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Bengaluru, Aug 9: Soon, there will be drones flying over the fields of North Karnataka, as the state government turns to technology to estimate crop damage due to deficit rainfall in a quick, standardized and objective manner. Agriculture minister N H Shivashankar Reddy on Wednesday said the department will be taking the assistance of drones for the first time to assess crop damage, although the

Bengaluru, Aug 9: Denying allegations that the saffron party is keen on toppling the 10-week old JD(S)-Congress coalition government in Karnataka, the BJP on Wednesday insisted that it is not “poaching” MLAs of other parties. KPCC chief Dinesh Gundurao and water resources minister D K Shivakumar had claimed that the opposition party was trying to poach their party’s MLAs with promises of power and

Belagavi, Aug 8: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the murder of journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh, arrested one person and detained two more for interrogation in Belagavi on Wednesday. Police sources confirmed that the SIT had picked up three people from the city; of which they arrested one and subjected the other two to interrogation. A person named Bharat is reportedly under

New Delhi, Aug 8: Non-Resident Indians cannot file RTI applications to seek governance-related information from the central government departments, the Lok Sabha was informed today. "Only citizens of India have the right to seek information under the provisions of Right to Information Act, 2005. Non-Resident Indians are not eligible to file RTI applications," Minister of State for Personnel

Mangaluru, Aug 8: A young woman was found dead on the railway tracks near Thokkottu on the outskirts of the city today. The victim has been identified as Tabassum (23), daughter of Mohammed Kunhi from Kankanady area in Mangaluru. It is suspected that she was a pharmacy student and recently got married. It is suspected that a train might have knocked her down while she was crossing the road. The

Mangaluru, Aug 8: A youth allegedly committed suicide by jumping off Netravathi Bridge near Thokkottu on the outskirts of the city this afternoon under mysterious circumstances. The identity of the youth is yet to be known. According to eye witnesses, he was walking on the bridge and all of a sudden jumped to the river from the middle of the bridge. He was wearing a backpack. Hence, many

Bengaluru, Aug 8: Karnataka is observing mourning as a mark of respect to veteran politician and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, who died in a Hospital at Chennai yesterday. The Karnataka State government has declared one day mourning and has cancelled all official programmes. National flag has been ordered to fly half-mast at Vidhana Soudha, the State Secretariat and in other

Mysuru, Aug 8: The internal rift of Bharatiya Janta Party has once again come to fore with Mysuru MP Pratap Simha accusing a section of party leaders of conspiring against him and Dakshina Kannada M Nalin Kumar Kateel. Simha, who is also the Karnataka state president of BJP Yova Morcha, has claimed that a section of leaders within BJP has been conspiring against him to ensure that he does not get

Ajman, Aug 8: Gulf Medical University (GMU), one of the top 50 medical educational institutes in the region, announced the launch of an Academic Thumbay University Hospital, two new colleges and new programs as part of its planned educational strategy. Dr. Thumbay Moideen, Founder and President of Thumbay Group has approved a budget of AED1 billion to expand and transform the Thumbay Medicity into

New Delhi, Aug 8: Karnataka MP BK Hariprasad of the Indian National Congress is party's candidate for the post of Rajya Sabha deputy chairperson, said sources. The elections will be held on the second last day of the monsoon session of Parliament-- on August 9. Until now, the name of Nationalist Congress Party's Vandana Chavan was being flagged as opposition's consensus candidate for the post