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New Delhi, Dec 16: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president G Parameshwara may soon be made a minister in the Siddaramaiah government as his tenure as the State party chief will end by the middle of next year. A search for a replacement for Parameshwara as KPCC chief could begin soon, sources in the Congress have said. There is a talk that the Congress high command may narrow down its

Bengaluru, Dec 16: The appointment of Justice S R Nayak as the chairman of the Karnataka Law Commission has been challenged before the Karnataka High Court. A writ petition has been filed in this regard by H M Farooq stating that Justice Nayak's appointment as chairman was in violation of the Protection of Human Rights Act. The State government had appointed Justice Nayak as the chairman of the

Belagavi, Dec 16: To curb the growth of bogus Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) that are indulging in'certificate business', the State government has decided to begin online admissions to all aided and government ITIs from next academic year. Minister of State for Labour P T Parameshwar Naik told Deccan Herald that the State labour department conducted a survey of all the 1,154 private ITIs in

Mangaluru, Dec 15: Minister for Health and Family Welfare UT Khader said that a meeting of local representatives of people discussing the pros and cons of the implementation of Yettinahole project will be held in Dakshina Kannada within January. He said that the district in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai had set aside a date for the said meeting which would be held shortly. Responding to reporters

Mangaluru, Dec 15: A special programme will be held on Sunday as a preliminary to the 12th'Veera Rani Abbakka Utsava' scheduled to be held in January 2015, which will include felicitations of veteran poet and Kannada activist Nadoja Dr Kayyara Kinhanna Rai and eminent folk scholar Amrutha Someshwar, said Minister for Health and Family Welfare UT Khader. Announcing this at a press conference here

Chikkamagaluru, Dec 15: Vikram Mathias and co-driver Swaroop Mohan, in the Mitsubishi Evo IX, nursed their overnight lead to win the Coffee Day Rally, the sixth and concluding round of the FMSCI Indian Rally Championship, here on Sunday. In the process, Mathias scored his first win in four years during which he was off the rallying scene, while young Dean Mascarenhas (Shanmuga SN) in a Volkswagen

Mangaluru, Dec 15: Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy on Monday announced the list of honorary awardees and recipients of awards for the year 2014. These awards would be conferred to the recipients at an award ceremony held by the Academy, in cooperation with Chikmagalur District Beary Okkoota, in Chikmagalur on January 10. Briefing mediapersons at a press conference here on Monday, Beary Sahitya

Mumbai, Dec 15: The state consumer commission last week directed a builder to pay a compensation of Rs 13.50 lakh to a Jogeshwari couple for a five-year delay in handing over possession of a flat in Thane. The couple has paid more than 95% of the flat's price of Rs 30 lakh. The commission also directed the builder and developer Ganaraj Group to hand over the flat within 45 days failing which Rs 1

Mangaluru, Dec 15: The Karnataka High Court on Monday lifted the ban on Kambala sport (Buffalo Race) in Dakshina Kannada District. According to the HC, the Kambala sport needs to be held in the presence of Tehsildar and the police inspector of the jurisdiction. The Karnataka HC also gave instructions to the authorities to prevent all kinds of cruelty meted out to the animals. Earlier, the Kambala

Lucknow, Dec 15: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Monday announced its plan to organise a 'Ghar Wapasi' (home coming) programme in Rae Bareli, Congress president Sonia Gandhi's parliamentary constituency. VHP's Rae Bareli district unit chief Harish Chandra Sharma said the saffron group has identified 60 families who were ready for 'home coming'. There was no allurement or coercion in the process