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MUMBAI: Bombay high court has directed the state to pay Rs 1 lakh compensation to a Karnataka-based businessman after declaring his arrest illegal. The HC also censured Mumbai police for “gross abuse of law” and directed a departmental enquiry into the arrest, with recovery of the compensation amount from the salary of the person or…
NEW DELHI: A total of 10,786 persons involved in farming sector (consisting of 4,690 farmers/cultivators and 6,096 agricultural labourers) have committed suicide in 2023, accounting for 6.3% of total suicides victims (1, 71,418) in the country, shows the NCRB report of the ministry of home affairs.The number of such suicides, however, declined by more than…
NEW DELHI: After a fresh debate on change of guard was reignited, Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said that will complete the full term as Karntaka chief minister.“I will be chief minister for full five-year term,” Siddaramaiah said.This comes after Kunigal Congress MLA H D Ranganath said that he wished to see his “political Guru,” deputy chief…
BENGALURU: Karnataka high court Friday allowed the central govt to issue necessary travel documents, enabling an overstaying Russian woman Nina Kutina and her minor daughters to return to Russia. The woman and her children were found living in a cave near Gokarna, Uttara Kannada district.Justice BM Shyam Prasad delivered the verdict, disposing of a petition…
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has written to Wipro founder Azim Premji requesting the IT giant to allow limited vehicular movement through its campus to help ease Bengaluru’s notorious traffic congestion on the Outer Ring Road. In a letter dated September 19, Siddaramaiah specifically targeted the severe traffic bottleneck at Iblur junction along the ORR corridor,…
NEW DELHI: The Karnataka high court on Thursday declined to stay the socio-educational survey, popularly known as a caste survey, in the state. The court, however, asked the authorities to issue a notification that participation is voluntary and not to disclose any data obtained from participants.The survey – which will record the social, economic, educational,…
BENGALURU: Karnataka HC dismissed Wednesday a petition from Elon Musk’s X Corp against content takedowns, ruling that American free speech standards can’t be transplanted into Indian constitutional thought and no global platform can evade the nation’s laws. It said social media is “a modern amphitheatre of ideas” that cannot be left to “anarchic freedom”.“Regulation is…
NEW DELHI: The Karnataka high court on Monday rejected social media platform X Corp’s petition challenging the Centre’s directive mandating onboarding to the Sahyog portal — a platform used to communicate content-blocking orders with intermediaries.Justice Krishna S Dixit Nagaprasanna, while pronouncing the verdict, underlined the need for regulation of social media platforms, observing that “social…
NEW DELHI: The Karnataka high court on Tuesday stayed the state government’s order capping cinema ticket prices at Rs 200 across all theatres and multiplexes, news agency ANI reported.The interim order was passed by Justice Ravi V Hosamani after hearing petitions filed by multiplexes, theatre owners and film producers, who argued that the cap was…
CM Siddaramaiah (File photo) BENGALURU: Karnataka State Backward Classes Commission has removed 57 Christian sub-castes from the socio-educational survey beginning Monday, following objections from ministers, protests by SC/ST and OBC groups, and a suggestion by governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot.The decision means the survey questionnaire will not list sub-castes. Enumerators using a mobile app between Sept…
