Karnataka

Bengaluru, Oct 15: The South Western Railway (SWR) zone will operate 22 special trains to and from Karnataka from October 23 to 27 ahead of the upcoming festivals like Dasara, Diwali and Chhath puja, an official said on Wednesday. "The 22 special trains or 11 pairs are part of the 392 (196 pairs) train that will run across the country from October 20 to December 3 for Dasara, Diwali and Chhath Puja festivals to enable people to travel to their native places or where they want to celebrate with families and friends," a zonal official told media.

Bengaluru, Oct 16: Karnataka's recoveries at 8,841 outnumbered 8,477 new Covid cases on a single day on Wednesday.

Bengaluru, Oct 15: Congress candidate Kusuma H filed her nomination for the by-election to the legislative assembly constituency of Rajarajeshwarinagar (RR Nagar) on Wednesday.

Bengaluru, Oct 15: Karnataka government has allowed from Thursday the reopening of cinema halls and multiplexes, with 50 per cent seating capacity.

Bengaluru, Oct 14: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation's (KSRTC) initiative to convert old buses into women's toilet and mobile fever clinic has brought recognition at national level by winning the National Public Undertakings Award under the category 'CSR for Social Development'.

Bengaluru, Oct 14: Taking strong exception to the Bengaluru police naming Congress party leaders in its B'luru riots case charge-sheet, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president D. K. Shivakumar on Wednesday said they won't succumb to such unethical pressure tactics.

Bengaluru, Oct 14: Heavy rains for the past three days wreaked havoc in some parts of north Karnataka causing inundation, crop loss, and damage to houses, sources in the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) said.

Bengaluru, Oct 14: Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths have arrested Ashwin Bhogi, a suspect in the Sandalwood drugs case, from Chikkamagaluru.

Bengaluru, Oct 14: The Central Crime Branch of police probing the attack on the house of MLA R Akhanda Srinivas Murthy during the violence that rocked Bengaluru in August following his kin’s provocative Facebook post has come to a conclusion that rivalry within Congress party had resulted in brazen attack.

Bengaluru, Oct 14: The National Investigation Agency, which has taken up two cases of DJ Halli and KG Halli violence in East Bengaluru, has questioned two congress MLAs, B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan of Chamarajpet constituency and Rizwan Ahmed of Shivaji Nagar constituency.