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Mangaluru: Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara chaired a peace meeting in Mangaluru on Wednesday with leaders of various religious communities to address rising communal tensions, including incidents of revenge killings and stabbings in the coastal region. The meeting, held at the Mangaluru Zilla Panchayat auditorium, was also attended by District In-charge Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao. Political leaders, community representatives, and heads of various organisations were invited for the discus ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister for Large and Medium Industries M. B. Patil on Tuesday said that the state government would press for granting two defence corridors for the state in a meeting with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. Addressing reporters at his residence here, Patil noted that the Central government had previously ignored Karnataka and granted defence corridors to Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh. "I had already brought this oversight to the attention of the Centre. We are demanding two ...Read More >
Mangaluru: The Mangaluru Chapter of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), in association with Art Kanara Trust, will commemorate screen legend Guru Dutt on the occasion of his birth centenary with a panel discussion titled "Guru Dutt -Remembering the Man and His Persona, Movies and Messages" on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at 5:00 PM at the Kodialguthu Centre for Art and Culture, Ballalbagh, Mangaluru. All movie lovers are welcome to attend and be part of this meaningful ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has suspended the Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF) and two other officers in connection with the shocking deaths of a tigress and her four cubs in the Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary in Chamarajanagar district. Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environment Eshwar Khandre recommended the suspensions based on the preliminary findings of a high-level committee headed by Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Kumar Pushkar. The suspension order ...Read More >
ISLAMABAD: Indian Deputy Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Rahul R Singh Friday claimed China used the four-day Pakistan-India conflict in May like a "live lab" to test various weapon systems and was providing all possible support to Islamabad in line with its ancient military strategy of killing the adversary with a "borrowed knife". The senior Indian military officer claimed while Pakistan was the "front face", with China extending all possible support to its all-weather ally, Turkiye was also playin ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court, while granting temporary relief to Chief Whip and BJP MLC N. Ravikumar in the case related to alleged objectionable remarks against Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh, expressed concern over the deteriorating standard of language used by politicians. Hearing the petition challenging the FIR, the High Court bench headed by Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar on Friday issued an interim order directing that no coercive action be taken against Ravikumar until July 8. The ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Double Olympic medalist and world number one javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra paid a courtesy visit to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at his residence on Thursday. CM Siddaramaiah honoured Neeraj Chopra with a traditional Mysuru Peta, a sandalwood garland, and presented him a shawl. Neeraj Chopra presented Siddaramaiah a bouquet and the Chief Minister extended his best wishes to the Olympian. Karnataka Olympic Association President and Congress MLC Govindaraju was also present on the occa ...Read More >
Telangana pharma unit blast: Search continues for 13 missing workers Hyderabad: Search for 13 missing workers following the blast at a pharmaceutical unit at Pashamyalaram near Hyderabad continued on Wednesday. More than 48 hours after the blast at Sigachi Industries Pvt. Ltd., which claimed the lives of 36 workers, the rescue teams continued clearing debris. According to officials, 13 workers were still missing, and it is feared that they were trapped under the debris of the three-storey bui ...Read More >
Amarnath Yatra 2025: Devotees arrive with enthusiasm, undeterred by security concerns Jammu: As preparations for the Amarnath Yatra 2025 enter the final stages, devotees from across India and abroad began arriving early Monday morning at Saraswati Dham to collect their tickets for the annual pilgrimage, which is scheduled to begin on July 3. Despite recent incidents, including a terror attack near Pahalgam, pilgrims stood firm in their resolve to undertake the sacred journey. Speaking to IANS ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana), June 28 (IANS) Two-time World Champion Nikhat Zareen opened her campaign in the 48-51kg category with a clinical 4:1 win over Uttar Pradesh's Rashi Sharma in the Elite Women's Boxing Tournament at the Saroornagar Indoor Stadium here on Saturday. In another bout, Haryana's Anjali got the better of World Championships bronze medallist Manisha Moun in the 57-60 kg category. Organised by the Telangana Boxing Federation under the aegis of the Boxing Federation of India and th ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) A little while ago, when I looked out of the window, we were passing over Hawaii. From here, we see sunrise and sunset 16 times a day, said Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian to enter the International Space Station (ISS), during a video interaction with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday. Shukla, who became only the second Indian to travel to space after Rakesh Sharma's historic journey in 1984, reached the ISS on Thursday as part of the internati ...Read More >
