Bengaluru, July 3 (IANS) One month after D.K. Shivakumar assumed office as the Chief Minister of Karnataka, the state continues to function with only 13 ministers, leaving 20 Cabinet berths vacant despite the Council of Ministers being permitted to have up to 34 members.The prolonged delay in Cabinet expansion, attributed to political calculations and lobbying within the ruling Congress, has left several key departments without dedicated ministers at a time when the state is grappling with a sev…
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Bengaluru, July 3 (IANS) In a significant development in the alleged witness intimidation and threat case linked to the high-profile Renukaswamy murder trial involving jailed Kannada actor Darshan, investigators have found that chat histories and call records had been deleted from the mobile phones of the arrested accused.Police sources said that mobile phones belonging to the four arrested accused had been wiped of data before they were seized. WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook chat histories, a…
Bengaluru, July 3 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Labour & Employment, Shobha Karandlaje, on Friday alleged that illegal birth certificates were being issued through cyber centres in Karnataka after the commencement of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to intervene.Addressing a press conference at the BJP state headquarters, Jagannath Bhavan, in Bengaluru, Karandlaje alleged, “In…
Bengaluru, July 3 (IANS) Karnataka BJP President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra on Friday criticised Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar over his appeal to farmers not to cultivate water-intensive crops due to dwindling water levels, alleging that the statement had demoralised the farming community. Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Thursday warned of a potentially severe drought this year, urging farmers not to depend solely on reservoir water for cultivation as inflows into most major reservoirs…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Homebuyer affordability remained broadly supportive across India’s residential markets during H1 2026, aided by cumulative monetary easing of 125 basis points, with Ahmedabad the most affordable among the top eight cities, a report said on Friday.The report from Knight Frank India said six of the eight tracked cities remain within the 50 per cent affordability threshold, and Ahmedabad securing a ratio of 23 per cent, followed by Kolkata at 25 per cent and Pune at 28 pe…
Bengaluru, July 3 (IANS) Vijayalakshmi, one of the five accused in the Bengaluru daycare abuse case, was on Friday remanded to 14 days of judicial custody by the 29th Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Court after being arrested based on video evidence allegedly showing her assaulting toddlers.She has been lodged at the Bengaluru Central Prison.Meanwhile, the HAL Police have detained another accused in the case, and the formalities for her arrest are expected to be completed shortly. E…
Bengaluru, July 3 (IANS) Senior BJP leader and Karnataka Leader of Opposition R. Ashoka on Friday launched a sharp attack on Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, accusing him of remaining silent after the Tamil Nadu Congress leadership opposed the proposed Mekedatu balancing reservoir project.In a statement, Ashoka alleged that Shivakumar had undertaken the Mekedatu padayatra before the Assembly elections only to gain political mileage and has now abandoned the issue due to political compulsions.”Bef…
Bengaluru, July 3 (IANS) One of the five accused in the Bengaluru daycare abuse case has been arrested, and another detained by the HAL Police, while efforts are underway to trace the remaining absconding staff members, as Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge on Friday asserted that the government has “zero tolerance” for such incidents.Police said the two accused persons have been taken into custody and are being questioned. Investigators are also interrogating them to ascertain the whereabou…
Bengaluru, July 3 (IANS) The Karnataka Police on Friday arrested three persons in connection with the stone quarry boulder collapse at Madapattana village in Bengaluru South taluk that claimed the lives of seven workers.The arrested accused have been identified as Panduranga, owner of Sai Ram Crusher; Lokesh, the quarry in-charge; and Raju, the local in-charge.According to the police, the three have been taken into custody for questioning. Panduranga had taken Basaveshwara Crusher on lease and w…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Institutional investments in India’s real estate sector rose 50 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to $4.5 billion during the first half of 2026 — the strongest first-half performance in six years — despite the West Asia crisis, a report showed on Friday.According to the report by real estate consultancy Colliers, quarterly investments remained robust, surging 70 per cent YoY to $2.9 billion in the April-June quarter.Domestic investors led the market with $2.6 billion in inve…