Karnataka

Bengaluru police on Thursday received a rap on their knuckles for declaring MLC YA Narayanaswamy as an absconder in a chargesheetfiled in an election-related case. The high court’s Justice PS Dinesh Kumar, who granted interim stay on the proceedings against the BJP leader, directed the investigation officer and the jurisdictional DCP to file affidavits explaining as to how the sitting MLC has been

Belagavi, Dec 14: Congress leaders from North Karnataka are pointing to an imbalance in numbers vis-a-vis the South to strengthen their case before the party leadership even as lobbying for ministerial berths intensified ahead of cabinet expansion scheduled for December 22. Leaders from the region are cross over the elevation of K Pratap Chandra Shetty to the post of chairman of the legislative

Mangaluru, Dec 13: Indira Jaising, distinguished lawyer and former additional Solicitor General of India, will deliver the BV Kakkilaya Inspired Oration – 2018, titled Gender Justice in India, on Monday, December 17, 2018 at University College, Hampanakatte, Mangaluru at 5.00 pm. The annual B V Kakkilaya Inspired Orations are being organised as a tribute to the life and work of Sri BV Kakkilaya

Belagavi, Dec 13: Opposition BJP today demanded the Karnataka government to table Anwar Manappadi report on alleged misuse of Wakf properties to the tune of hundreds of crores of rupees in the House. Mr Manappadi had submitted the report during the fag end of BJP rule in which he had stated that land belonging to Wakf Board to the tune of hundreds of crores had been grabed by politicians mainly

Belagavi, Dec 13: Reports on the NDS government headed by BJP government at the Centre planning to announce a Farm Loan Waiver scheme was nothing but a political stunt ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters here, he said the union government had turned down several appeals from Karnataka government for help for waiver

Belagavi, Dec 13: Many Primary Health Centres in Karnataka are running without doctors and had adversely affected the delivery of health services to the rural poor, Congress legislator Amaregowda L Patil Bayyapur today said. Speaking during the question hour the member wanted to know from the minister about what steps the government had taken to fill the vacant posts. Replying Health Minister

Mysuru, Dec 13: The Karnataka government Food and Civil Supplies Department will soon introduce One Time Password (OTP) to supply monthly ration to beneficiaries having difficulty in providing fingerprint, P Shivanna, joint director, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, said here on Thursday. In a release issued here, he said that at present beneficiaries getting food grains through Fair

Dubai, Dec 13: Beulah Ruth Pinto, a Mangaluru girl, has emerged winner of the 'Best of the Best 2018' - Best child singer in United Arab Emirates. The 15-year-old is the daughter of Rita Pinto and Canute Pinto, a Konkani lyricist, musician and singer. GEMS Education, the world’s leading provider of quality education, budding young singers across the UAE to take part in its eighth edition of the

Bengaluru, Dec 13: The sudden return of Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, cutting short his foreign tour have fueled speculation that he was asked to return immediately by the Party High Command, following Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party’s continued effort to woo the disgruntled Congress and the JD(S) members. According to party sources, Siddaramaiah, who had gone to Malaysia on

Belagavi, Dec 13: Opposition leader in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today demanded the State government to drop the idea of building Disney Land amusement park at the cost of Rs 1500 crore at Krishnaraja Sagar Reservoir and complete the pending works in Upper Krishna river as millions of farmers have been denied irrigation facilities for over a