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New Delhi, Aug 30: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will resume hearing the Aadhaar case in the first week of November, after Attorney General K K Venugopal informed the apex court that the Centre will extend the deadline to furnish Aadhaar details to avail benefits of various social welfare schemes till December 31. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said there was no urgency to

Udupi, Aug 30: Pramod Madhwaraj, Minister of State for Fisheries, Youth Empowerment and Sports, said that Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts were in the second place after Bengaluru Urban district in terms of development according to a survey. Speaking at the installation ceremony of office-bearers of Pragati Bandu Self Help Groups (SHGs) here, he said: “This has been possible only because of

Bengaluru, Aug 30: Eight MLCs, including Congress’ R B Timmapur who is a strong contender for a ministerial berth, are found to have submitted false information to vote in Bengaluru mayoral election last year. A “factual report” submitted by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to the office of Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), found that the MLCs submitted false information to get their names

Bengaluru, Aug 30: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) probe into the assassination of Kannada writer Prof M M Kalburgi seems to have hit a dead-end. It has been two years since Prof Kalburgi was shot dead at his Kalyananagar house in Dharwad on August 30, 2015. The lone satisfaction for the CID in the last two years is the ‘conclusion’ that the two assailants who shot dead rationalists

Sakleshpur, Aug 30: Passengers of Bengaluru-Mangaluru Kudla Express were held up for more than nine hours due to a landslide on the Sakleshpur-Kukke Subramanya line in the ghat section, on Tuesday afternoon. The train was forced to halt near Shiribagilu for more than nine hours in the forest, due to a landslip on the 85th km on the railway track. Due to the landslide, Mysuru Division of South

Mangaluru, Aug 29: District in-charge Minister B. Ramanath Rai on Tuesday said that he will lead a peace march — Samarasyakkagi Nadige, from Farangipete to Maani in Bantwal taluk on September 12. Mr. Rai told presspersons here that the walk is aimed at ushering in peace in the region that witnessed disturbances recently. It would be an apolitical rally; but he would not like participation either

New Delhi, Aug 29: Marital rape cannot be made a criminal offence as it could become a phenomenon which may destabilise the institution of marriage and an easy tool for harassing the husbands, government today submitted before the Delhi High Court. The Centre, in an affidavit filed in response to pleas seeking criminalising marital rape, said the Supreme Court and various High Courts have already

Hubballi, Aug 29: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President G Parameshwara said that Congress party will not involve itself in the issue of creation of separate religion of Lingyatas. Speaking to selected media persons at a hotel in Hubballi on Monday night, he said “we are a political party; establishing of religious entities is not our duty. It is the role of religious leaders and community

Mysuru, Aug 29: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today described as a "political gimmick' the BJP state President B S Yeddyurappa hosting Dalit families at his residence. "It is just a political gimmick, it is a drama," Siddaramaiah told reporters here in response to a question. When said that Yeddyurappa has clarified that the event has nothing to do with politics, he said ... then why he

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 29: The PMO has sought explanation from Kerala government regarding the incident of banning RSS sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat from hoisting the national flag on Independence day at an aided school here. The PMO has sought explanation on the same to the chief secretary based on a complaint filed by BJP Palakkad district president, and has ordered to give a clear answer to the