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Following food safety lapses across Karnataka establishments, Health Dept. to hold meeting with representatives

The Minister says the inspections would not be restricted to any particular category of establishment or section of society

Karnataka suspends food licences of Amazon, Swiggy Instamart, BigBasket over Datura sale

Karnataka bans sale of analogue paneer under the name ‘paneer’ for one year

Under the food safety regulations, paneer is a standardised milk product, and milk fat is an essential constituent. The use of vegetable oil, vegetable fat or other non-dairy ingredients in place of milk fat or milk solids is not permitted in a product sold as paneer

Karnataka High Court refuses to interfere with GBA’s safe footpath campaign

The Bench directed the government to submit a status report on the implementation of the Street Vendors Act while adjourning further hearing till December 3

Karnataka legislature: Bill on public spaces does not make it

Karnataka High Court stays investigation against Bidadi farmers who protested with brooms opposing survey

Karnataka strengthens preparedness as seasonal influenza cases cross 4,200

The Health Department said the rise in cases being reported during the monsoon was part of the usual seasonal pattern and urged people not to panic

Karnataka: Opposition targets Information Department over ‘biased’ Assembly coverage

Direct Karnataka to release backlog of 17.604 tmcft Cauvery water: T.N. to Supreme Court

Cauvery Delta farmers are severely affected as they are not getting their due share, T.N. tells court; says CWRC and CWMA failed to consider accumulated backlog; top court to hear Cauvery case on August 31

Priyank Kharge-led Ministerial panel to review withdrawal of criminal cases in Karnataka

Krishna Byre Gowda, Yathindra Siddaramaiah and U.T. Khader are also part of the six-member Cabinet sub-committee

Nepal flash floods: 21-member Karnataka LIC team returns safely to India

After crossing the border, they reached Lumbini. When they were leaving Lumbini, they learned of the floods, abandoned their plans to visit Kathmandu, and decided to return

Around 50 Karnataka tourists stranded in Nepal return home; 24 remain missing

The group included tourists from Haveri, Shivamogga and Bengaluru. They travelled from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh and arrived at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru on Saturday.

Nagendra’s exit revives lobbying for Cabinet berth in Karnataka Congress

Vacancy created by the exit of Nagendra is likely to be filled by a woman legislator. Sandur MLA E. Annapurna Tukaram is seen as a strong contender, as she belongs to the same district and the Scheduled Tribe community as Nagendra

Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge hits back at Union Minister Kumaraswamy over KPSC ‘irregularities’

Proposed medical college in Uttara Kannada, road in Bengaluru will be named after Hegde, says Karnataka Chief Minister

Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar announced that the proposed medical college in Uttara Kannada, the home district of former Chief Minister Ramakrishna Hegde, and a major road in Shivaram Karanth Layout in Bengaluru will be named after the veteran leader

Special SIR camps to be held on August 29, 30 and September 19, 20 to help voters verify names, file claims, objections in Karnataka

Booth-level officers (BLOs) will be present at polling stations on these days to assist electors with the process

Colleges ‘missing’ when students go for enrolment in professional courses in Karnataka

When students paid the fee to the Karnataka Examinations Authority, downloaded the seat confirmation slip, and went to the colleges to enrol, they found that there was no college at the given address

No scaling down Dasara festivities despite drought, says Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar

CM says Dasara attracts tourists, and supports the tourism and hospitality industries

Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar directs officials to identify five cities other than Bengaluru for industrial development

According to officials, over the last three years, Karnataka stands third in the country’s manufacturing sector by attracting investments amounting to ₹5.58 lakh crore

Unkind cuts: On the Telangana and Karnataka electoral rolls

The scale of the ECI’s deletions in Telangana and Karnataka needs explanation

Karnataka to seek farm loan waiver from Centre

Minority students’ scholarships will be released soon in Karnataka, says Minister Khader

13 from Karnataka missing in Nepal, Tibet after flash floods

Most of the missing people are in Timure in Rasuwa district of Nepal, while a few are in Darchen in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), according to a release

Karnataka Chief Minister consults Rahul and other Central leaders on Nagendra and other issues

