Karnataka

Bengaluru, Dec 2: Government Chief Whip and legislator V Sunil Kumar on Wednesday asked BJP State President Nalin Kumar Kateel to immediately convene a meeting of MLAs to put an end to leaders making statements to each other in public.

Bengaluru, Dec 2: The Covaxin Trails are going to be successful in the state and Karnataka is fully prepared for the distribution of Covid-19 vaccine, said Health & Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar.

Bengaluru, Dec 2: In a setback for those who indulge in politics over Hindu-Muslim weddings, the high court of Karnataka has declared that the “right of any major individual to marry the person of his/her choice is a fundamental right enshrined in the Constitution of India”.

Bengaluru, Dec 2: CCB Police have nabbed two drug peddlers and have seized Rs 50 lakhs worth 1,000 LSD Strips, two mobile phones and Rs 16,000 cash.

Bengaluru, Dec 2: An assistant scientist at Defence Research and Development Organisation, and five of his friends have taken up an initiative to remove unwanted objects like nails and staple pins from trees in Bengaluru.

Bengaluru, Dec 2: Karnataka's Private Schools Association has said that private schools in the state are facing a severe financial crunch, with some of them on the verge of shutting, due to non-payment of fee by parents.

Bengaluru, Dec 2: The Central Bureau of Investigation has got 24 hours to question former minister R Roshan Baig in custody in connection with the IMA scam.

Bengaluru, Dec 2: Former minister Varthur Prakash and his driver were allegedly kidnapped on November 25, brutally assaulted and held to ransom by a gang of eight kidnappers who had demanded Rs 30 crore for their release. Preliminary investigations revealed that Prakash had a dispute over a piece of land and had received threat calls, a senior police officer said.

Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka assembly Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said the Congress will oppose if the government tries to bring in legislation against "love jihad" and cow slaughter in the state during the coming winter session. His comments come in the wake of the Uttar Pradesh governor giving assent to an ordinance against forcible or fraudulent religious conversions, which provides for imprisonment of up to 10 years and fine of up to Rs 50,000 under different categories.

Chikkamagaluru, Dec 1: Police have arrested four people, including a government doctor, on charges of exploiting an unmarried woman and forcibly taking away her newborn baby at Koppa in the District.