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Mysore Sandal Soap planning new packaging, logo

KARNATAKA Soaps and Detergents Limited (KSDL), globally recognised for its iconic Mysore Sandal Soap, is set to expand its footprint with the addition of around 480 new distributors across India in 2025.

Temple damage: CMO says repairs carried out

FOLLOWING a report in The New Sunday Express on the defacing of the historical Sudi Jodu Kalasa temple in Sudi, 30km from Badami city, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) has responded, saying necessary measures have been taken to restore the monument.

SNEHAMAYI ALLEGES INDUCEMENTS TO WITHDRAW CASE

Says he didn't give in to relentless pressure

BJP TAKES GOVT TO TASK OVER RECENT MATERNAL DEATHS

Ashoka: Govt caught in medical mafia grip, judicial probe needed

K'taka collected ₹15K cr addnl tax from stamps & registration

KARNATAKA Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda informed the Council that in the present fiscal year, the State Government has collected Rs 15,145 crore in additional tax from stamps and registration.

₹260CR 'SCAM' IN POWER CORPORATIONS, SAYS COUNCIL LOP

A scam to the tune of Rs 260 crore has taken place in the power corporations in the state, Leader of Opposition in Council Chaluvadi Narayanaswamy has alleged.

RDPR varsity bill clears Council hurdle

THE Karnataka State Rural Development and Panchayat Raj University (Amendment) Bill 2024, which was cleared by the Assembly on Tuesday, was passed in the Council amid high drama on Wednesday.

Amid Yatnal tirade, Vijayendra meets PM Modi in Delhi

Karnataka BJP president BY Vijayendra on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.

Siddu says will not evict farmers, rejects demand to withdraw '73 notification

THE State Government has decided not to evict farmers cultivating land earlier notified as Waqf property and not to recover Waqf land where temples or other religious structures have come up or marked as Hindu graveyards.

FEDERATION OPPOSES 2A QUOTA FOR PROGRESSIVE COMMUNITIES

Protesters say Category-1, -2A, -2B, -3A and -3B are classified

Release 50% of work bills before December 2024

THE contractors under the banner of Belagavi District Working Contractors Association staged a protest at Suvarna Garden near Suvarna Vidhana Soudha (SVS), Belagavi, on Wednesday, demanding to fulfill their demands that included to release the funds of completed works immediately.

Sugarcane farmers press for many demands, stage protest

MEMBERS of Raitha Seva Sangh staged a protest in front of Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belagavi on Wednesday to press for their various demands, including solving the issues faced by sugarcane farmers.

RPI slams govt for diverting funds meant for Dalits

THE Republican Party of India (RPI), along with a few other organisations staged a dharna near Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belagavi on Wednesday, urging the government to address widespread misuse of funds, government neglect and pressing issues faced by marginalised communities.

Raichur creates 1,00,04,059 man-days from April to December

Centre increased MGNREGA wage from Rs 316 to Rs 349 last year

Outsourced employees demand salary, job security

The cooks, helpers, cleaners, security guards, D-group attenders, computer operators, data entry operators working on outsourcing basis in the government hostels and residential schools under the banner of Karnataka State Hostel and Residential Schools Outsourcing Employee Association staged a protest at Suvarna Garden near Suvarna Vidhana Soudha (SVS) on Wednesday demanding to fulfil their various demands that also included minimum wage Rs 31,000 per month.

Minister D Sudhakar inaugurates BIT-BSA Start-up Hub

BHARATESH Institute of Technology (BIT), Belagavi, in collaboration with the Belagavi Startup Association (BSA), inaugurated a Startup Hub on Wednesday at the BIT Auditorium, Basavan Kudachi campus, Belagavi.

Electric loom service centre in B'gavi soon: Min

IN a significant step towards strengthening the textile industry in North Karnataka, Textile Minister Shivanand S Patil announced to establish an Electric Loom Service Centre in Belagavi.

Modi raps Cong over demand for Shah's axe

Attacks Kharge claim on Ambedkar's insult

Ashwin's big spin: Goodbye to int'l cricket

INTRIQUE and suspense, the moments leading up to the revelation seemed like an episode right out of the pages of mystery books. It all started as murmurs as if something unexpected was going to happen. It seemed like a premonition. The cameras in the stadium that seem to be omnipresent and miss nothing panned it on an emotional conversation between two luminaries of Indian cricket - R Ashwin and Virat Kohli here at the Gabba.

13 killed as Navy boat rams ferry

THIRTEEN people were killed after a speed boat of the Indian Navy crashed into a passenger ferry boat near the Gateway of India in Mumbai on Wednesday.

Health dept flags 26 meds as misbranded

The health department has flagged 26 medicines -- eight as spurious or fake and 18 as misbranded -- which are consumed for acidity, pain relief, cholesterol, iron deficiency, and nasal congestion.

Chelsea's Mudryk fails drugs test: Club

CHELSEA forward Mykhailo Mudryk has failed a doping test, the Premier League club said on Tuesday, as reports stated the Ukraine international has been provisionally suspended.

Trump says believer in polio vax after warning from Rep senate leader

IN a freewheeling press conference at his Mar-a-Lago club, President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday he would consider pardoning embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams, declared the country was \"not going to lose\" the polio vaccine and weighed in on the flurry of drone sightings over New Jersey.

Vedant Foundation holds free breast cancer check-up camp

\"Not all types of breast cancers are painful. Most of the time they are painless.

NIA court convicts three IM operatives

THE SPECIAL Court for NIA Cases convicted three Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives for hatching a conspiracy to carry out blasts ahead of the then US President Barack Obama's visit to India for Republic Day in 2015, as per instructions from Pakistan.

Hopcoms outlets on verge of closure

GOING by the current trend of online platforms and private players selling vegetables and fruits procured directly from farmers at competitive prices, outlets of the Karnataka government-owned Horticultural Producers' Cooperative Marketing and Processing Society (Hopcoms) are on the verge of closure.

RAHUL AND JADEJA BRING ORDER AS INDIA TAIL WAGS

SOMEWHERE in the middle of the first innings, Virat Kohli rushed out of the Gabba dressing room, called up Abhimanyu Easwaran, told him something in earnestness and sent him off the ground.

Two World Champions, 31 GMs, Tamil Nadu is the best: Anand

OPEN rooftop car. Scores of people. Cavalcade of cars. It was another maddening but memorable day in the newly-crowned world champ, D Gukesh's, life.

Rana wouldn't have got into our playing XI: Gujarat coach Klinger

GUJARAT GIANTS, after finishing last in the back-to-back Women's Premier League points table, went into the mini-auction looking to make a few important changes.

Bid in satellite spectrum not feasible: Scindia

A day after Congress leader Jairam Ramesh raised concerns over the government's decision to administratively allocate satellite spectrum in the country, communications minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday defended the move, saying that satellite spectrum is neither suitable nor practical for auction.