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Bengaluru, May 29: Karnataka Public Education Department has decided to postpone reopening of Schools for the Academic year 2019-2020 to June 14 due to severe drought condition prevailing in Hyderabad-Karnataka region. The Schools should have started functioning from today but in the interests of School going children and to protect their health, it was decided to postpone the reopening to June 14

Bengaluru, May 29: Opposition leader in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly B S Yeddyurappa, who is also BJP State President, dismissed reports appearing in a section press today clarified that his party will try to form the government if the JD(S)-Congress coalition government fell apart following internal differences. Speaking to newsmen here on Wednesday, the former Chief Minister said "On our

Bengaluru, May 29: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy will attend the swearing-in ceremony of the Narendra Modi as the Prime minister of the country tomorrow at New Delhi. According to official sources, Kumaraswamy will visit New Delhi tomorrow and attend the ceremony. Modi is scheduled to take the oath of the office, for the second successive term following a spectacular victory in the just

Bengaluru, May 29: Efforts by Congress leaders to mollify rebels with the offer of cabinet berths has created a new problem for the party, with some party loyalists questioning the decision which they say is “unfair and unjust”. Some loyalists even threw their hats in the ring for ministerial berths on Tuesday, questioning why they shouldn’t be made ministers if rebels were being rewarded. MLAs

Mangaluru, May 29: The police have arrested a notorious rowdy-sheeted after opening fire at him in self-defence and injuring him here on Wednesday morning. The accused is Ummer Farooq, who was wanted by police in at least two cases. He is said to be brother-in-law of Illyas of notorious ‘Target Group’. He is also a prime suspect in case of conspiring to kill Sameer, an accused in Ilyas murder case

Belthangady, May 29: A college lecturer was brutally hacked to death in Kotikatte of Mundooru village in Belthangady taluk early on Tuesday. The victim has been identified as Vikram Jain, 40, who was working in an ITI college as lecturer. The police said that Jain was allegedly attacked by a group of people. They waylaid Jain when he was driving towards home, and attacked him with knives and a

Mangaluru, May 29: In a shocking incident, an eight-month-old girl was allegedly strangulated to death and abandoned by the banks of the Netravati river at Bolar here on Monday night. The girl’s mother has been suspected of committing the murder. According to Mangaluru South Police, Mounashri is the daughter of Lakshman Tenginahal and Roopa, construction workers hailing from Koppal, who are living

Madikeri, May 28: A platoon of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has arrived at Kodagu ahead of Monsoon to take precautionary measures to tackle natural calamity and began their mock drills at various parts of the District from today. The Revenue Department and the Kodagu district administration will conduct mock drills on various disaster scenarios that were ravaged by landslides and floods

Bengaluru, May 28: Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily today alleged that his party joining hands with JDS to form Coalition government in the State was the main reason for downfall of Congress party in the recently concluded Lok Sabha election. Moily, who tasted defeat in Chikkaballapur at the hands of BJP candidate and former Karnataka Minister B N Bachegowda, told

Bengaluru, May 28: Back on the heels of the conclusion of the Lok Sabha elections, as many as 63 Urban Local bodies in Karnataka will go for polls tomorrow. According to State Election Commission sources elaborate arrangements have been made to hold polling to 63 Ulbs, eight Municipal Councils (CMCs) 33 Town Municipal Councils (TMCs’s) and 22 Town Panchayats across several districts in the State