Days after a sex scandal tape allegedly featuring Karnataka minister Ramesh Jarkiholi (now resigned) came to the fore, six of his cabinet colleagues on Saturday obtained a media gag, apprehending that they may also be defamed.
After a gap of nearly 16 years, Jarkiholis, the famous five brothers in the political circles in the North Karnataka region, are out of the power corridor at least temporarily
Supporters of former Karnataka minister Ramesh Jarkiholi have been on a rampage in Gokak damaging public property, ever since he quit the cabinet over an alleged sex scandal. Besides pelting stones at buses and attacking motorists on road, they have been forcefully shutting shops.
Jarkiholi resigned on Wednesday a day after a CD allegedly involving him and an unidentified woman was played by local TV channels. Kalahalli had filed a complaint with the Bengaluru police alleging coercion and “sexual harassment” by Jarkiholi
The minister resigned pending an investigation into the alleged incident where he was accused of sexually exploiting a woman who sought his help for a documentary on dams
Two days ahead of the budget session in Karnataka Assembly, BJP Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi has landed in trouble over allegations of sexual assault and cheating against him.
Activist Dinesh Kallhalli on March 2 complained to Bengaluru Commissioner of Police Kamal Pant, alleging that Jarkiholi sexually assaulted a woman and sought sexual favours ...
After tossing around several locations for the Film City project for the Kannada film industry, the axe finally fell on the eco-sensitive zone of Hesarghatta, the last standing grassland on the outskirts of Bengaluru
In a decision criticised by the Opposition, Karnataka’s BJP government has approved new Innova cars, priced at ₹ 13.8 crore, for its 32 ministers and 28 MPs, media reports said
DMK president MK Stalin on Sunday (March 7) released the party's vision document for the next 10 years, focussing on thrust areas such as economy, agriculture, water resources, education and health, urban development, rural infrastructure and social justice.
Guwahati: The AICC on Sunday issued the second list of three candidates for the prestigious Titabor, Dhakuakhana and Naoboicha assembly constituencies of Assam, which goes to polls in the first phase on March 27.
As vaccines are being rolled out across the world, and there are apprehensions regarding their effectiveness, genome sequencing would provide valuable inputs to tweak vaccine design.
Popular media constantly makes us feel we are not good enough, instilling a fear in us of missing out on something big, of not making enough money or that we are marrying too late or for debating whether to have a kid or not, or for not maintaining the ideal weight!
Two days after six people were killed while allegedly trying to dispose of illegally procured explosives in a stone quarry, the state police arrested the key accused G S Nagaraja, partner-owner of the quarry, a BJP leader from Chikkaballapur
Bengaluru: Several private schools in Karnataka remained shut on Tuesday (February 23) in protest against the state government's order to slash 30% of their tuition fees for the academic year 2020-21.
The Panchamasali community, one of the dominant subsects of the Lingayat caste, has been pressuring the BS Yediyurappa government to provide them a higher reservation in the caste quota.
Currently, the Panchamasalis are in category 3B with 5 per cent reservation and share it with other caste or religious groups like the Marathas, Jains, and Chri...
Bengaluru: Urging people to take necessary precautions, while cautioning about the possible second wave of COVID-19, Karnataka Health Minister, K Sudhakar, on Saturday (February 20), said that according to experts till March end it is crucial
Three years after a dramatic rout by the BJP in Karnataka, the JD(S) has decided to bury the hatchet and form an alliance with the saffron party to facilitate the election of its leader Basavraj Horatti as the chairman of the state Legislative Council. In an interview with Hindustan Times, JD(S) leader and former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy, howe...
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has made some glaring observations in its report on public sector undertakings in Karnataka, pointing out the mounting losses, lack of transparency in maintaining account books, and delay in projects and building excess capacity.
The recently held Youth Congress election in Karnataka has brought the party’s internal tussle to the fore. Mohammed Haris Nalapad, son of three-time MLA NA Haris, won the election with nearly a 7,000-vote margin.
An IPS officer of the Karnataka cadre has filed a complaint of dowry harassment against her husband, an IFS officer and his family in Bengaluru.
Thirty-four-year-old Vartika Katiyar, a 2010-batch officer of the Karnataka cadre in her complaint has alleged that her husband Niteen Subhash Yeola, a deputy secretary in the Ministry of External Affai...
Transport department employees in Karnataka have said they will go on strike later this month as the government has failed to pay their salaries and also honour the promises it made during an earlier strike in December 2020.
In a brazen attack, a right-wing lawyer Meera Raghavendra threw ink on the face of noted Kannada writer and rationalist K S Bhagwan on Thursday (February 4) on a court's premises in Bengaluru for allegedly hurting Hindu sentiments.The lawyer also posted a video of the incident on her social media account with the slogan, 'Jai Shri Ram', which has gone viral.
A black panther was killed by a train, Mangala Express, on a railway bridge near Kundapura in Udupi district, Karnataka at 2 am on Tuesday (February 2)
The election of MK Pranesh of the BJP as deputy chairperson of the Karnataka Legislative Council today, with support from the Janata Dal Secular JD(S), has once again sparked off speculation about an alliance between the two parties.
Bengaluru: The joint session of the Karnataka Legislature, set to begin today (January 28), is likely to be a stormy affair with Congress all geared up to corner the state’s BJP government over a series of issues including the recent accident in illegal mines in Shivamogga.
The farmers of Karnataka have planned to take out a rally in Bengaluru along the lines of the tractor march planned by their protesting brethren at the borders of Delhi, on Republic Day.
The protest call comes in the backdrop of farmers from the southern state extending their support to the agitating farmers in Delhi who are demanding a repeal o...
Under pressure from his own party men, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa changed portfolios of new cabinet ministers within 24 hours of their appointment.
In the backdrop of simmering discontent among party MLAs after his much-anticipated cabinet expansion last week, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa has gone ahead and allocated portfolios to his seven new inductees today.
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday (January 18) slammed Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray for his statement on “integration of Marathi language and culture into Maharashtra”, and said it is “contrary to the principles of the Indian Union”.
Bagalkote (Karnataka): With the Delhi protests painting the Modi government as being anti-farmers, Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Sunday sought to do an image makeover, asserting that doubling farmers' income was the Centre's biggest priority.
At the start of 2021, Reliance Retail procured paddy (sona masuri variety) from a farmer producer company in Karnataka’s Raichur paying 4.4 percent higher than the minimum support price set by the government
