The Latest Breaking News from Karnataka

The tourism sector in Karnataka has had a roller coaster ride in the two pandemic-hit years, seeing huge lows and highs. The State Budget has made a slew of proposal announcements, but pilgrimages and temple tourism have adequate focus.

The Dharwad police have registered an FIR against journalist and author Rana Ayyub for allegedly describing anti-hijab protesters in Karnataka as “Hindu terrorists” during a television interview.

There are new schemes galore in the Budget for most of which no fund allocation has been made

Karnataka on Friday reported 233 new cases of COVID-19 taking the State tally to 39,42,068. Bengaluru Urban recorded 163 cases. The day’s Test Positivity Rate in the State reduced to 0.48%.

During the pandemic, when children, especially those in government schools, were struggling in the absence of regular classes on campus, several institutes and research organisations in Karnataka stepped in to help bridge the gap

Economic survey report underlines need for supporting the sector

The BJP Government in Karnataka, which is under pressure to act on the proposed ₹9,000-crore Mekedatu Balancing Reservoir and Drinking Water Project in the wake of the recently-concluded padayatra by the Opposition Congress, has allocated ₹1,000 crore for the project in the State Budget presented on Friday.

Set of measures that can boost monument-centric tourism announced

New cocoon markets to come up in North Karnataka

They would use IT, minimise manpower requirement, and thus make them different from conventional universities; Hassan, Bidar, Bagalkot, Koppal and Haveri have also got such universities

The incident took place in Madahalli in Gundlupet taluk in Chamarajanagar district around noon