The communal remarks by Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra in connection with the murder of Chandru, a youth from Goripalya had caused widespread outrage over social media and certain Kannada news channels. After the minister’s allegations that the youth was killed for not speaking in Urdu in a Muslim area, the Karnataka Police have now updated an official factchecked report of the case.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government aims to add 30,000 micro enterprises to the existing 50,000 such businesses, State Minister C N Ashwath Narayan said on Wednesday.

Bengaluru: Mosques in Karnataka have started receiving notices from the police to use their loudspeakers within the permissible decibel levels.

Concerning the murder of a youngster named Chandru which had occurred at Goripalya in Bengaluru, the statement issued by Home Minister Araga Jnanendra has invited fresh controversy in the state. The Minister had issued a statement claiming that the murder had occurred because the victim could not speak Urdu and later sought an apology for his statement.

More than four years after journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead by motorcycle-borne men outside her house here, the trial in the case is set to start from May 27, the prosecution lawyer said.

 The Amnesty International India chair Aakar Patel alleged on Wednesday that he was stopped from leaving India at the airport here as Immigration officials told him that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has issued a lookout circular against him.

New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai called on Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Tuesday and requested him for clearance of the detailed project report (DPR) for the Mekedatu balancing reservoir across the Cauvery river.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said he hopes to get instructions from the party leadership on the expansion or rejig of his cabinet, during the New Delhi trip.