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Minister assures funds to Ninasam for renovations at Heggodu

Minister for Kannada and Culture Shivaraj Tangadagi with artists of Ninasam, who staged Bertolt Brecht’s play Mother Courage and Her Children at Heggodu, in Shivamogga district in Karnataka, on May 11, 2025. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Heggodu (Shivamogga) Minister for Kannada and Culture Shivaraj Tangadagi has promised funds to renovate Shivarama Karantha Rangamandira and […]

Sorry Karnataka: Hours after justifying his comments, Sonu Nigam issues apology

Playback singer Sonu Nigam. | Photo Credit: sonunigamofficial/Instagram Playback singer Sonu Nigam late on Monday issued an apology following the controversy related to his recent concert in Bengaluru. Hours after justifying his remarks through a post on social media, the playback singer put up another post to apologise to the people of Karnataka. Sonu had […]

In Karnataka Ex-Top Cop’s Murder, Wife Prime Suspect, Fought Over Property

Bengaluru/ New Delhi: The wife has been named as the prime suspect in the murder of Karnataka’s former police chief, Om Prakash, who was found dead in his Bengaluru home yesterday, with multiple stab wounds to his abdomen and chest. The former police chief’s wife, daughter Pallavi and another family member were in the house […]

Karnataka Ex-Top Cop Found Murdered At Home, Police Question Wife, Daughter

Bengaluru: Karnataka’s former police chief Om Prakash was found dead at his Bengaluru home on Sunday. He was 68. There was blood everywhere on the floor where his body – with multiple stab wounds to his stomach and chest – was found, the police said. His wife, Pallavi, daughter and another family member were in […]

Karnataka’s Former Police Chief Found Dead In Bengaluru Home

Bengaluru: Karnataka’s former police chief Om Prakash was found dead at his Bengaluru home on Sunday. He was 68. There was blood everywhere on the floor where his body – which had injuries – was found, the police said. His wife, Pallavi, and daughter were in the house at the time of the incident, sources […]

Kumar Gandharva music school inaugurated in maestro’s native village

The Kumar Gandharva music school, built by Murkumbi Itihas Upakrama, in Sulebhavi village in Belagavi district of Karnataka was inaugurated on March 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Last week, many residents of Sulebhavi in Belagavi district of Karnataka gathered at the government high school in the evening to witness an important event — […]

President of Tufts is an IISc alumnus

The TOI Correspondent from Washington: Sunil Kumar, who is the 14th president of the 170-year old Tufts University located outside Boston and the first person of colour to hold the post, has traversed through several US universities, including 14 years at Stanford Business School and five years as dean of university of Chicago’s Booth School […]

Targeted Karnataka Minister Calls For Probe

Bengaluru: The Karnataka minister targeted with a failed honey trap said today not just him, but 48 MLAs have been targeted this way over the last 20 years. KN Rajanna, known to be close to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, was targeted twice, PWD (Public Works Department) Minister Satish Jarkiholi has said. A high-level investigation will be […]

Delimitation row | The North-South divide

The south of India is drawing a thick red line. At an all-party meeting convened by Tamil Nadu chief minister M.K. Stalin on March 5, leaders from across the state declared war against the upcoming delimitation exercise, calling it a calculated assault on their “political relevance”. Stalin warned that the plan, if executed on raw […]