Permission will be required to use loudspeakers over the next 15 days, the Karnataka government said after a meeting was held with Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.
Karnataka Chief Minister Bommai has asked the officials to strictly implement the SC order on loudspeakers, amid calls for removal of loudspeakers from mosques by Sri Rama Sene activists.
The canopy at the newly inaugurated Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium in HSR Layout was destroyed on Sunday evening amid heavy winds and rainfall.
Karnataka Congress leader Siddaramaiah has demanded a judicial probe into the Police Sub-inspector recruitment scam. He has also called for the dismissal of state home minister, Araga Jnanendra and higher education minister, CN Ashwath Narayan.
Karnataka Education Minister BC Nagesh on Wednesday issued a statement saying that the Bhagavad Gita was "not a religious book" and it "should not be mixed with the Bible". This comes a day after Clarence school in Bengaluru was issued a show cause notice by the Karnataka government for its decision to mandate the teachings of the Bible.
The principal of Clarence High School — which recently mandated teaching of Bible — has lashed out at, what he called, "petty politics" around the controversy.
A show cause notice has been issued to Clarence school in Bengaluru by the Karnataka education department over their decision to mandate the teaching of the Bible. The school has been asked to respond to the notice within seven days.
A fire broke out at Chennai's Rajiv Gandhi government hospital on Wednesday. Officials reported that all patients in the affected wing have been evacuated.
Sri Ram Sena chief Pramod Muthalik warned that if one stone is pelted during Ram Navami, Hanuman Jayanti or at any festival, then 1,000 stones will be pelted on Muslims.
A 22-year-old man was electrocuted after he caught a high tension cable wire in Bengaluru on Monday.
The incident took place as the protests turned violent with demonstrators hurling stones at police personnel leading to lathicharge and firing.
Students' agitation over the Citizenship Amendment Bill escalated on Tuesday as universities and colleges across India took to the streets to back Jamia students.
The police have arrested Dadapeer Betgeri, AIMIM Hubballi city chief, in connection with the violence that broke out in the Karnataka city on April 16.
After hijab, Bible in classrooms triggered a row in a Karnataka school. Clarence High School in Bengaluru took an undertaking from parents that they would not object to students carrying Bible to school.
BJP MLA Arvind Bellad called for a survey on Muslim clerics in Karnataka following the Hubballi stone pelting incident.
Main accused Waseem Pathan has been arrested for his alleged role in a stone pelting incident in Karnataka's Hubballi. Four policemen were injured in the violence.
After minister BC Patil called the Dingaleshwar seer 'a chameleon', the Congress party in Karnataka slammed the minister by saying, "BC Patil is shameless. He is trying to divert attention." They said that making a statement against the seer was unacceptable.
Amid allegations of corruption by government officials, Karnataka CM has asked Lingayat seer for proof. Earlier, Dingaleswara Swamy had said even mutts had to pay a 30 per cent cut to receive government grants.
Karnataka minister KS Eshwarappa has resigned from his cabinet post after being embroiled in a major scandal involving allegations of corruption and a role in the suicide of a contractor.
Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra said that minister KS Eshwarappa had agreed to resign. Minister Eshwarappa was charged with abetment of suicide after Udupi contractor Santosh Patil killed himself on Monday.
