Karnataka

Ballari, Dec 1: In a bizarre accident, a 14-year-old girl lost her life after she got entangled in a cradle made out of a sari here. Parveen Begum, a class VII student, from Siruguppa, got entangled in the folds of the sari cradle when she playfully put it around her neck and started swinging. Very soon, she started gasping for breath even as her shocked parents watched on helplessly. She was

Bengaluru/Shivamogga, Dec 1: Rumours suggesting BY Yeddyurappa is on a visit to Kerala to “seek divine intervention” to bring down the coalition government in Karnataka was rubbished by his son and BJP MP from Shivamogga, BY Raghavendra, on Friday. Raghavendra insisted that his father, the state BJP president, was taking a break ahead of the assembly session in Belagavi which is scheduled to begin

Bengaluru, Dec 1: The Karnataka high court on Friday ordered emergent notices to the Badminton Association of India(BAI), Sports Authority of India(SAI) and Karnataka Badminton Association on a petition filed by 37 parents highlighting rampant age fraud in the sport. Justice B Veerappa also ordered notices to the ministry of youth affairs and sports, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and

Mangaluru, Nov 30: U T Khader, minister for urban development, housing and Dakshina Kannada district in-charge, handed over a cheque of Rs 1 lakh as a reward for Panambur police, who through a swift action were successful in arresting seven accused in gang rape of a woman at Thota Bengre beach in Mangaluru. The cheque was handed over to City Police Commissioner T R Suresh. Speaking on the occasion

Bengaluru, Nov 30: A neurosurgeon lost her life when she was knocked down by a vehicle while crossing Old Madras Road near MVJ Medical College, Hoskote in Bengaluru rural district. Dr Poornima Shekhar, a resident of Rajarajeshwari Nagar, west Bengaluru, was on her way to MVJ hospital, where she worked in the brain neurosurgery department. She alighted from a BMTC bus and had almost crossed the

Panaji, Nov 30: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has written to his Goa counterpart Manohar Parrikar requesting him to withdraw the complete ban on fish import in the coastal state. "I request you to kindly permit transportation and trading activities of fish between the two states and the ban order issued by the state of Goa may be kept on hold till we comply with FDA regulation," he said

Bengaluru, Nov 30: The Karnataka government has decided to take up a elevated corridor project to decongest city roads from January 2019 at an estimated cost of about Rs 25,495 crore, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said on November 29. The project is also aimed at providing effective modes of transportation, minimising maintenance cost of vehicles and ensuring road safety along with limiting

Bengaluru, Nov 30: The JDS-Congress Coordination Committee Chairman Siddaramaiah today said that the Committee will be meeting on December 5, and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President Dinesh Gundu Rao expressed confidence of the much awaited Cabinet expansion taking place before December 10. Speaking to newsmen here on Friday, Mr Siddaramaiah said that the agenda of the meeting

Bengaluru, 30: The Karnataka government has sanctioned a grant of Rs 202.5 crore under Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe subscheme for 123 assembly constituencies. Minister for Social welfare Shri Priyank Kharge has instructed all the District Collectors of the state to provide basic infrastructure facilities to the colonies where people belonging to SC/ST reside in highest number in the manner of

Bengaluru, Nov 30: The Karnataka Government has constituted ‘Air Quality Monitoring Committee’ as per National Green Tribunal (NGT) direction to prepare Action Plan for bringing the standards of air quality within the prescribed norms in the four cities of the State. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) report, prepared after a study from 2011 to 2015, had stated that there are 102 cities in