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Basavaraj Bommai took oath as Karnataka Chief Minister today, succeeding BS Yediyurappa who resigned on Monday. Mr Bommai was sworn-in by the Governor in a brief ceremony in state capital Bengaluru. Mr Yediyurappa was present on the stage.

VK Sasikala, expelled AIADMK leader and a close aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, has been released after spending four years in a Bengaluru jail in a corruption case. She will, however, remain in a hospital in the city as she is being treated for Covid. She will also continue to get protection from Karnataka Police as long a...

Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar's daughter today got engaged to the son of coffee baron VG Siddhartha, the founder of Cafe Coffee Day, who died last year. Amartya, the groom-to-be, is also the grandson of former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP leader SM Krishna.

Kannada actress Sanjjanaa Galrani has been arrested after the Bengaluru Police widened its probe into the illegal drug market and its alleged links with the Kannada film industry. The actor was questioned today before she was taken into custody, officials said. He arrest comes days after the arrest of another Kannada actress, Ragini Dwivedi, on dru...

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said he will work from his home for a few days after some of the staff members at his official home office, "Krishna",in central Bengaluru tested positive for coronavirus. The Chief Minister has also tweeted the update.

IT giant Infosys flew back some of its employees and their families who were stranded in the United States due to the coronavirus crisis and visa issues. They were flown back in a chartered flight. 200 people, employees and their families, were flown to Bengaluru, reaching early Monday morning. They will be working from Bengaluru or other locations...

The Congress in Karnataka has termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to West Bengal today to assess the impact of Cyclone Amphan as "double standards", pointing out that he did not visit Karnataka during the flood in the southern state last year that left over 90 people dead.

Residents of Bengaluru woke up to heavy rain this morning. The downpour, which was on for a few hours, has left some low-lying parts of the city flooded. The rain and cloudy skies also led to a dip in the temperature.

A little girl, seated in front of her father's motorcycle, is seen waving and crying as she looks at her mother who is standing inside a hospital in north Karnataka's Belagavi. Her mother is a nurse who is in the frontline of the battle against coronavirus and hasn't gone home or met her family for over 15 days. The young mother, helpless, is unabl...

The Karnataka government held an emergency meeting today, a day after a young software engineer who works in Bengaluru was tested positive for coronavirus in Hyderabad. The man is among the two new cases of the deadly virus that has infected more than 88,000 people across the globe and killed over 3,000. All those who came in contact with the techi...

The internet shutdown amid increasing protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA has been widened to several other towns in Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka, after three persons died and many were injured as protests swept at least 10 states on Thursday. The snapping of the internet has led to a communication clampdown in many cities includin...

Over Rs. 4 crore in cash was found by Income Tax officials during raids at multiple places linked to former Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara and his associates since yesterday, officials said this morning.

Income Tax department officials are conducting searches at multiple places linked to former Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara and his associates. Around 30 places linked in Bengaluru and Tumakuru, linked to Mr Parameshwara, are being searched, sources in the Income Tax department said. The senior Congress leader said he is not aware of...

Karnataka Congress's chief troubleshooter DK Shivakumar, appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in Delhi on Friday for being questioned in connection with a money-laundering case. The former minister faces arrest after his request for protection from arrest was rejected by the Karnataka High Court on Thursday.

Article 370: The dramatic announcement by the government on Monday to end special status to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 and birfurcate the state into two union territories raised a political storm and strong reactions. For Aabha Hanjura, a singer who was displaced from Kashmir in the 1990s during the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits, music is her...

Basavaraj Bommai took oath as Karnataka Chief Minister today, succeeding BS Yediyurappa who resigned on Monday. Mr Bommai was sworn-in by the Governor in a brief ceremony in state capital Bengaluru. Mr Yediyurappa was present on the stage.

VK Sasikala, expelled AIADMK leader and a close aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, has been released after spending four years in a Bengaluru jail in a corruption case. She will, however, remain in a hospital in the city as she is being treated for Covid. She will also continue to get protection from Karnataka Police as long a...

Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar's daughter today got engaged to the son of coffee baron VG Siddhartha, the founder of Cafe Coffee Day, who died last year. Amartya, the groom-to-be, is also the grandson of former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP leader SM Krishna.

Kannada actress Sanjjanaa Galrani has been arrested after the Bengaluru Police widened its probe into the illegal drug market and its alleged links with the Kannada film industry. The actor was questioned today before she was taken into custody, officials said. He arrest comes days after the arrest of another Kannada actress, Ragini Dwivedi, on dru...

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said he will work from his home for a few days after some of the staff members at his official home office, "Krishna",in central Bengaluru tested positive for coronavirus. The Chief Minister has also tweeted the update.

IT giant Infosys flew back some of its employees and their families who were stranded in the United States due to the coronavirus crisis and visa issues. They were flown back in a chartered flight. 200 people, employees and their families, were flown to Bengaluru, reaching early Monday morning. They will be working from Bengaluru or other locations...

The Congress in Karnataka has termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to West Bengal today to assess the impact of Cyclone Amphan as "double standards", pointing out that he did not visit Karnataka during the flood in the southern state last year that left over 90 people dead.

Residents of Bengaluru woke up to heavy rain this morning. The downpour, which was on for a few hours, has left some low-lying parts of the city flooded. The rain and cloudy skies also led to a dip in the temperature.

A little girl, seated in front of her father's motorcycle, is seen waving and crying as she looks at her mother who is standing inside a hospital in north Karnataka's Belagavi. Her mother is a nurse who is in the frontline of the battle against coronavirus and hasn't gone home or met her family for over 15 days. The young mother, helpless, is unabl...

The Karnataka government held an emergency meeting today, a day after a young software engineer who works in Bengaluru was tested positive for coronavirus in Hyderabad. The man is among the two new cases of the deadly virus that has infected more than 88,000 people across the globe and killed over 3,000. All those who came in contact with the techi...

The internet shutdown amid increasing protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA has been widened to several other towns in Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka, after three persons died and many were injured as protests swept at least 10 states on Thursday. The snapping of the internet has led to a communication clampdown in many cities includin...

Over Rs. 4 crore in cash was found by Income Tax officials during raids at multiple places linked to former Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara and his associates since yesterday, officials said this morning.

Income Tax department officials are conducting searches at multiple places linked to former Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara and his associates. Around 30 places linked in Bengaluru and Tumakuru, linked to Mr Parameshwara, are being searched, sources in the Income Tax department said. The senior Congress leader said he is not aware of...

Karnataka Congress's chief troubleshooter DK Shivakumar, appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in Delhi on Friday for being questioned in connection with a money-laundering case. The former minister faces arrest after his request for protection from arrest was rejected by the Karnataka High Court on Thursday.

Article 370: The dramatic announcement by the government on Monday to end special status to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 and birfurcate the state into two union territories raised a political storm and strong reactions. For Aabha Hanjura, a singer who was displaced from Kashmir in the 1990s during the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits, music is her...