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With just two days left for the Bakrid festival, the rates of sacrificial goats and sheep have gone through the roof.

Bleat, bleat: Bakrid sends prices of goat, sheep soaring

Buyers pay almost double of last year's price for mutton.

10 Sept 2016 3:43 AM IST

Activists taking out a procession in Bengaluru on Friday in protest against the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu.

Karnataka bandh: Carpooling, rentals come to rescue

In some places, autorickshaws and taxis were attacked by the activists for not staying off the road.

10 Sept 2016 3:41 AM IST

Industry icon Kiran Mazumdar Shaw earned the wrath of the pro-Cauvery activists on Friday after she described Bengaluru as having turned into a Bandhaluru - or home of bandhs.

Cauvery water dispute: Tweets by Shaw, Ramya cause flutter on Twitter

By the end of the day Ms Shaw was able to clear the air by publishing a series of new tweets in support of the bandh.

10 Sept 2016 3:37 AM IST

Pro Kannada organisation activists shout slogans during Karnataka Bandh against the Supreme court verdict on Cauvery water to Tamilnadu, in Bengaluru on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

With 'extreme unrest' in K'taka over cauvery, CM approaches Modi for...

After SC ruling, Karnataka is releasing 15,000 cusecs of water to TN, triggering a wave of protests in the state.

9 Sept 2016 4:37 PM IST

The five persons, aged between 20 and 50 years, were booked on charges of rape and criminal intimidation under relevant sections of IPC (Representational photo)

Bengaluru: Boss rapes employee in front of her 1-year-old son

The accused took the woman on a field trip, during which he allegedly filmed her while she was bathing and used the...

9 Sept 2016 3:41 PM IST

Pro-Kannada organisation activist burn posters of Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa and Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah in protest against the Supreme Court verdict on Cauvery water, in Bengaluru. (Photo: PTI)

Cauvery dispute: K'taka bandh throws life out of gear, extra forces...

Activists of pro-Kannada organisations, who tried to enter the airport and railway station, have been detained by the...

9 Sept 2016 1:20 PM IST

The Hemavathi overflows in the wake of heavy discharge from the Gorur Dam near Hassan on Thursday with the water set to reach KRS for release to Tamil Nadu (Photo: KP)N

For a Quantum of Solace: Karnataka writes its grievances to Cauvery...

Tamil Nadu government approached the Committee on Wednesday with its demand for more water.

9 Sept 2016 7:13 AM IST

National Public School off hook? Karnataka Congress steps in

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah during a meeting of the primary and secondary education department on Wednesday.

9 Sept 2016 7:06 AM IST

KPCC President Dr G. Parameshwar, AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh, CM Siddaramaiah and Congress leader in Lok Sabha M. Mallikarjun Kharge at the PCC meeting in Bengaluru on Thursday (Photo: DC)

Congress high command ok with Cauvery water release to Tamil Nadu

The state government had no choice but to release water to TN in line with the order of apex court.

9 Sept 2016 6:58 AM IST

Actor Darshan and Mandya MP C.S. Puttaraju join farmers who staged a protest against release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, in Mandya on Thursday (Photo: KPN)

Cauvery tangle: Bandh brings K'taka to halt, public transport off...

Schools, colleges and many offices were closed in Bengaluru and public transport remained off the roads.

9 Sept 2016 6:55 AM IST

KPCC President Dr G. Parameshwar, AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh, CM Siddaramaiah and Congress leader in Lok Sabha M. Mallikarjun Kharge at the PCC meeting in Bengaluru on Thursday (Photo: DC)

Digvijay Singh to Karnataka CM baiters: No dissent please

Action will be taken against leaders who make open statements against the party leadership: AICC General Secretary.

9 Sept 2016 6:51 AM IST

The Hemavathi overflows in the wake of heavy discharge from the Gorur Dam near Hassan on Thursday with the water set to reach KRS for release to Tamil Nadu (Photo: KP)N

Water release continues amid widespread protests in Karnataka

As promised, the authorities released water into canals to help farmers, around 9 am on Thursday.

9 Sept 2016 6:46 AM IST