Karnataka

Bengaluru, Nov 17: Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday termed the arrest of Congress leader and former Bengaluru Mayor Sampath Raj in the Bengaluru violence case as a major development that will lead to "exposure of the conspiracy and people behind it".

Bengaluru, Nov 17: After months of closure due to coronavirus-induced lockdown, colleges across Karnataka reopened on Tuesday following all COVID-19 health protocols.

Bengaluru, Nov 17: Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths arrested former Mayor R Sampath Raj, an accused in a case of August 11, DJ Halli and KG Halli riots, on Monday late night. He was on the run for over a month to evade arrest.

Bengaluru, Nov 16: Karnataka reported 1,157 new COVID-19 cases on Monday.

Haveri, Nov 16: A 21-year old man was arrested on Monday for allegedly raping and murdering his mother in Shiggavi of Haveri district in Karnataka. The accused, identified as Shivappa of Vanahalli, has confessed to the crime, police said. According to the police, the victim got into sexual relationships with her son Shivappa and a few other men after her husband’s death a year ago. Shivappa was

Bengaluru, Nov 16: The state’s Covid-19 numbers have continued to slip for the last 14 days in a row. Bengaluru’s tally of 840 fresh cases on Sunday suggests that the city’s Covid curve is seeing a dip towards the pre-surge era of July, when only triple-digit new numbers were being reported daily.

Kalaburagi, Nov 15: A week after the Maharashtra Police raided and seized a car belonging to the wife of Kalaburagi Rural MLA Basavaraj Mattimud, the BJP leader rued that he had been made the target of political machinations by his opponents.

Bengaluru, Nov 15: The Karnataka leader of opposition, Siddaramaiah, on Saturday countered the ruling BJP by asking what the state police were doing when former Mayor R. Sampath Raj went missing from the hospital they were keeping a watch on.

Bangalore, Nov 15: With Bengaluru Urban district accounting for 1,195 fresh cases and nine deaths on Friday, cumulatively, the city has reported 3,997 deaths, 3,56,440 infections and 3,34,258 discharges, the Covid-19 bulletin released by the health department for Friday on Saturday stated.

Bengaluru, Nov 14: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa has ordered the creation of a new ‘Maratha Development Authority’ for which Rs 50 crore will be set aside.