Bengaluru: Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Thursday said that the "Anti-Communal Force" that was announced earlier to deal with communal incidents will start operating in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Shivamogga districts.
Bengaluru, May 29 (PTI): Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) said on Thursday that it will not allow the release of Kamal Haasan's film 'Thug Life' in Karnataka unless he issues a public apology by May 30 for his controversial remark about the Kannada language.
Mangaluru: Several Muslim leaders and office-bearers of the Congress party in Dakshina Kannada district collectively resigned from their posts on Thursday, expressing anger over the recent serial killings in the region and what they called the continued neglect of the Muslim community by the state government.
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday struck down a state government order that had instructed public prosecutors to withdraw 43 criminal cases, including those related to the 2022 Hubballi riots.
The Karnataka government has classified Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, and Shivamogga districts as sensitive zones in light of recent communal tensions, and strict action will be taken without any leniency, said Home Minister Dr. G. Parameshwara.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday said that he has written to the Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh not to transfer any engineer from water resource department, a portfolio that he holds, without informing him.
A fire broke out in a transformer at the 110 kV substation in Mulleriya early Thursday morning. Although on-duty staff attempted to control the blaze, their efforts were unsuccessful.
A man allegedly pushed a married woman into a well and then died by suicide by jumping into the same well at Marakada in Badagamizaaru, Moodbidri taluk, on Wednesday.
A man allegedly murdered his parents in West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman district and hours later stabbed four people at an orphanage run by a madrasa in another district, over 120 km away, a senior police officer said on Thursday.
In a significant political development, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has reportedly urged the All India Congress Committee (AICC) to honour the internal power sharing agreement by facilitating a leadership change in the state government.
