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‘Assess impact on Metro, suburban rail’: Tejaswi Surya flags concerns over Hebbal tunnel

Bengaluru: BJP MP Tejaswi Surya has urged Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar to halt further progress on the proposed Hebbal short tunnel project until a...

Cauvery water row: Karnataka bandh gets moral support, protests held across state

Bengaluru: Pro-Kannada organisations called for a Karnataka bandh from 6am to 6pm on Thursday to protest the Cauvery Water Control Committee’s (CWRC) direction to...

Karnataka Congress rejigs key posts after cabinet expansion; Deshpande, Vaidya get new roles

Bengaluru: Senior Congress MLA R.V. Deshpande has been appointed Chairman of the Karnataka State Administrative Reforms Commission with cabinet-rank status, as the ruling party...

Karnataka SIR: 2.41 lakh voters cleared from ASDDO list after verificatio

Bengaluru: More than 2.41 lakh voters in Karnataka have been cleared from the absent, permanently displaced, deceased, fake and other (ASDDO) category following house-to-house...

Bidadi Township row: Farmers seek final land acquisition notification from Karnataka govt

Bengaluru: A delegation of farmers from Bairamangala and Kanchugaranahalli villages met Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Tuesday and appealed to the state government to...

Karnataka ministers get key portfolios after marathon talks; six slots remain undecided

Bengaluru: After several rounds of discussions, portfolios have been allocated to 13 of the 19 newly inducted ministers in the Karnataka cabinet led by...

Six killed as oil tanker rams auto-rickshaw in Telangana

Sangareddy: Six people were killed and three others seriously injured after an oil tanker rammed an auto-rickshaw on National Highway 65 near Satwar village...

Cauvery water dispute: Karnataka mulls moving Supreme Court against CWRC order

Bengaluru: Karnataka is considering approaching the Supreme Court against the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee’s (CWRC) direction to release around 1 TMC of water daily...

‘19 lakh Bangladeshis in Karnataka’ claim politically motivated, says Parameshwara; action if verified

Tumakuru: Home minister G Parameshwara on Tuesday rejected the claim that 19 lakh Bangladeshi nationals are living in Karnataka, including 4.5 lakh in Bengaluru,...

Jharkhand recruitment scam row: Protesters clash with police; BJP calls state bandh

Ranchi: Protests over alleged irregularities in Jharkhand recruitment examinations intensified on Monday, with protesters and police clashing near the state Assembly. The BJP has...