The Latest Breaking News from Karnataka

Here are the key news developments to watch out for from Karnataka today

A select list of stories to read before you start your day

BENGALURU: Rice mills in Karnataka may do away with selling the cereal in bags weighing up to 25kg to avoid GST. They are likely to switch to 30kg bags. The Centre introduced a 5% tax on rice sold in bags weighing 25kg or less with effect from Monday.

HUBBALLI: The Karnataka Rashtra Samiti (KRS) state president Ravi Krishna Reddy said on Tuesday that the organisation had formed an okkuta to contest the next assembly, zilla panchayat and taluk panchayat elections.

MYSURU: The workshop on Indian Railway Innovation Policy (IRIP) — “Startup for Railways” organised by the South Western Railway, Mysuru division on Tuesday witnessed the participation of representatives 24 startups, micro, small medium enterprises and other entities from across Karnataka in person and 19 entities online through video conference.

BENGALURU: Setting up of a public transport fare committee (PTFRC) to revise fares every three years, continuing with viability gap funding, reimbursing mounting students’ pass dues, and introducing more electric and driveronly buses are some recommendations made in a report submitted by a committee to chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on…

BENGALURU: The Karnataka high court recently granted divorce to a Bengaluru woman, holding that her husband had treated her like a cash cow and had no emotional attachment towards her and that these alone were sufficient grounds for cruelty.

BENGALURU: With more people showing Covid-19 symptoms and the infection trajectory in Bengaluru slowly rising again, the state’s technical advisory committee (TAC) has suggested that districts outside the state capital should cumulatively test at least 10,000 people a day.

Of these, 500 will be allotted for Kalyana Karnataka, says Minister Sriramulu