Kolkata, June 28 (IANS) A security guard attached to the law college at Kasba in South Kolkata where the rape of a female student of the same college was committed on the evening of June 25, has been taken into custody by the Investigating Officials probing the case, Kolkata Police confirmed on Saturday. The security guard also happens to be the sole witness of the crime as per the police complaint filed by the victim. He had been taken into custody on Friday night for interrogation, since his ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) Air India SATS (AISATS) has sacked four senior officials after a video of an office party in Gurugram went viral, triggering widespread shock and outrage over the callous attitude of the staffers as the nation mourns the death of 270 people in the tragic Ahmedabad plane crash. The video, which featured AISATS Chief Operating Officer Abraham Zachariah and other officials dancing to blaring music, was widely condemned on social media. AISATS is a company that provides a ...Read More >
Srinagar, June 27 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday visited the special national integration camp (SNIC) 2025 at the Badami Bagh Cantonment in Srinagar and said that the strength of India lies in its unity in diversity and this unity in diversity is truly seen at camps like the SNIC 2025. A Defence Ministry statement said: "The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, visited the Special National Integration Camp (SNIC) 2025 at Badami Bagh Cantonment, Srin ...Read More >
Bengaluru, June 27 (IANS) An incident of robbery has been reported from the Vidyaranyapura police station limits in Bengaluru, where a gang of six assailants attacked a businessman with a knife and robbed him of Rs 2 crore in cash. The incident occurred on June 25 but has come to light recently. Police have detained two suspects in connection with the case and are currently questioning them. Sriharsha V., a 33-year-old businessman from Kengeri New Town, has filed a police complaint regarding t ...Read More >
Odisha: IAS officer caught red-handed for taking bribe of Rs 10 lakh Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance officials have caught an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and the Sub-Collector of Dharamgarh red handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 10 lakh from a businessman in the Kalahandi district, officials said. "On June 8, 2025, a short while ago, Dhiman Chakma , an IAS officer of (2021 batch) and a Sub-Collector of Dharamgarh area of Kalahandi district, has been caught red handed while ...Read More >
Telangana Cabinet expansion: Congress pacifies disgruntled MLAs Hyderabad: Telangana's ruling Congress on Sunday initiated steps to pacify MLAs who are unhappy over not being inducted into the state Cabinet. Party in charge for Telangana, Meenakshi Natrajan, state President Mahesh Kumar Goud and other leaders held talks with the MLAs who are disappointed over being left out. Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Sunday expanded his Cabinet by inducting three ministers - G. Vivek Venkatswamy, Adl ...Read More >
TN: HM Amit Shah says BJP-AIADMK alliance will form govt in 2026 Chennai: Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Sunday said that the BJP-AIADMK alliance will form the government in Tamil Nadu next year after winning the forthcoming Assembly elections. Addressing a public meeting in Madurai, Union Minister Shah declared, "The NDA government of the BJP-AIADMK alliance will be formed in Tamil Nadu in 2026. I may live in Delhi, but my ears are always tuned to Tamil Nadu." He laun ...Read More >
MADURAI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who arrived in Madurai on Saturday night, will be taking part in the BJP's state core committee meeting during the day on Sunday, and address party functionaries at Velammal Global Hospital Ground in the evening. BJP sources said Shah will be visiting the Meenakshi Amman Temple on Sunday morning, where he is expected to spend around 30 minutes. He will then hold a meeting with the state's core committee, which includes union minister for state L Murugan, ...Read More >
