Bengaluru, April 17 (IANS) A Special Court for MLAs/MPs in Bengaluru on Friday awarded double life imprisonment to Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni and 16 other accused in connection with the murder of BJP leader and Zilla Panchayat member Yogesh Gowda.The court awarded life imprisonment for the offences of criminal conspiracy and murder, with the sentences to run concurrently.The court also directed that Rs 16 lakh be paid as compensation to the children and family members of the deceased and confir…
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New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Central government has notified the setting up of an SEZ by Tata Semiconductor Manufacturing Private Limited exclusively for electronic hardware and software, including IT/ITES, at Gujarat’s Dholera, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said on Thursday.Spread across 66.166 hectares and poised to provide employment to 21, 000 persons, the SEZ is designed to support electronic hardware, software, and IT-enabled services, and includes enabling infrastructure and a d…
Bengaluru, April 15 (IANS) In a major development, the Special Court for MLAs/MPs in Bengaluru on Wednesday held senior Congress MLA and former minister Vinay Kulkarni guilty in the murder case of BJP leader and Zilla Panchayat member Yogesh Gowda. The court delivered its final verdict after a prolonged trial and directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to take Vinay Kulkarni and the other accused into custody.Vinay Kulkarni has been named as accused number 15 in the case. He is curre…
Bengaluru, April 14 (IANS) Stating that unemployment is rampant in the state and that the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC), which is supposed to conduct transparent recruitment, is mired in irregularities, Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said that unemployed youth must take to the streets and fight to secure their rights. Speaking to the media at the party office on Tuesday, he urged youth to protest against the government without fearing police cases, assuring them that “it is ou…
Bagalkot (Karnataka), April 1 (IANS) The BJP on Wednesday criticised Karnataka Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah, for staying in Bagalkot constituency for campaigning for the upcoming bypolls.Karnataka BJP State President and MLA, B.Y. Vijayendra, remarked sarcastically that if the Chief Minister truly had confidence in the government’s development work and guarantee schemes, there would have been no need to camp in Bagalkot for five days for campaigning.Speaking to media persons on Wednesday, Vija…
Dharwad (Karnataka), March 30 (IANS) In a concerning incident in Dharwad, Karnataka, an individual accused under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, allegedly made threatening calls to a minor victim from inside prison. The case, which came to light on Monday, has gained significant attention and taken on a communal undertone, as the victim and the accused belong to different communities.A video of the interaction surfaced on social media and quickly went viral, raising …
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Exports from operational special economic zones (SEZs) totalled over Rs. 11.70 lakh crore in 2025‑26 (till December 2025), marking a 32.02 per cent increase from 2024, the government said on Saturday.There are 368 notified SEZs in India (as of February end) and the total investment in those areas stand at Rs 7.86 lakh crore, the official statement said.SEZs employed over 31.73 lakh people (as of December 2025), it added.The Union Budget 2026‑27 proposed a special o…
Bengaluru, March 22 (IANS) Commenting on the internal rift, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and State Congress President D. K. Shivakumar on Sunday clarified that the candidates for the by-election have been selected by consensus.Speaking to the media at his residence in Bengaluru, he said the Bagalkote Assembly ticket has been given to Umesh Meti, the second son of late H. Y. Meti, and the Davanagere South ticket has been given to Samarth Mallikarjuna, grandson of Shamanur Shivashankarappa.He s…
Chennai, March 18 (IANS) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast a spell of intermittent rainfall across parts of Tamil Nadu over the next six days, bringing much-needed relief from the intensifying summer heat. According to the weather department, isolated places in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are likely to experience light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms on March 18. The prevailing low-pressure trough along the Tamil Nadu coast is expected to influence weather pa…
Bengaluru, March 11 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy has accused the Congress government in the state of misleading the public by claiming credit for recruitments carried out during the tenure of the previous BJP-led government.Speaking to reporters near the Vidhana Soudha here on Wednesday, Narayanaswamy said the Congress government was presenting the achievements of the BJP government as its own and thereby deceiving people across the…