Karnataka News

Karnataka BJP president BS Yeddyurappa on Tuesday accused Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda of being the "most opportunistic" politicians in the country, as he attacked the JDS-Congress government in the state on the farmers' issues.

Protests continue to rage in Karnataka, with sugarcane farmers from Belagavi insisting that the Congress-Janata Dal(Secular) government fix a respectable adequate minimum support price for their crop in view of falling prices and the glut in production.

The Central government has approved an additional assistance of Rs 546.21 crore to Karnataka, which was affected by floods and landslides in August, said an official statement on Monday.

The Karnataka Farmers' Association (KFA) on Monday gave the state government 15 days to meet their demands, including loan waiver, minimum support price for all crops and compensation for drought, failing which they would resume and intensify their stir.

Lighting a cigarette will not be allowed at bars, pubs, hotels and restaurants in Karnataka if these places don't have designated smoking areas, the state government has said in its latest order. Smoking will be allowed in the restricted area only after obtaining a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the civic body concerned.

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy's comments on a woman farmer have stirred up a controversy with the opposition training its guns on him. Hundreds of sugarcane farmers have been protesting in north Karnataka over the last few days over the minimum purchase price for sugarcane.

Hundreds of farmers, including the womenfolk, on Sunday staged a protests here against the state government's alleged indifference over ensuring minimum support price for sugarcane and in getting their arrears released from the mill owners.

A 20-year old student of the National Institute of Technology-Karnataka (NIT-K) jumped to death from his department building, sparking off a protest by other students who alleged constant nagging by a professor forced him to take his life, the police said.

Congress leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the much awaited expansion of the HD Kumaraswamy-led coalition cabinet will happen "at the earliest". He added that the party's state leadership would soon seek Congress President Rahul Gandhi's time to discuss about the expansion.

The accident took place when a bus, carrying a team of Mumbai based travelers, had a head-on collision with a lorry.

The Karnataka government is now among those to have entered the statue race as it plans to install a 125 feet tall one of Mother Cauvery near the Krishnarajasagara Dam on Cauvery River in Mandya district.

The much awaited expansion of the H D Kumaraswamy-led coalition cabinet in Karnataka will take place within this month, state Congress chief Dinesh Gundu Rao said on Wednesday.

Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday said his government has not indulged in "hate politics" or misused power against mining baron G Janardhana Reddy arrested in connection with a multi-crore ponzi scam case.

A court on Tuesday reserved orders on the bail petition filed by mining baron and former state minister G Janardhan Reddy, arrested in connection with a multi-crore ponzi scheme case.

Ananth Kumar Funeral: The funeral of union minister Ananth Kumar, 59, who died at 2 am on Monday, will take place today at 1 pm in Karnataka capital Bengaluru's Chamrajpet TR Mill crematorium.