Indore couple case: Meghalaya BJP minister backs families' CBI probe demand Shillong: Even as the hectic search for the missing Madhya Pradesh woman continued for over two weeks on Saturday, Meghalaya's lone BJP Minister, Alexander Laloo Hek has supported the families' demand for a CBI probe into the death of Raja Raghuvanshi, whose wife Sonam is still missing. The decomposed body of Sonam's husband Raja Raghuvanshi was recovered on June 2. The couple from Indoor in Madhya Pradesh went missin ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday, ordered an increase in compensation for the 11 families of those who died in the June 4 Chinnaswamy Stadium tragedy, raising the amount to Rs 25 lakh each. Previously, the government had announced Rs 10 lakh in compensation per family. Union Minister for Large and Heavy Industries H.D. Kumaraswamy, Union Minister of State Shobha Karandlaje, and the Karnataka BJP leadership have demanded a compensation of Rs 50 lakh for the families o ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Hitting out at the Karnataka Congress leaders who defended the June 4 Chinnaswamy Stadium stampede incident which claimed 11 lives by comparing it to the Prayagraj tragedy where at least 30 people died, Union Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Labour and Employment Shobha Karandlaje said that 66 crore people had gathered in Prayagraj. Speaking to the media at the BJP office in Bengaluru on Saturday, the Union Minister stated: "You talk about the Prayagraj i ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Friday provided relief from coercive action to the office-bearers of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), who were facing the prospect of arrest in connection with the stampede near Chinnaswamy Stadium during a felicitation programme for the RCB, in which 11 persons were killed. Meanwhile, taking up the petition filed by Malavika Naik, questioning the arrest of her husband Nikhil Sosale, the Marketing Head of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), t ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) filed a writ petition with the High Court on Friday, challenging the state government's decision to file an FIR against the association's office bearers for the stampede at Chinnaswamy Stadium. The KSCA claims the government is trying to shift the blame onto them to escape public outrage regarding the stampede outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium on June 4, which killed 11 people in Bengaluru. The writ has been presented to the High Court, a ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The police on Friday intensified their hunt for four more accused persons in connection with the stampede near Chinnaswamy Stadium that claimed 11 lives. Earlier, four people, including the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Marketing Head and DNA Event Management Company staffers, were arrested at the airport. The personnel from the Cubbon Park police, who registered the case, and a special wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) are conducting a joint operation. According to source ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday announced the suspension of five senior police officers, including the Bengaluru Police Commissioner and DCP (Central Division) in connection with the to stampede incident near the Chinnaswamy Stadium here on June 4 which resulted in the death of at least 11 people. CM Siddaramaiah made the announcement at the emergency press meeting held at the Vidhana Soudha here. The CM further announced the handing over of the case to the Criminal ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The police have filed an FIR against the management of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), DNA event management company, and the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), naming them as accused regarding the stampede incident near the Chinnaswamy Stadium here on June 4 which resulted in deaths of at least 11 people. The development has come 24 hours after the tragic incident and amid criticism from the opposition and activists who questioned the government's move to register only an ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka BJP has criticised the Congress-led state government's decision to file a defamation case in connection with a newspaper advertisement that highlighted the government's failures. The advertisement, presented as a "charge sheet", was released on the occasion of the Congress government completing two years in office. BJP State President B.Y. Vijayendra said on Monday, "A second chapter of 'emergency' has begun in Karnataka. But the power to reverse it lies with democracy ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP has slammed the Congress-led government in the state over the flood and waterlogging situation in Bengaluru, saying that the city's reputation has suffered at the global level. The Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Legislative Assembly, R. Ashoka, in a statement on Monday, demanded that the government immediately release Rs 1,000 crore for relief operations following the rain-induced disaster in Bengaluru. On Sunday night, rainfall ranging from 103 to 130 mm caused hav ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya approached the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday seeking direction to banks to provide details of the total amount recovered against loans obtained by him, United Breweries Holdings Limited (UBHL, now in liquidation). Considering the plea, the High Court has issued notices to concerned banks in this regard. The bench headed by Justice R. Devadas passed the order issuing notices to banks, and recovery officers and adjourned the matter till February ...Read More >
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