Beer on new high: Sales see over 40% increase in first six months of financial year

Brewing growth: According to data from the Excise Department, beer sales increased from 195.27 lakh cases between April and September 2025 to 275.96 lakh cases between April and September 2026.…

Can a drug licence be suspended before a hearing? Karnataka HC explains rule

AI generated image used for representative purpose NEW DELHI: Can a drug licensing authority suspend a pharmaceutical distributor’s licence while issuing a show-cause notice, before considering its response? The Karnataka…

Farmers take out tractor rally in Dharwad seeking drought relief measures

Farmers participating in a tractor rally and padayatra in Dharwad on Saturday (October 3). | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Hundreds of farmers took out a tractor rally and padayatra in…

Loans for SIR hearing, lost wages, but no clarity on voter status for Bengali workers in Bengaluru

Many workers said they feel they were targeted because of their ‘family size’. Others described how the process had left them in cycles of debt, repeatedly travelling to West Bengal…

Karnataka police reopen 2012 case against surrendered Maoist as rehabilitation promises remain unfulfilled

Kotehonda Ravindra, one of the surrendered Maoists. | Photo Credit: File photo The Karnataka police have reopened a 2012 case in Sakleshpur’s Yeslur against a surrendered Maoist, while preparations are…

Bengaluru Metro facilitates swift transport of vital organ for medical emergency

It was transported by the Namma Metro from Goraguntepalya station to Mantri Square Sampige Road station. | Image for representation | Photo Credit: File photo The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation…

Agriculture department seizes pesticides worth ₹3.12 lakh in Bengaluru

The action was initiated following violations involving product labelling and the sale of pesticides without a valid manufacturing licence. | Image for representation | Photo Credit: rvimages The Agriculture Department’s…

Siddaramaiah video row: CCB detains two for questioning

Siddaramaiah | Photo Credit: File photo The Central Crime Branch (CCB) cybercrime police have detained two persons for questioning in connection with allegedly defamatory videos targeting former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah…

SC/ST voices condemn Karnataka Hight Court verdict striking down enhanced reservation

A fiile photo of members of Karnataka Rajya S.C ST Alemari Budakattu Mahasabha  staging a protest at Freedom park in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: file photo Various individuals and organisations…

Sugarcane farmers block roads in Karnataka

Sugarcane growers blocking the national highway at Yarikoppa near Dharwad on October 13, 2026. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Sugarcane growers blocked roads at various places in Dharwad, Gadag and…