Party’s assessment on Nagendra’s issue is that the Governor is yet to accord sanction for prosecution in cases of H.D. Kumaraswamy and M.P. Renukacharya among others, and that the BJP was only playing politics to bring down the ST leader

Telangana, Karnataka mull JV for coal mining in blocks allotted to KPCL

Deputy CM Bhatti Vikramarka moots idea for SCCL-KPCL collaboration for mutual benefit

Karnataka to submit memorandum to Centre by month-end seeking drought assistance

In the first phase, 101 taluks will get drought-hit tag while the decision on adding more taluks will be taken after the review to be conducted every 15 days

Why a railway transfer is triggering a Karnataka vs Kerala battle | Talking Politics

The transfer of the Mangaluru railway region from Palakkad Division to Mysuru Division has triggered a political debate between Karnataka and Kerala. Here’s a breakdown of the decision, the objections raised, and what Indian Railways says about the move.

Nepal flash floods: Karnataka sets helpline desk to assist stranded people and their families

The Helpline number for those who are stranded is 1070 / 080-22253707 and individuals can write an email to seockarnataka@gmail.com

Karnataka govt. to call special legislature session on Kasturirangan report

Karnataka High Court quashes charges against Kodagu homestay owner in U.S. national rape case

Noticing that the homestay owner was booked under the provisions of the Foreigners Act, 1946, which was repealed in its entirety on September 1, 2025, the Court said “criminality cannot be conjured out of a statutory provision which had ceased to exist.”

Amid parks Bill row, data shows that Karnataka manages only 28 major parks, gardens

The amendment allows up to 5% of any park or garden to be used for public infrastructure or utility projects, and Lalbagh, the city’s premier green space, is under consideration for the tunnel road project

Karnataka seeks Central action against e-commerce firms over datura sale

Deletions in Karnataka’s draft SIR rolls alarming | Data

Five constituencies in core Bengaluru region see more than 50% of its electoral rolls getting deleted, unseen in other major States. Despite concerning levels of deletions, the office of Karnataka CEO has neither made the deletions lists easily accessible nor has it made public t

Karnataka to bar political affiliations in student polls; first phase in PU, degree colleges

All the provisions will be made clear once the government order is passed, in about 15 days: Minister

₹38.25 lakh spent on Karnataka CM D.K. Shivakumar’s swearing-in ceremony

Karnataka’s Monsoon Session ends abruptly as Opposition steps up attack demanding Minister Nagendra’s resignation

Karnataka: Bill to enable remote property registration passed

SIR in Karnataka: Draft roll out now, here’s how you can check it

Starting August 24, notices will also be issued to voters whose records have been flagged for logical discrepancies or who could not be mapped to the 2002 electoral rolls.

10 Bills passed in Karnataka Legislature without debate amid BJP protest on last day of session

Among the Bills was the controversial Karnataka Government Parks (Preservation) (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which allows 5% of park land to be sold, leased, gifted, exchanged or mortgaged for public utility projects undertaken by government departments, statutory authorities, governm

Karnataka: Tiger sighted in forest area in Kishkindha hills of Koppal after nearly five decades

A tiger has been camera-trapped in the Kishkindha hills of Koppal district, nearly five decades after the big cat was last reported in the forest area of the region, prompting the Forest Department to step up vigilance and alert local communities.

Karnataka SIR: Draft electoral rolls to be published on August 24, over 1.07 crore voters set to be excluded

Bengaluru, which has an electorate of over 1.03 crore voters, will see its rolls shrink to just 56.11 lakh voters in the draft electoral rolls

Adani calls on Karnataka CM, sparks political speculation

Government sources said that the meeting was unscheduled, and that Mr. Adani, who was attending a private function in Bengaluru South was on his way to the airport, when he dropped in at the Chief Minister’s residence

Neha Bora slams Congress government in Karnataka over FIRs against students seeking release of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam

AISA chief Neha Bora’s criticism was directed at the Congress government, which, she argued, had extended solidarity to student protests at Jantar Mantar in Delhi against Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, but filed FIRs against students in Karnataka

Yellappa Reddy urges Karnataka Chief Secretary to drop proposed 5% park land provision

KPSC ‘scam’ case: ED raids IAS officer Gangwar's premises in Karnataka

Officials said IAS officer Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar’s premises in Bengaluru and Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly were searched under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)

