Reported by Nehal Kidwai, Edited by S Shobana | Saturday February 23, 2019, BENGALURU
A major fire broke out in the forest area of the Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Karnataka on Saturday. It has reportedly destroyed over 150 acres of the forest.
The Karnataka High Court will pronounce the order on quashing of a First Information Report (FIR) filed against former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa over a controversial audio clip.
Congress MLA JN Ganesh was arrested on Wednesday near a restaurant at Somnath in Gujarat, weeks after he was declared absconding for allegedly assaulting another lawmaker from his party during a brawl at a resort.
Four men who vandalised the ancient ruins of the world-famous monuments in Karnataka's Hampi were made to re-erect the pillars by a local court, according to reports.
Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy today rejected allegations that a controversial tape supposedly containing a conversation between BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa and the son of a Janata Dal (Secular) legislator is fake. Mimicry is not easy to do, he commented.
The Income-Tax department arrested and jailed a Karnataka businessman for defaulting on paying Rs 7.35 crore as income tax arrears and interest despite reminders, an official said today.
Two out of four Congress legislators, against whom a disqualification petition is pending with the Karnataka assembly speaker, on Friday met with party leader and former chief minister Siddaramaiah and reportedly pledged loyalty to the party.
Facing disapproval from women lawmakers for comparing himself to a rape survivor, Karnataka Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar Wednesday expunged his own remarks made in the House and sought pardon from them.
Four Congress lawmakers who had gone missing for several weeks amid the political turmoil in Karnataka surfaced here this morning, two days after the party recommended their disqualification to the state assembly speaker.
Karnataka assembly speaker Ramesh Kumar compared himself to a "rape survivor" having to undergo repeated questioning as he referred to repeated charges against him being part of the controversial audio tapes, over which government has announced a special investigative team or an SIT.
Opposing the SIT probe into an audio clip containing his purported conversation to lure a JD(S) lawmaker, Karnataka BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa on Monday said it was not appropriate for an agency under the Chief Minister to inquire into it as Kumaraswamy himself is the "first accused".
Cracking the whip, the Congress on Monday sought disqualification of four rebel lawmakers under the Anti-Defection law after they repeatedly remained defiant, skipping the assembly session and legislature party meetings.
