The Sena said Maharashtra and Karnataka were embroiled in a border dispute, centring around Belagavi in the Supreme

Bengaluru, Aug 3: Karnataka is set to hold urban local body elections on August 29, the result of which is expected to give some indication to political parties of the mood of the electorate and accelerate their activities ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. On Thursday, the Ministers in the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition government informally discussed the pros and cons of a possible

Mangaluru, Aug 3: The police have arrested four persons after intercepting a lorry in which they were smuggling cattle to Kerala from Udupi yesterday. The arrested cattle smugglers have been identified as Radhakrishna, a Keralite, Subhash Shetty and Sathish Kumar, both localites. The police have also arrested lorry driver Naimuddin, who also hails from Kerala. The police rescued seven cows and six

Mangaluru, Jul 3: Four persons including two children have been arrested by the police in connection with a series of theft cases reported in Mulki from 2016 to 2018. The arrested are Savad (24), Jaithin (21) and two children whose identities will not be revealed. According to police, the arrested had confessed that they had stolen gold jewels and other valuables from a jewellery shop in Mulki