Bengaluru: Reacting to the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman, former chief minister Siddaramaiah said that the Union Budget -2019-20 was against the farmers, youth and rural India. The farmers were suffering due to lack of sufficient rains and good price for their agricultural produces, while youth were suffering due to unemployment. But the Narendra Modi government has completely neglected those two problems, he said.

 Jobs don't get created just by references to Basaveshwara's "work is worship" verses, the ruling Congress-JD(S) coalition in Karnataka said Friday, as Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman often mentioned the 12th century social reformer in her budget speech.

 Karnataka minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan, who was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with its probe into the IMA group ponzi scam, appeared before the agency here Friday.

Chikkamgaluru: Schools and colleges of the Moodigere taluk have been declared holiday on Saturday (06-07-2019) following heavy rainfall in the Malenadu region.

Kalaburgi: The BJP MPs who have won the election by asking votes in the name of Modi should work at least now. If they ask votes in the name of Modi in the next elections, I would stuff boots into their mouths, said Sri Rama Sene president Pramod Mutalik.

Bengaluru: The Congress in Karnataka Thursday indicated it has not been able to make much headway in convincing two of its MLAs to withdraw their resignation but maintained there was no threat to the coalition government, even as it accused the BJP of trying to topple it.

Chikkamagaluru: A group of Puttur college students, who were said to be the ABVP activists as well, not only gang raped their classmate but also circulated the rape video on social media. Therefore the ABVP organisation should be banned immediately, urged NSUI activists during a protest held on AIT College Road here on Thursday.

Bengaluru: JD(S) party on Thursday announced its new state president and Secretary, after party’s state President A H Vishwanath resigned from the post following party’s poor performance in the Lok Sabha Election.