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Kalaburagi, Dec 13: Prohibitory orders under CrPC section 144 were imposed in the city excluding the locations of Friday prayers and premises of deputy commissioner's (DC) office till 6 pm on Friday. This prohibition is imposed in order to ensure the maintenance of law and order in the city a day after the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 became an Act after Presidential assent on Thursday

Bengaluru, Dec 13: The All India Congress Committee (AICC) is yet to approve the resignations of Karnataka opposition leader Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Dinesh Gundu Rao, a party spokesperson said on Friday. "There is no communication from Delhi or AICC whether the resignations have been accepted or whether the high command is thinking of appointing

Mangaluru, Dec 13: Unidentified miscreants reportedly stole Rs 15 lakh from a car that was parked at Chilimbi near Ladyhill in the city today. The culprits broke open a window of the car in a busy public place in broad daylight and made away with the cash. According to sources, a woman had come with Rs 20 lakh cash along with her to withdraw gold from South Indian Bank’s Chilimbi branch and parked

Belagavi, Dec 12: A 26-year-old youth allegedly raped a six-year-old girl at Kadoli village in Belagavi taluk on Wednesday evening in the pretext of playing and escaped from the village after the incident. According to police officials, alleged accused Sunil Balu Naik in the pretext of playing, lured the survivor to agriculture lands near his house and committed the sexual harassment on six year

New Delhi, Dec 13: A day after Opposition members in Lok Sabha raised the issue of lotus being printed on new passports, the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said it was part of the enhanced security features to identify fake passports and involves using other national symbols as well on rotation. Raising this issue of lotus being printed on new passports brought for distribution in

Bengaluru, Dec 13: The Karnataka cabinet on Thursday gave administrative approval for procurement and distribution of laptops free of cost to Schedule Caste trainees (Final Year) of government aided and private ITI's for 2019-20, at an outlay of about Rs 17 crores. "5,331 laptops will be procured at an estimated cost of Rs 16.98 crores," Law and Parliamentary Affairs MInister J C Madhuswamy said

Bengaluru, Dec 13: Setting aside their political rivalry, Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa called on senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah and wished him speedy recovery from illness, an official said on Thursday. "Yediyurappa met Siddaramaiah at a private hospital in the city's northwest suburb where he is recovering from a heart treatment (angioplasty) and wished him to recover soon and

Bengaluru, Dec 12: Karnataka Rural Development Minister K S Eshwarappa on Thursday said that all 12 rebel MLAs who won in the state by-polls on BJP ticket will get a ministerial berth in BS Yediyurappa-led government. "All our legislators (Ex MLAs of Congress-JDS) who won in the by-polls will be accommodated in ministership as the Chief Minister had promised them so," said Eshwarappa while

Bengaluru, Dec 12: A conman who was running a private institution and was giving fake degree certificates using the names of well-known open universities, was arrested by the Central Crime Branch (CCB). The accused has been identified as G Srinivasa Reddy (42), a resident of Rajajinagar.

Bengaluru, Dec 12: Hinting at delay in his cabinet expansion, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Thursday said he may not go to New Delhi within a week time to discuss the matter with the BJP high command. After his government retained majority in the Assembly by sweeping the December 5 bypolls, Mr Yediyurappa had said he would be travelling to Delhi soon to hold discussions with the BJP