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Bengaluru, Nov 1: Karnataka on Thursday became the 25th state in the country to launch the emergency response support system (ERSS). Toll-free number 112 will provide an all-in-one emergency service, including police, fire brigade and ambulances. In the first phase, 112 will be operational across the state except in Bengaluru, Mysuru, Mangaluru, Hubballi-Dharwad and Belagavi. Chief minister BS

New Delhi, Nov 1: Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala in the growth trajectory of the country as they mark their respective statehood day on Friday. As Karnataka celebrates its "Rajyotsava", the prime minister referred to its "outstanding contribution" towards India's progress. "The state's natural beauty and people's warm-hearted nature are well known. Praying for Karnataka's development in the

Kuwait: On its 20th Anniversary Tulukoota Kuwait (TKK) celebrated the true spirit of Tulunadu by hosting a grand Tuluparba celebration under the able leadership of the dynamic president Mr. Ramesh S. Bhandary on Friday 25th October 2019 at American International School, Maidan Hawally Kuwait. The event started with a grand procession conceptualized by Suresh Salian. People belonging to various

Home Minister strongly defends govt’s decision to remove Tipu from text booksBengaluru, Oct 31: Defending Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa’s stand on removal of the erstwhile Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan’s references from school curriculum, Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday said that children should not be fed with wrong facts over the history. Speaking to media after flagging off 5K

Mangaluru, Oct 31: Even as Cyclone Kyarr moved towards the Oman coast, Coastal belt of Karnataka is expected to receive heavy rain till November 1, according to India Meteorological Department. The fishermen were warned against venturing into sea as per IMD forecast of heavy winds till Sunday. The IMD has also predicted return of Cyclone Kyarr to the Arabian Sea as the air pressure in Bay of

Kundapur, Oct 31: Karnataka Forest officials on Thursday rescued 21 buffaloes while they were being illegally transported to a slaughterhouse in Kerala and arrested the duo involved here at Naykodi check post on the State Highway 27 near Kollur. Forest officers K Dayananada and Janardhana Poojary were conducting a routine check-up when they found 12 male and nine female bovines hurdled in one

New Delhi, Oct 31: The BJP government in Karnataka, surviving with a "wafer-thin majority", will fall after the December 5 bypolls to 15 Assembly segments, senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily said here on Thursday. In an interview to PTI, Moily said, "The people of Karnataka are fed up with the misrule, maladministration and inefficiency of (Chief Minister) Yediyurappa and after the December 5

Oct 31: WhatsApp has confirmed that an Israeli spyware was used for snooping on several people in the country, reported The Indian Express. WhatsApp, the report said, had alerted several academics, lawyers, Dalit activists and journalists that their phones had been under state-of-the-art surveillance for a two-week period until May. “Indian journalists and human rights activists have been the

Mysuru, Oct 31: Historians and academicians in Mysuru are divided on the government’s move to drop lessons on Tipu Sultan, popularly called the Tiger of Mysuru, from school textbooks, with some saying the lessons should stand, while others saying the government is justified in removing them. Historian Nanjaraja Urs says the very idea of scrapping lessons on Tipu from textbooks is “dangerous” and

Hubballi, Oct 31: Former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy might have given a statement about extending support to the state government but the B S Yediyurappa-led BJP government is safe and we have not sought support from anyone, said Union parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi. Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, Joshi said there was no question of sidelining deputy chief minister