Karnataka

Bangalore, May 14: A closer examination of the documents in possession of Manjunath's family relating to UPSC exams clearly shows that Manjunath had fudged them. He committed suicide on Friday, after telling his family that UPSC?had made a mistake in announcing his results. The copy of the hall ticket for Civil Service (Prelims) Examination, that UPSC too has admitted Manjunath attended, shows his

Dubai, May 14: India's central bank on Monday announced steps to restrict the import of gold by banks in a move to stem the country's widening current account deficit. "To moderate the demand for gold for domestic use, it has been decided to restrict the import of gold on consignment basis by banks, only to meet the genuine needs of exporters of gold jewellery," Reserve Bank of India said. The

Dubai, May 13: An expatriate Indian man and his three-year-old daughter in Bahrain have been forced to rough it out in the open for the last six months after a business deal went sour. A desperate Mohammad Sikandar Samrat and his daughter Sara have been living in a park, mosque and car since November 2012 as his daughter does not have a passport and he is yet to get 65,000 Bahraini dinars owed to

Mangalore, May 13: In yet another case of vigilante attack, an engineering student and his female cousin were brutally assaulted by a group of miscreants near Kalpane, Kulshekhar on the outskirts of the city. The incident occurred at around 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, when the Muslim boy was taking his cousin from Gurpur Kaikamba to KSRTC bus stand in Mangalore on his motorbike. The girl, a graduation

Bangalore, May 13: The newly-formed Congress government in Karnataka Monday waived cumulative loans and interest arrears to the tune of Rs.1,225 crore owed by 10.3 lakh beneficiaries of the weaker sections of society. Of the total beneficiaries, 1.87 lakh belong to Schedule Castes (SC), 4,078 to Schedule Tribes (ST), 4.98 lakh to OBCs (Other Backward Classes) and three lakh to minorities. "The

Bangalore, May 13: Acting swiftly on Congress' poll promises, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today announced a Rs 4409.81-crore bonanza for the poor, SCs and STs, OBCs and minorities on the first day in office. At a Cabinet meeting, Siddaramiah said it was decided to provide 30 kg of rice at Re one a month from next month, benefiting 98.17 lakh people in the below poverty line category

Dubai, May 13: The Indian embassy in Riyadh has received around 15,000 passports of Indian workers in Saudi Arabia, facing cases of running away from their local sponsors and other violations, from that country's foreign ministry. Most of the passports were handed over to the Saudi authorities by the Saudi sponsors, local media reported Monday. "Most passports, surrendered by sponsors to the Saudi

Bangalore, May 13: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said Ministers would be inducted into his Cabinet by Friday even as he acknowledged that it's a difficult exercise. Addressing a press conference after the maiden Cabinet meeting, minutes after he was sworn in Chief Minister, he said he would be leaving for New Delhi tomorrow or the day after to hold discussions with Congress President

Bangalore, May 13: Thirty kg of rice per month will be sold at Re.1 per kg for BPL (below poverty line) families across Karnataka from June 1, newly sworn-in state Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced here Monday. "The subsidised rice scheme will benefit 9.82 million (98 lakh) BPL families living in rural and urban areas and will cost the exchequer Rs.460 crore (Rs.4.6 billion)," Siddaramaiah

Bangalore, May 13: A 50-year-old Congress supporter died after attending the swearing-in ceremony of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at the jam packed Kanteerava stadium here today, police said. The deceased was identified as Manjappa, a city resident, who collapsed near gate number seven while coming out after the function attended by nearly 50,000 Congress supporters from across the state. He was