Ballari

Floods paralyse Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat: 169 dead in south and western India; IMD issues orange alert in six Kerala districts

Southwest Monsoon is in its full fury, causing heavy rainfall in several areas across the country.

Toll due to floods in southern, western parts of country rises to 157; armed forces, NDRF, police engage in rescue operations

World heritage site Hampi in Karnataka's Ballari district was inundated; toll touched 60 in Kerala even as rains abated; five fishermen drowned in Gujarat after a boat capsized due to rough weather.

Karnataka deputy CM G Parameshwara blames BJP for two Congress MLAs' resignation; sub-committee formed to probe JSW Steel land deal

Karnataka deputy chief minister G Parameshwara Tuesday sought to blame the BJP for resignation of two Congress MLAs and said a cabinet sub-committee has been formed to look into the issue of land to JSW Steel as flagged by one of the legislators

JSW Steel land row: BS Yeddyurappa responds to HD Kumaraswamy's charges, says he is either 'lying or is ignorant'

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Tuesday accused BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa of misleading people about JSW Steel land issue.

NEET 2019: Train delay, change in examination centres prevents large number of students from taking exam

Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy joined students and their parents to demand that a special examination for those who could not appear for NEET be held.

Rahul Gandhi's Kerala contest is without farce of Sonia's 1999 Bellary fight, but is Wayanad truly a 'safe' bet?

There is one positive aspect of Congress president Rahul Gandhi picking Wayanad in Kerala as his second Lok Sabha constituency

Karnataka court imposes Rs 70,000 fine on Hampi temple vandalisers, orders them to restore pillars under police supervision

A Karnataka court on Tuesday imposed a fine of Rs 70,000 on four people in Hampi for damaging ancient pillars of a ruined temple at the world heritage site and ordered the guilty to restore the pillars in the presence of the state police.

Four men held for destroying ancient pillar in Hampi, tell cops say they did it out of 'sheer excitement'

The development had come just days after the Times Magazine listed Hampi World Heritage site as the second must-see place in 2019. Hampi, an ancient village in Karnataka is dotted with numerous ruined temple complexes from the Vijayanagara Empire

Karnataka bypolls: Voting begins for 3 Lok Sabha, 2 Assembly seats; EC declares 1,502 polling stations sensitive

Voting for the bypolls to the three Lok Sabha and two assembly constituencies in Karnataka began on Saturday, which is seen as a litmus test for the ruling Congress-JDS coalition. Bypolls to Shivamogga, Mandya, and Ramanagara Lok Sabha seats, and Ballari and Jamkhandi assembly segments began at 7 am and will go on till 6 pm.

Central Crime Branch on lookout for 'absconding' ex-Karnataka minister Janardhana Reddy in Ponzi scheme case

Ballari-based mining baron and former Karnataka minister G Janardhan Reddy was absconding as police were on the lookout for him in connection with a money transaction worth crores of rupees allegedly linked to a Ponzi scheme, top officials said on Wednesday.