Karnataka

Bengaluru, Aug 23: Karnataka Housing and Minorities Welfare Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan has said that the government is thinking to increase the loan amount given to meritorious minority students from three lakh to five lakh rupees.

Chikkamagaluru, Aug 23: In a shocking incident, a Class 9 student has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in the hostel in Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka.

Bengaluru, Aug 23: Karnataka has reported 70 per cent deficit rainfall since June 1 as monsoon turned patchy leading to a severe drinking water crisis in parts of the state, including Bengaluru and its outskirts.

Bengaluru, Aug 23: Former chief minister and JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday said that Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar can buy anyone, except the H D Deve Gowda family.

Bengaluru, Aug 23: Three lunar missions in 15 years! It seems the Moon truly beckons ISRO. And why not? Scientists found frozen water deposits in the darkest and coldest parts of the Moon’s polar regions for the first time using data from the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft in 2009.

Bengaluru, Aug 22: The Karnataka transport department has announced that it will be mandatory for all vehicles registered prior to April 1, 2019 to have high-security registration plates (HSRP) from November 17, 2023.

Mandya, Aug 22: The protest against releasing water from the Krishna Raja Sagara (KRS) dam to Tamil Nadu continued in Mandya, for the second day on Tuesday.

Shivamogga, Aug 21: Unidentified miscreants vandalised and brought down a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at a road intersection at Holehonnur in Shivamogga district in the wee hours of Monday, police said.

Bengaluru, Aug 19: Even as the poll bugle was sounded for 2024 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the prospects of the saffron party in Karnataka, which was considered as the gateway to south India for the party seem to be bleak.

Bengaluru, Aug 19: Facing flak from various quarters including the opposition BJP, the Karnataka government has withdrawn the circular that stopped funding to state-run Hindu temples for development work.