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Mysuru, Aug 19: The NITI Ayog of the union government is preparing a road map to ensure that only electric vehicles will be produced and sold in the country by 2030, according to Piyush Goyal, Minister of State for Power and Renewable Energy. Interacting with media persons here on Friday, Goyal said that different ministries had given their inputs and ideas, which are being worked out by experts

Bengaluru, Aug 19: the Karnataka High Court has granted stay on the investigation into the FIR filed against five Hindutva leaders accused of creating riots in Bantwal in Dakshina Kannada district during funeral procession of RSS worker Sharath Madiwala. Justice Aravind Kumar granted stay on the FIR registered against Satyajit Surathkal, BJP backward class morcha state secretary, Sharan Pumpwell

Madikeri, Aug 19: A video of Congress MLC S Veena Achaiah pushing away the hand of Kodagu district Congress committee former president TP Ramesh who tried to hold her hand during the Independence Day celebrations here, has gone viral creating a new controversy. Achaiah said her family was hurt by Ramesh’s actions and condemned his "mean mentality". Achaiah said her family, after watching the video

Bengaluru, Aug 19: The Karnataka BJP has decided to intensify its agitation against the ruling Congress dispensation. At a meeting of the core committee headed by party state president B S Yeddyurappa in Bengaluru, it was decided to take the agitation of the party against the Siddaramaiah government to the Assembly-constituency level. The party on Friday held a protest in Bengaluru against the

Bengaluru, Aug 19: The Congressstrategy of raising the issue of a separate identity for the Lingayats and now assuring to induct seven rebel JD(S) MLAs may impact the Congress-JD(S) alliance in the BBMP council. In the wake of the seven MLAs led by BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan meeting Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi to formalise their joining the party, JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy appears

Bengaluru, Aug 19: Thousands of BJP workers led by party state president B S Yeddyurappa on Friday staged a demonstration, demanding resignation of Energy Minister D K Shivakumar and Small Scale Industries Minister Ramesh L Jarkiholi in the wake of searches and seizures by the Income Tax Department sleuths on their houses. The police took Yeddyurappa and other BJP leaders, including Leader of the

Bengaluru/ New Delhi, Aug 19: The Congress high command on Friday announced former Union Minister C M Ibrahim as the party’s candidate to contest the Karnataka Legislative Council byelection scheduled for August 31. The seat fell vacant following the death of BJP’s Vimala Gowda in April. Her tenure was to end June 2018. Ibrahim is known to be a loyal Siddaramaiah supporter — they go back to their

Almatti (Bagalkot district), Aug 19: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that the state government has no role in the FIRs filed by Anti-corruption Bureau against BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa on the denotification of government land at Avalahalli in Bengaluru. He was speaking to the reporters after offering ‘Bhagina’ to Krishna River at Lal Bahadur Shastri reservoir in Basavana Bagewadi

Mangaluru, Aug 18: The sixth additional district and sessions court on Friday rejected a bail plea by an accused in the much touted Karthik Raj murder case. Gourav Kayya, an accused in the murder of Karthik Raj, son of former Mangaluru taluk panchayat member Umesh Ganiga had moved for bail before the court. The judge D T Puttaranagaswamy upheld prosecution's contention that there was prima facie

Mangaluru, Aug 18: Officials of food, civil supplies and consumer affairs and legal meteorology departments started a drive against shops having non-approved and non-ISI marked weighing machines. On Thursday, as many as 394 machines were inspected, out of which 71 were found non-compliant with the guidelines, said U T Khader, minister for food and civil supplies. Speaking to reporters on Friday