Karnataka: Employment push to reduce migration

In Karnataka, employment generation under VB-G RAM G yet to pick up

While 61.48 lakh person-days and 36.15 lakh person-days were generated in July and August, respectively, under MGNREGA across Karnataka in 2025, only about 17.98 lakh person-days and 26.27 lakh person-days were generated in July and August, respectively, this year under the newly

Eight lift irrigation projects under way in Kalyana Karnataka region

Estimated at ₹1,811 crore, they will help fill 88 tanks and strengthen irrigation facilities in the region, says Minister Ajay Singh

SFI district conference in Haveri today

Textbook supply to PU students delayed: MLC

Experts from field take classes for students of Sahyadri Arts College in Shivamogga

Handloom expo at Urban Haat ahead of Gowri-Ganesh festival

CET: Final seat allotment result announced

Response only from 20% of site owners, civic bodies to start cleaning vacant plots from August 27: Krishna Byre Gowda

Draft electoral rolls published in Yadgir

​The Special Intensive Revision leaves out 1.89 lakh voter names

18.49 lakh voters figure in draft electoral rolls in Kalaburagi

Claims, objections can be filed till September 23, while the final electoral rolls will be out on October 27

Civic marshal attacked while questioning man for littering

17 student deaths reported in residential schools in three years

Farmers march against Kabini water release to Tamil Nadu

Forest Dept. recovers 110 acres in Sirsi taluk after High Court order

The vacant forest land was an expired lease area following the dismissal of a petition challenging the recovery proceedings in the High Court

Sugar price surge puts Mysuru hotel industry under strain

According to Mysuru Hotel Owners’ Association, the steep rise is partly attributed to the increasing use of sugar for ethanol production

Work on Lokayukta office building in Haveri to be completed in nine months

Lokayukta B.S. Patil lays foundation stone for the ₹4.15-crore project at Basaveshwar Nagar in the town

Kabini reservoir loses 10 ft as farmers protest water release to Tamil Nadu

This is an anti-farmer decision. The Kabini-Cauvery reservoirs were built primarily to serve the interests of farmers in Karnataka, says Karnataka Farmers’ Organisations Federation president Kurubur Shanthakumar

College student drowns

New apartment law has potential to become one of India’s strongest apartment governance laws: BAF

N-Gen post offices will offer easy access to services, says Joshi

Shivamogga police return stolen valuables recovered in theft cases

Court moved over insult to woman officer, Hindalga Jail

Assistant Superintendent of the jail Mallikarjun Konnur has filed a private complaint with the second JMFC court

1,250 bags of urea seized from dal mill in Kalaburagi

The urea bags were stored and repackaged without licence at the dal mill located in the Kapnoor Industrial Area

Cooperative plans interest-free loans for the poor

Mysuru voters drop by 5.57 lakh after SIR draft roll

The draft roll contains 22,42,452 electors, down from 27,99,693 recorded on June 16, 2026 - a decline of nearly 20%

Hassan Deputy Commissioner takes exception to JD(S) leader Revanna’s remaks

Demolition of century-old structures at Badanavalu khadi centre near Mysuru sparks ire of Gandhians

Mahatma Gandhi had visited the Khadi and Gramodyog Centre at Badanavalu twice — once in 1927 and again in 1932; Officials say the structures are in a dilapidated condition

Three women killed, several injured in road accident near Madnal village

Sources say that the accident occurred when the driver lost control of the vehicle causing it to ram an electricity pole

BJP MLA urges govt. to cancel all 4,350 MUDA sites allotted under 50:50 scheme

Workshop on preparing clay Ganesha idols on August 24

Union Minister says vested interests are trying to weaken Hindu society

Parents should monitor screen addiction among youngsters, says Pralhad Joshi

All poets across the globe are same, they stand for peace, love, says Savitha Nagabhushan

Four policemen suspended in Raichur

​Sources say that the officers have been, in the aftermath of a rape and murder case in Hokrani village, suspended due to dereliction of duty

Except for notified forest, not a foot extra should be added to ESA, demands Shivamogga MP B.Y. Raghavendra

Mr. Raghavendra has urged the government of Karnataka to order a physical survey of the ESA area and reduce it following the Kerala model