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A view of the High Court of Karnataka. | Photo Credit: File photo Observing that an adult unmarried daughter is entitled to invoke Section 20(d) of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, to seek monetary relief from her father for pursuing postgraduation amid her parents’ strained domestic relationship, the Karnataka High Court…
The Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) office, near Vidhana Soudha, in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR At the centre of the controversy over the irregularity reported at the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) is Suma S. Sahukar, daughter of KPSC chairman Shivashankrappa Sahukar, who has been permanently debarred by the commission from taking…
BLOs reveal that there was very little guidance on the online submission process during their training. They said the focus was largely on digitising documents and using the ECINet app. | Photo Credit: ALLEN EGENUSE J. With the enumeration phase gathering pace, many people filling the online form for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) are left wondering…
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K.T. Shivaprasad, an internationally acclaimed artist, social activist, photographer, and architect, passed away on Tuesday (June 30, 2026). He was 78. Mr. Shivaprasad, a resident of Hassan, recently underwent surgery for a kidney infection and recovered. However, as he developed a breathing problem on Saturday (June 27), he was admitted to a hospital in Bengaluru….
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Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah | Photo Credit: File photo Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday (June 28) described the BJP as a “factory of lies”, accusing the party of misleading people and undermining the Constitution and democratic values. Addressing a divisional-level awareness programme on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls organised by the…
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Hundreds of farmers from more than five districts gathered at BGS Circle in Bidadi to commence a bike rally to Bairamangala called by the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) in support of farmers protesting against the Greater Bengaluru Integrated Township, popularly known as the Bidadi Township project. This marks the first large-scale farmers’ agitation, although…
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Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar speaks to media on June 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: SHAILENDRA BHOJAK Expressing willingness to discuss Mekedatu drinking water project with Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Thursday said that the neighbouring State has used the issue as “political agenda” for the past 40 years. Mr. Shivakumar’s statement came…
The new garbage tenders for Bengaluru led to the first face-off between the new Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly R. Ashok on Wednesday. While Mr. Ashok lodged a complaint with Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot and Karnataka Lokayukta alleging a “₹39,000 Crore scam with a ₹10,000 Crore kickback” in the…
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She got married to an industrial worker, based in Belagavi, in May 2026. | Photo Credit: Illustration by Satheesh Vellinezhi A 29-year-old woman, Rakshita Pujari, was found dead in her husband’s house in Belagavi on June 10. She hailed from Muniyalu village in Udupi district, in coastal Karnataka. She was married to Manjunath Pujari, an…
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Installations with photos of Chief Minister-designate D.K. Shivakumar and other Congress leaders, seen on Lok Bhavan Road in Bengaluru on June 2. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR Elaborate security and traffic management arrangements have been put in place for the swearing-in ceremony of the Chief Minister at Lok Bhavan on Wednesday (June 3), with…