Bengaluru, April 21 (IANS) A special court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Bengaluru, on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced a third accused in the 2022 Shivamogga ISIS terror conspiracy case, marking a significant development in the ongoing probe. The accused, Arafath Ali, has been sentenced to six years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) by the NIA special court.Earlier, in November 2025, the court had similarly sentenced two other accused to six years of rigorous imprisonment in connect…
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Bengaluru, April 9 (IANS) The results of the Karnataka II PUC (Class 12) board examinations were announced on Thursday by the Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB). This year, an overall pass percentage of 88.48 per cent was recorded, with 5,46,698 students passing out of a total of 6,32,200 candidates.Girls outperformed boys, recording a pass percentage of 88.70 per cent, compared to 83.65 per cent among boys.In the Arts stream, the pass percentage was 72.86 per cent, while …
Bengaluru, April 7 (IANS) The Karnataka unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has criticised Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge over his alleged “slain BJP and RSS workers” remark in Assam and said that terrorists look like angels to them (Congress). Commenting over the issue, the Leader of the Opposition and veteran BJP leader R. Ashoka, on Tuesday, asked, “Mallikarjun Kharge should tell us who planted the cooker bomb blast in Mangaluru. To these people, terrorists look like angels. Not a sin…
Hubballi (Karnataka), April 7 (IANS) Amid the speculation over Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, assuming the role of Karnataka Chief Minister, the State Congress President stated that “time will answer everything.” On the fuel situation in the state he said that two ships carrying fuel from Gulf countries went to Gujarat and not Mangaluru or Kerala ports and accused the Centre of “looking only towards North India and neglecting South India.”When asked by the media at the Hubballi airport o…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid homage to Srimad Sudhindra Tirtha Swamiji of the Shri Kashi Math Samsthan, Varanasi, saying that the revered seer devoted his life to service and spirituality. Taking to the social media platform X, the Prime Minister wrote, “On the special occasion of his birth centenary, paying homage to Srimad Sudhindra Tirtha Swamiji of the Shri Kashi Math Samsthan, Varanasi. He devoted his life towards service and spirituality.”High…
Bengaluru, March 30 (IANS) Condemning the decision of the Congress-led government in Karnataka not to award marks for the third language, including Hindi, for Secondary School Leaving Certificate (Class 10) students, the BJP has said that connecting language is essential for nation-building and there was no need to oppose the Hindi language. Addressing reporters in Bengaluru, C.N. Ashwath Narayan, former deputy chief minister and BJP MLA, on Monday launched a sharp attack on the Congress governm…
Bengaluru, March 30 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly R. Ashoka on Monday alleged that Karnataka has become a hub for drug activities due to what he termed as the “misgovernance” of the Congress government.In a media statement, he claimed that the situation in the state has deteriorated to such an extent that the “sandalwood land” of Karnataka is now witnessing a surge in drug-related incidents.Citing recent cases, Ashoka listed a series of drug seizures across the st…
Bengaluru, March 23 (IANS) Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara on Monday said that the investigation into the alleged assault by a police inspector on women in Moodbidri, in Mangaluru district, has been handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).Addressing reporters in Bengaluru, he said he had directed the State Director General of Police to transfer the case to the CID for a detailed probe, considering the seriousness of the allegations.The minister said that the Chairperso…
Mangaluru (Karnataka), March 19 (IANS) Karnataka police have launched a hunt for activists in a moral policing case in which a 17-year-old boy from a minority community was allegedly assaulted and abducted by a group during a temple fair in Ujire in Mangaluru district, police said on Thursday.Mangaluru Superintendent of Police K. Arun said that strict action would be taken against those who take the law into their own hands. A special team has been formed to trace the accused, and CCTV footage f…
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Tier‑2 cities now host over 575 flex centres and about 8.8 million sq ft of flex stock, representing nearly 29 per cent of the nation’s flex centres and over 9 per cent of pan‑India flex stock, a report said on Thursday.The report from Vestian said Ahmedabad led the tier 2 cities accounting for 22.7 per cent of flex stock.Ahmedabad was followed by Kochi at 10.2 per cent, Indore at 10.1 per cent, Jaipur with 8.5 per cent of Tier-2 flex stock and Coimbatore with 8….