Here are the big stories from karnataka today

Police Personnel Conduct an Investigation after Two Women, Including a Foreign National, Were Allegedly Raped Near The Hampi Heritage Site on March 8, 2025. Photo Credit: PTI

1. Hampi Rape Case: Karnataka Issues Safety Guidelines, Police Permission Mandata for Trips to deserted Spots

After the recent rape of two women and murder of a tourists at one of Karnataka's Most Famous Tourist Destinations, Hampi, The Home Departments has been whose people have issued guidelines to be Followed by HOMESTATAY and Resort-O O O O O O O O O O O O Ope Safety of tourists. As per the guidelines, all homestay and Resort-Okshars Should Take Approvers to Keep the Tourists safe, and to avoid such people in the future.

“If homestay or resort-swaners want to take their domestic or international guests to the outskirts or deserted places, then they should inform the jurisdictional police and obtain. If they take them to deserted places or forest areout the permission of the police or forest department, then the homestay or resort-automators will be responsible for any mishap that Occurs DUE to Wild Animals DUE to Wild Animals Anti-social elements. They will be subjected to legal action and punishment, “It says.

2. Ranya Rao Case: Probe Ordered Into DGP Ramachandra Rao's Role, Misuse of Protocol at Bengaluru Airport

The karnataka government has appointed Senior IAS Officer Gaurav Gupta to Investigate the Protocol Violations by Actress Ranya Rao at the Kempegowda Internet Airport (KARAPEGOWDA EIRPORT Stepfather k. Ramachandra Rao, Director-General of Police, Karnataka State Police Housing Corporation, in the Gold Smuggling case.

In a separete order, the government has also directed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to Proble the possible Negligence and Dereraliction on the part of police personnel and Submit a report. In the first order, Issured on March 10, 2025, The Government has Asked MR. Gupta, who is additional Chief Secretary, to Head the Inquiry and Submit a Report Within a Week.

3. Oposition Demands Scrapping of Guarantee Schemes Implementation Panels Headed By Congress Workers

The karnataka legislative assembly witnessed pandemonium on March 11 as the opposition BJP and jd (s) Members Demanded Immediadia SCRAPPINE SCRApping of Guarantee Schemes Implementation Committees, Headed BYDED BY CONGERS Workers and Leaders at the State, District, and Taluk Levels, as the Schemes are funded by the state exchequer.

The opposition termed as 'illegal' the formation of commissions to implement guarantee schemes. It said committees should be headed by MLA, and not Congress party works. The Budget for 2025-26 has allocated ₹ 51,034 Crore for the Guarantees Schemes. Deputy CM DK Shivakumar said the government would consider the issue but Rules out immediative scraping of the committees.

4. Academicians Propose Name of Dr. Vkrv rao for Bengaluru City University Instead of Manmohan Singh

Former Education Minister and Congress Leader BK Chandrashekar, Former ISEC Director RS Deshpande and Former ISEC Professor N. Sivanna Have Proposed That The Name of Dr. Vkrv rao, an exemplary institution building, will be most approved for Bengaluru City University, and not that of former prime minister manmohan singh.

CM Siddaramaiah, in His Budget for 2025-26, Proposed to Rename Bangalore City University as Dr. Manmohan Singh Bengaluru City University. According to the academicians, Dr. Rao was born in a kannada-specking family. He obtained his ba and the ph.d. Degrees from Cambridge University, UK, in 1937.