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Karnataka cabinet clears 56K jobs, two bills against caste discrimination

BENGALURU, Feb. 27 -- The Karnataka cabinet on Thursday approved filling 56,000 vacant government posts, cleared legislation to address caste killings and approved introducing the Rohith Vemula Act, w... Read More


Pocso case against seer after KSCPCR takes note of video

BENGALURU, Feb. 27 -- A self-styled seer in Yadgir district has been booked under the Pocso Act after a video purportedly showing him inappropriately touching a seven-year-old girl at his shrine was c... Read More


7 minors held for murder of 16-year-old boy

BENGALURU, Feb. 25 -- Security was heightened in Karnataka's Urugadur area near Shivamogga on Tuesday after a 16-year-old student died following an assault by a group of minors outside a government sc... Read More


Preparations for local polls underway: CM

BENGALURU, Feb. 24 -- Siddaramaiah said the Karnataka government has begun preparations to hold long-delayed elections to zilla panchayats and taluk panchayats, signalling that the polls could be comp... Read More


Over 30 legislators write to Congress leadership to seek ministerial positions

BENGALURU, Feb. 24 -- Internal strains within the state Congress have deepened after dozens of newly elected legislators formally asked the party's central and state leadership to induct them into the... Read More


Karnataka mulls ban on mobile phones for students below 16

BENGALURU, Feb. 23 -- The Karnataka government is considering prohibiting students under 16 from using mobile phones, with chief minister Siddaramaiah initiating consultations with vice chancellors of... Read More


Missing student from K'taka found dead in US

BENGALURU, Feb. 16 -- A 22-year-old Indian graduate student who was missing for the past six days in the United States has been found dead, officials confirmed. The Indian Consulate in San Francisco ... Read More


Retd Navy captain, wife killed; son held in B'luru

BENGALURU, Feb. 12 -- A 33-year-old man was arrested for allegedly fatally stabbing his retired Navy captain father and his dentist mother inside their home in Bengaluru's Whitefield area on Wednesday... Read More


'Ask something else', Siddaramaiah tells media on leadership change

BENGALURU, Feb. 12 -- Chief minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said he and his deputy DK Shivakumar would abide by any decision of the Congress high command on the leadership question. This comes afte... Read More


Siddaramiah's son dismisses leadership change talk

BENGALURU, Feb. 7 -- Uncertainty over Karnataka's political leadership resurfaced this week as senior Congress figures offered sharply different public tones, even while one of them insisted the quest... Read More