Bengaluru Riots

Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Thursday said the state government will gather information following senior party leader B K Hariprasad's claim that a 'Godhra like incident' was likely in the state.

Bengaluru city police department authorities have decided not to allow Ganesha idol processions and DJ dances across the city after a series of incidents, including riots, were reported during the Ganesha festival in the state capital.

The premier investigation agency, in a joint operation along with the Karnataka Police, arrested accused Tabrez (35), a resident of Old Bengaluru Layout, Bengaluru City on Monday.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday arrested an alleged key conspirator in the riots in Bengaluru in August last year that left four people dead.

Twelve accused in the riots that took place in east Bengaluru in August last year were released on default bail today by the Karnataka High Court.

As the investigation into the August violence in Bengaluru progresses, the involvement of some Congress party members is increasingly coming into focus.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today joined growing protests against police crackdown on students of Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University. Students from campuses around the country have come out in strong support of counterparts from Jamia and AMU after Sunday evening's violence over the new citizenship law. Cops in both Delhi ...

Nitish Kumar, the Bihar Chief Minister whose track record as an administrator had been called into question last month, today chose a party meeting in Karnataka capital Bengaluru to send many messages to friends and foes back home.

Karnataka has been reprimanded by the Supreme Court for ignoring its order to share water with neighbour Tamil Nadu; it must urgently release water starting tomorrow for the next six days, said judges.

Unable to broker a compromise in a raging water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, Union Minister Uma Bharti has offered to "go on a hunger strike if there is any problem in either state".

Karnataka will not comply just yet with a Supreme Court order to urgently release more water from the Cauvery river to neighboring Tamil Nadu. The dispute over water between the two states has triggered riots in Bengaluru this month.

Karnataka's political leaders met this morning with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of the Congress to discuss how to handle the new Supreme Court order which calls for water to be released urgently to neighbouring Tamil Nadu. Karnataka was reprimanded by judges yesterday for defying the order, which was given last week.

An additional 700 riot control police personnel have been deployed in Karnataka to help the state government tackle protests over Cauvery river water sharing. The Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel have been sent to areas which have seen violent protests in recent days. Riot control personnel will be working with local administration to help rest...

The proposed Provident Fund rules of the Centre, outlined in this year's budget, found little favour anywhere, but it was south's IT capital Bengaluru that erupted over it. The rule was withdrawn on Tuesday.

Bengaluru: Confronted by protests - including a riot in Bengaluru that saw buses and police jeeps set on fire - the government has cancelled controversial new rules on when you can withdraw money from your provident fund, which serves as a savings plan for when salaried workers retire.

Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Thursday said the state government will gather information following senior party leader B K Hariprasad's claim that a 'Godhra like incident' was likely in the state.

Bengaluru city police department authorities have decided not to allow Ganesha idol processions and DJ dances across the city after a series of incidents, including riots, were reported during the Ganesha festival in the state capital.

The premier investigation agency, in a joint operation along with the Karnataka Police, arrested accused Tabrez (35), a resident of Old Bengaluru Layout, Bengaluru City on Monday.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday arrested an alleged key conspirator in the riots in Bengaluru in August last year that left four people dead.

Twelve accused in the riots that took place in east Bengaluru in August last year were released on default bail today by the Karnataka High Court.

As the investigation into the August violence in Bengaluru progresses, the involvement of some Congress party members is increasingly coming into focus.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today joined growing protests against police crackdown on students of Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University. Students from campuses around the country have come out in strong support of counterparts from Jamia and AMU after Sunday evening's violence over the new citizenship law. Cops in both Delhi ...

Nitish Kumar, the Bihar Chief Minister whose track record as an administrator had been called into question last month, today chose a party meeting in Karnataka capital Bengaluru to send many messages to friends and foes back home.

Karnataka has been reprimanded by the Supreme Court for ignoring its order to share water with neighbour Tamil Nadu; it must urgently release water starting tomorrow for the next six days, said judges.

Unable to broker a compromise in a raging water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, Union Minister Uma Bharti has offered to "go on a hunger strike if there is any problem in either state".

Karnataka will not comply just yet with a Supreme Court order to urgently release more water from the Cauvery river to neighboring Tamil Nadu. The dispute over water between the two states has triggered riots in Bengaluru this month.

Karnataka's political leaders met this morning with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of the Congress to discuss how to handle the new Supreme Court order which calls for water to be released urgently to neighbouring Tamil Nadu. Karnataka was reprimanded by judges yesterday for defying the order, which was given last week.

An additional 700 riot control police personnel have been deployed in Karnataka to help the state government tackle protests over Cauvery river water sharing. The Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel have been sent to areas which have seen violent protests in recent days. Riot control personnel will be working with local administration to help rest...

The proposed Provident Fund rules of the Centre, outlined in this year's budget, found little favour anywhere, but it was south's IT capital Bengaluru that erupted over it. The rule was withdrawn on Tuesday.

Bengaluru: Confronted by protests - including a riot in Bengaluru that saw buses and police jeeps set on fire - the government has cancelled controversial new rules on when you can withdraw money from your provident fund, which serves as a savings plan for when salaried workers retire.