Karnataka

Newsroom, Sept 15: Clarifying that he is against any ideology that takes recourse to violence, acclaimed thinker, playwright and actor Girish Karnad has said in an interview that Naxals are as dangerous as the fascists. The Jnanpith award winner, who came under harsh criticism for carrying placard which read, ‘Me too Urban Naxal’ during Gauri Lankesh death anniversary event, said that his

Shivamogga, Sept 15: The Karnataka government will launch a new scheme to provide interest-free loans to street vendors and hawkers by the end of September, according to Bandeppa Kashempur, Minister for Cooperation. Speaking at a programme here to mark the silver jubilee of Malenadu Credit Cooperative Society, he said owing to lack of access to institutional credit, vendors and hawkers were

India had an estimated 21.40 lakh people living with HIV by the end of 2017, with slightly more than two-fifth of them being women, according to a fresh report released by the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) said. Maharashtra, at 3.3 lakh, had the highest number, followed by AP (2.7 lakh) and Karnataka (2.5 lakh). It said the annual new HIV infection cases have declined by more than 60

Madikeri, Sept 15: A group of miscreants, who were attending Ganesha festival celebration at Appangala village on the outskirts of Madikeri yesterday, thrashed a Muslim man after waylaying a pickup truck which was transporting three bulls and a cow. According to police, the group dragged Abdul Razzak, the driver, out of the pickup truck and started assaulting him. He, however, managed to escape

Udupi, Sept 15: The minor irrigation and ground water department of Karnataka has decided to keep one thing in mind while designing new vented dams in the state: they should serve as bridges for light vehicles as well. Chairing a review meeting of the Department at the Deputy Commissioner’s Office, C S Puttaraju, Minister for Minor Irrigation, said that the vented dams were basically being

Bengaluru, Sept 15: The recent political developments including simmering discontent within Congress amidst BJP’s attempt to buy MLAs and looming bypolls to fill three Legislative Council seats are likely to force chief minister H D Kumaraswamy to postpone the long-awaited expansion of the Karnataka Cabinet. The last meeting of the coordination committee of the JD(S)–Congress government had

Mangaluru, Sept 14: The Airports Authority of India’s Southern Regional Executive Director S Sreekumar today said that the Mangaluru International Airport will soon be equipped with the state-of-the-art and advanced air navigation aids and advanced security system. Speaking to media persons, he said that the airport would have advanced instrument landing system (ILS), radar and Doppler VHF omni

Mangaluru, Sept 14: An under-trial who was brought to the court for a hearing, escaped after going to the washroom at Sullia bus stand under the pretext of answering nature's call on Friday. According to police, Aziz, 35, a resident of Ajjavara, was accused in a murder at Kasaragod and was jailed at Hosa Durga in Kerala. He was brought to Sullia for a court hearing for a case related to theft

Newsroom, Sept 14: Sunil Chatra, one of the directors of Sri Durgamba Transit Private Limited, died in a road accident in Tamil Nadu today. According to sources, the tragedy took place when at around 3 p.m. when he was driving his Mitsubishi Pajero in Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu. A prominent name in transport industry, he was also the director of Raipur Bus Service Private Limited and Sri

Bengaluru, Sept 14: Accusing the BJP of attempting to topple his government,Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Friday warned of legal action against "certain kingpins' who, he claimed, were trying to bribe Congress and JD(S) MLAs to pull down his ministry. Amid media reports that certain resorts were ready to host some Congress and JD(S) MLAs in the alleged toppling game following internal