Mysuru : The Karnataka bandh called by a few Kannada organisations demanding implementation of Dr. Sarojini Mahishi’s report evoked a poor response in the Mysuru region on Thursday. The bandh did not affect the normal life in Mysuru region, comprising Mysuru, Mandya, Hassan, and Chamarajanagar districts. However, many organisations extended moral support to the bandh or […]

Bengaluru : Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa met pro-Kannada activists who have called for Karnataka bandh on Thursday. The activists submitted a memorandum to Yediyurappa and urged him to implement Sarojini Mahishi report in the state. The bandh call was given by some pro-Kannada organisations to demand implementation of a report which recommended job reservation to […]

Bengaluru : The bandh call given by some pro-Kannada organisations to demand implementation of a report which recommended job reservation to Kannadigas had little effect on normal life in Bengaluru and other parts of the state on Thursday. Barring a stray incident of stone pelting at a bus in Dakshina Kannada district, the bandh was […]

Bangaluru: Several private schools and State government offices are expected to be closed on Thursday owing to the Karnataka bandh called by various organisations against the “Centre’s apathy” towards the Mahadayi dispute. On Tuesday, the Associated Managements of Primary and Secondary Schools in Karnataka sent an advisory to schools that they should remain closed on […]

Mangaluru : Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha leader Vatal Nagaraj on Thursday ‘regretted’ his statement that the people in Dakshina Kannada had no humanity and said that he believed in oneness of Kannadigas. Mr. Nagaraj, who was here to address a media conference, was confronted by presspersons who sought a clarification on his statement made during […]

Bengaluru : Normal life in the country’s IT capital and several parts of Karnataka was crippled today as a 12-hour statewide bandh called by pro-Kannada outfits to protest Tamil Nadu’s opposition to Mekedatu drinking water project across the river Cauvery, began. Bus, auto and taxi services were badly hit in Bengaluru, causing hardship to commuters, […]

Bangalore : The dawn-to-dusk Karnataka bandh called by pro-Kannada outfits to protest release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu on Saturday disrupted normal life in Bangalore and river basin districts even as windowpanes of some buses were damaged in stone-pelting incidents. In Bangalore city, miscreants pelted stones on some BMTC buses and damaged its windowpanes, […]