Belagavi: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday said his government plans to introduce a new employment policy soon, which will give impetus to job creation and reduce unemployment in the State.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Assembly on Thursday passed the Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, popularly known as Anti-Conversion Bill 2021.

Karnataka on Thursday reported 12 new cases of Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus, taking its tally in the state to 31, Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said.

 In a reported incident of vandalism, the idol of Saint Anthony placed inside the Grotto of the 160-year old Saint Joseph’s Church was damaged by miscreants. 

A day after two back to back tremors of magnitude 2.9 & 3.0  were felt in Chikkaballapur, the district on Thursday experienced another earthquake of magnitude.

Bengaluru: Hundreds of people on Wednesday joined to protest against the ‘Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill 2021’ calling it anti-people and unconstitutional.

Bengaluru: In the wake of 19 Omicron cases being detected in the State, the Karnataka government on Wednesday directed district authorities and health officials to enhance surveillance and designate contact tracers and quarantine observers to curb the spread.

The pro-Kannada organizations in the state have reportedly called for a state-wide Karnataka bandh on December 31, demanding a ban on MES in the wake of their involvement in the vandalism of the Sangolli Raayanna idol in Belagavi.