Karnataka

Bengaluru, Aug 31: Spurred by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'vocal for local' call in his 'Mann Ki Baat' radio programme on Sunday, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa said the country's first toy making cluster would be built at Koppal in the state's northwest region.

Bengaluru, Aug 30: Declaring a war against drug abuse, the Karnataka government ordered the police to probe into the alleged links between drug suppliers and the Kannada film industry, state Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Sunday.

Chikkaballapur, Aug 30: There is a need for discussion in both the assembly as well as the council to ban the export of the beef, said Karnataka Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar as he inaugurated a Goshala (cowshed) in Chikkaballapur on Sunday.

Bengaluru, Aug 30: Bars, pubs, clubs and restaurants in Karnataka will be able to serve liquor from September 1, after five months of restriction on sales. Until now, shops were allowed only to sell takeaway.

Bengaluru, Aug 30: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Sunday flagged off first-ever Roll-On-Roll-Off (RORO) train between Bengaluru (Nelamangala) and Solapur in Maharashtra through video-conferencing.

Bengaluru, Aug 30: After Sandalwood director Indrajith Lankesh alleged that drug addiction was rampant in the Karnataka film industry, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has submitted names of the celebrities found in the notebook of the accused for further action.

Bengaluru, Aug 30: An 11-year-old boy, Mohammad Umar, was rescued from the clutches of a gang of kidnappers within 24 hours of his abduction with the Bengaluru police also nabbing all the six accused.

Bengaluru, Aug 30: A total of 8,852 new COVID-19 cases, including 2,821 in Bengaluru, 106 deaths and 7,101 recoveries were reported from Karnataka in the last 24 hours, the state health department informed on Sunday.

Coimbatore, Aug 29: A Congress Youth Wing functionary has been arrested for allegedly cheating a businessman from Karnataka of Rs 10 lakh on the promise of sending textile goods, a few months ago, police said on Saturday.

New Delhi, Aug 29: Lashing out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government, former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said that states are in "dire straits" due to the failure of the Centre whose "management of the country's economy is flawed and marked by lack of vision".