karnataka

NEW DELHI: Ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s two-day visit to Karnataka, the old ills of factionalism has returned to hit the party as it is preparing for the upcoming state assembly elections that are scheduled to be held in May next year. The former Congress president is scheduled to attend the birthday celebrations of former chief […]

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) cancelled its anniversary events in Karnataka scheduled for today amid the raging controversy over the murder of Yuva Morcha leader Praveen Nettaru late on Tuesday night. The BJP had planned multiple events, including an official event at Vidhana Soudha, and ‘Janotsava’, a mega rally at Doddaballapur that was […]

NEW DELHI: Karnataka once again topped the major states category of the third edition of the Indian Innovation Index followed by Telangana and Haryana. Manipur was the best performer in the category of northeastern and hilly states. Uttarakhand and Meghalaya stood at second and third places respectively. In the union territories and city-states category, Chandigarh […]

  BENGALURU: India’s ongoing three-day mega conclave, Semicon 2022, in Bengaluru saw a major breakthrough as multinational chip manufacturer ISMC announced to set up its  65nm analog semiconductor fabrication plant in Karnataka’s Mysuru, making it country’s first such unit to manufacture and supply wafers for mobile and smart devices. ISMC is a venture between Israel-based […]

  NEW DELHI: The rising price of fuel has undoubtedly affected the life of the common people. With India having one of the highest tax rates for fuel, there has been a constant call for the reduction of taxes. Prominent states like Karnataka and Gujarat were among the first to reduce the rates in November […]

SHIVAMOGGA: The Shivamogga police on Tuesday said all accused in the murder case of Bajrang Dal activist Harsha have been identified and will soon be held. “All the accused have been identified. The teams are outside as well as in Shivamogga district. So, work is going on and we are on the verge of completing […]

In the wake of simmering ‘hijab’ controversy, which kicked off in Karnataka, a thread exposing the alleged conspiracy behind it has gone viral on Twitter. A verified Twitter user, Vijay Patel, put out several tweets in a thread which alleges that the student wing of a radical outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) orchestrated the […]

BENGALURU: Amid the ‘hijab’ row that has been raging through the state, the Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi on Thursday passed an order that colleges in Karnataka can reopen but no student can wear any piece of clothing that symbolises religion till the matter is pending before the court. “We will pass an order that […]

The ‘Hijab’ row that kicked off a couple of months ago in the Government Pre-University college in Udupi in Karnataka has now spread across the state. Following the unrest in different parts of the state on Tuesday, the government declared a three-day holiday in colleges, universities and high schools above ninth standard. “I appeal to […]