Bangalore: The ruling BJP in Karnataka is bracing for a split as former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa will quit the party on Friday to launch his own outfit on Dec 9. The 69-year-old Yeddyurappa, credited with leading the Bharatiya Janata Party to power in the state for the first time in May 2008, is […]

Mangalore: Severe cold wave conditions prevailed over some parts of north-Interior Karnataka and some parts of South Interior Karnataka. Cold wave condition will prevail over parts of north-interior Karnataka during the night, Indian Meteorological Department sources said. Due to cold wave condition, Karnataka is experiencing below normal minimum temperature, Bangalore based KSNDMC director VS Prakash […]

Bangalore: The SSLC examination time table has been announced by the    Karnataka State Secondary Education Examination Board, for the year 2012-13. The exams will begin from April 1, 2013 and will be held upto April 10. The first language exam will be held on April 1, while the core subjects exams for JTS students will […]

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister SM Krishna has resigned from the Cabinet. His resignation, sent to the Prime Minister’s Office, comes just two days before an anticipated cabinet reshuffle. “I am making way for youngsters,” Mr Krishna said in Bangalore after resigning. He is 80 years old. Combined with that statement and the timing of […]

Bangalore : Karnataka today stopped release of Cauvery water from the Krishna Raja Sagar dam citing depleted storage, hours after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made it clear only the CRA can review its order directing the state to release 9,000 cusecs to Tamil Nadu. “As per the direction of Irrigation Department heads, we have closed […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has lifted the ban on iron ore mining in Category A mines in Karnataka  subject to their compliance with statutory clearances. The ban has been lifted for Category A mines  in Bellary, Chitradurga and Tumkur districts. The forest bench of the Apex Court has lifted the ban  only in 18 […]

Karnataka no doubt has a special place in the heart of the BJP  high command as it is the first southern state where a BJP government came to power. The party was claimed to be a party with a difference which will provide an administration with a difference. And indeed it was an administration with […]

New Delhi : In  a major step towards ending the ongoing political  crisis in Karnataka, BJP President Nitin Gadkari met senior leader LK Advani on Thursday night and held talks with the latter. The  high command is expected to take a final decision on leadership change by July 10 and as a prelude was consulting […]

Bangalore: South West Monsoon which has entered Kerala on June 4, Monday, is expected to advance further into Karnataka on June 5, Tuesday. Due to low pressure area in Arabian Sea, there was disturbance in wind flow, thus affecting the advancement of monsoon until now. The monsoon which will first enter coastal and Western Ghat […]

Maharashtra and Karnataka topped the list of cyber crimes registered in 2010 with 246 cases and 176 cases respectively, Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal said. “With the increase in the proliferation of Information Technology and related services, there is a rise in number of cyber crimes and cyber security incidents. The trend in increase […]