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Wednesday, November 26, 2025
TopicKarnataka

Topic: Karnataka

Karnataka govt working to help farmers double their income, says CM Yediyurappa

Yediyurappa said the govt is committed to maintaining the lead as 'Horticulture State' by providing support to research, extension and other infrastructure facilities.

Karnataka IPS officers D Roopa, Hemant Nimbalkar transferred after they spar over ‘corruption’

Roopa has accused Nimbalkar of favouring certain interested players during the tender process of the multi-crore ‘Safe City Project’.

Probe into Dharme Gowda death on, necessary action will be taken, says Karnataka minister

Karnataka legislative council deputy chairman Dharme Gowda was found dead on a rail track in Chikkamagaluru district Tuesday, with police sources claiming he died by suicide.

Covid cuts temple revenue by 94% in Karnataka, annual earning down to Rs 18.7 crore

The famous Chamundeshwari temple at Mysuru would annually collect around Rs 36 crore. However, the temple has managed just Rs 74 lakh this year.

Deputy chairman of Karnataka Legislative Council found dead, suicide note recovered

Dharme Gowda's note reportedly mentions the recent ruckus in the legislative council, which saw BJP-JDS and Congress members hurling abuses and pushing each other.

Karnataka cabinet passes anti-cow slaughter ordinance

The bill, that is yet to be approved by the legislative council, provides for a blanket prohibition of slaughter of cows in Karnataka.

This sandalwood soap, integral to most Kannadigas’ identity, traces its origins back to WW1

Oval-shaped, biscuit-coloured Mysore Sandal Soap owes its signature scent to 'Soap Sastry', one of India's first industrial chemists who travelled to England & US to make the soap.

Karnataka govt withdraws night curfew hours before implementation

The state had decided to impose a night curfew for 9 days from 11 pm to 5 am from Thursday amid concerns over the spread of a new Covid variant the UK.

Not just Wistron, Karnataka battling tougher, longer labour crisis at Toyota Kirloskar plant

Workers at car maker’s plant in Bidadi allege ‘inhuman working conditions and harassment’, company calls strike ‘illegal’. State govt tries to break impasse.

HC refuses to quash corruption case against CM Yediyurappa, questions laxity in probe

A single-judge bench of Karnataka HC also pulls up Lokayukta police for 'laxity' in probe into the five-year-old case. Yediyurappa likely to move SC in January.

On Camera

New labour codes make India’s workforce competitive with China—and build Viksit Bharat

By consolidating 29 laws into four codes, compliance is streamlined and regulations are simplified, improving “ease of doing business”. This is bound to improve investor confidence.

Vehicles, TVs, mobile phones—PM EAC report shows rural India is catching up with urban consumers

Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.