Karnataka Home Minister Issues Strict Age Verification Guidelines for Bars and Pubs

[ad_1] Bengaluru, June 9: Karnataka’s Home Minister Priyank Kharge has directed senior police officials to issue notices to all pubs, bars, clubs, lounges, restaurants, and other establishments serving alcohol, mandating strict prohibitions on the entry of minors and serving them alcohol. This directive comes amid rising concerns over alcohol consumption and drug use among teenagers […]

Girl found dead at home in Belagavi

[ad_1] Illustration for The Hindu | Photo Credit: Satheesh Vellinezhi A young girl was found dead in a village in Aigali police station limits in Belagavi district of Karnataka on May 6. Her parents found her body in her house. They complained to the police that she was being harassed by Phiraj Kale, a local […]

Vijayanagara launches Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls; draft list on August 5

[ad_1] Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer Kavita S. Mannikeri addressing a press conference on the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Hosapete on Friday (June 5). | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer Kavita S. Mannikeri on Friday (June 5) said the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls […]

New principal for 170 year-old-school in Belagavi

[ad_1] St. Paul’s High School Principal Rev. Fr. Eric Mathias greeting Deputy Commissioner of Police N.V. Baramani in Belagavi on June 4, 2026. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Reverend Father Eric Mathias assumed charge as Principal of St. Paul’s High School in Belagavi, Karnataka on June 4. The school was set up in 1856. It […]

Karnataka CM swearing-in LIVE: D.K. Shivakumar to be sworn in as Karnataka CM

[ad_1] The Bengaluru Traffic Police have announced extensive traffic restrictions and diversions across the Central Business District (CBD) on June 3 in view of the swearing-in ceremony of the new Chief Minister of Karnataka, which is scheduled to be held at 4 p.m. at the Glass House in Lok Bhavan. According to the traffic police, […]

List of Ministers to be sworn in with DKS to be finalised only June 3

[ad_1] Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Karnataka Chief Minister-designate D.K. Shivakumar and caretaker Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in New Delhi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: special arrangement The much-awaited list of names of leaders to be inducted into the Cabinet, along with D.K. Shivakumar, who will be […]

Star Air to operate morning flights starting June 10

[ad_1] The flight timings of Star Air services between Kalaburagi and Bengaluru, scheduled to commence on June 10, have been revised from evening operations to a morning schedule following representations made by the Kalyana Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KKCCI). According to a press release issued by KKCCI president Sharanabasappa M. Pappa and honorary […]

‘I will speak tomorrow’: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah says, amid talk of power transition

[ad_1] Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah pays tribute to the statue of India’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his 62nd death anniversary, at state Legislative Assembly premises, in Bengaluru on May 27, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI In his first interaction with the media after his New Delhi visit, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, refused to […]

Probe ordered into life convict walking out of Central Prison using fake Supreme Court order 8 years ago

[ad_1] The fraud reportedly surfaced after prison authorities sought verification from the Supreme Court regarding the authenticity of the order | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR It was nearly eight years ago that Shankar Armugam, who was serving life imprisonment after being convicted in a 2001 kidnapping-for-ransom case, walked out of the Parappana Agrahara Central […]