Karnataka

Indore girl wants permission to study law at age 13

Work on new education policy gained ground in 2019

4:12 pm January 3, 2020

New Delhi: The HRD ministry held several rounds of consultations in 2019 to give a final shape to the new National Education Policy (NEP), sanctioned 13 new central universities and 50 kendriya vidyalayas, and implemented 10 per cent reservation for the economically weaker section of the general category. Work on the BJP government’s ambitious project […]

Conspiracy behind Dec 19 violence: C T Ravi

8:06 pm December 26, 2019

Mangaluru: A conspiracy to destabilise the BJP government in Karnataka was behind the violent protests against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) here on December 19, state Tourism and Kannada Culture Minister C T Ravi said Thursday. Addressing reporters here, he alleged that the nexus between Congress and Muslim outfits SDPI and PFI has become clearer now. […]

Mangaluru violence: Police release video of protesters bringing stones

Police names deceased protestors as accused in FIR

3:37 pm December 22, 2019

Mangaluru: Mangaluru city police have named two people killed in police firing in the city on Thursday as accused in the First Information Report (FIR) on the violent protests against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Jaleel, 49, and Nausheen, 23, were killed due to bullet injuries when police opened fire at an anti-CAA protest march in […]

7 new COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, CM briefs opposition

Karnataka to implement CAA “hundred per cent”: CM

8:10 pm December 18, 2019

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Wednesday declared that his government will “hundred per cent” implement the Citizenship Amendment Act. “Hundred per cent we will implement,” he told reporters at Hubballi in north Karnataka in response to a question regarding the implementation of the CAA. State Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai had said on […]

Congress subverted mandate in Karnataka; people taught it a lesson: PM Modi in Jharkhand

7:34 pm December 9, 2019

Barhi/Bokaro: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday accused the Congress and its allies of “stealing and subverting” people’s mandate in Karnataka, and asked voters to elect a stable BJP government in Jharkhand with an absolute majority. With the BJP posting an emphatic victory in Karnataka bypolls that put an end to speculation about the stability […]