Karnataka News

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday said five people were killed in the powerful explosion of a truckload of gelatin sticks at a stone crushing unit in Shivamogga district and assured action against unlawful mining and those responsible for the mishap.

Expelled AIADMK leader VK Sasikala is conscious and well-oriented, doctors treating her said on Friday, a day after the 63-year-old jailed aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa tested positive for the coronavirus and was shifted to intensive care.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, fighting resentment in his party BJP after including new ministers in his cabinet, has been forced to change their portfolios in a matter of 24 hours. Some ministers had complained about their departments.

Four people were killed in an explosion at a stone mining quarry in Karnataka's Shivamogga district, the police control room said. The possibility of subsequent explosions at the quarry at Hunasondi near village Abbalagere has not been ruled out by the police since some dynamite sticks are still live, the police said. Bomb disposal squads have been called in and the entire area has been sealed off.

Expelled AIADMK leader VK Sasikala has tested positive for the coronavirus and shifted to the COVID-19 intensive care unit, doctors treating the 63-year-old jailed aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said on Thursday.

A week after expanding his cabinet, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa today allocated portfolios to the seven new inductees and also effected a reshuffle of the departments of some ministers.

Kannada Actor Ragini Dwivedi, arrested in a drugs case, was granted bail by the Supreme Court today. She was jailed in September over allegations of links with an international drug cartel.

The Karnataka BJP legislators, who were left out of the recent cabinet expansion and have criticised the decision, are hoping to draw the attention of the party's high command to their complaints. It is, however, unlikely that their criticism will impact the stability of the BS Yediyurappa government that enjoys a comfortable majority in the Assembly.

As the deadlock between the farmers and the centre over the three contentious farm laws continues, the Karnataka Congress today took out a huge rally in the state capital Bengaluru against the legislations.

The decades-old Karnataka-Maharashtra border issue has been fanned yet again as the two states spar amid remarks by the chief minsters and other political leaders. There are many Marathi speakers in the border district of Belagavi in north Karnataka.

After witnessing a 62% turnout of potential recipients on day-1 of the national inoculation drive against Covid-19, the Karnataka government today hoped more people will show up and get themselves vaccinated today. The target for the day, which saw private hospitals joining the mission, is to get around 4,000 frontline workers to get the jab in two sessions.

Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy today launched a broadside against Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Karnataka's BJP leaders over Kannada not being used on a plaque unveiled at a Rapid Action Force unit's foundation stone-laying ceremony in Shivamogga district. The use of only English and Hindi on the panel was an "insult to the pride of Kannadigas", the JDS leader said.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka will not only complete its five-year term but also return to power with absolute majority in the state, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said today.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday laid the foundation stone for two national highway projects in Karnataka, to be built at a cost of Rs 323 crore.

Eleven people, including the driver, died when their tempo-traveller collided with a truck near Karnataka's Dhardwad city, some 430 km north-west of its capital Bengaluru.