Karnataka

Mysuru, Sept 2: The preparations for world famous Mysuru Dasara Festivities began on Sunday as the first batch of six elephants started their journey on Gajapayana, the march of Dasara elephants. The first batch of elephants began their journey from Veeranahosahalli tribal village near Nagarahole National Park in this district of Karnataka to take part in the famous ten day Dasara festivities

New Delhi, Sept 2: The Supreme Court has agreed to consider a fresh plea of a Muslim woman seeking to declare as unconstitutional the setting up of Sharia courts to decide marriage, divorce and other cases. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud asked petitioner Zikra to file an application to intervene as a party in a batch of pleas

Bengaluru, Sept 2: The ruling Janata Dal (Secular) and the Congress in Karnataka will be extending their coalition alliance to the urban local bodies (ULBs) polls across the state to keep the Opposition BJP out of power, a JD(S) official said on Saturday. "In the event of either party not getting majority on its own in the ULB elections, we will have post-poll alliance to rule the local bodies as

Bengaluru, Sept 2: Aakashneel Dalal, an 18-year-old from Jharkhand, who had appeared for the NEET exam, received a call from a man introducing himself as Manoj Das from the KEA. The caller informed that Dalal has a poor score in NEET but he could arrange a medical seat for him at Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI). Dalal and family trusted the caller and gave him Rs 11.6 lakh

Bengaluru, Sept 2: Even as the probe into the coldblooded murder of journactivist Gauri Lankesh started making headway gradually, her supporters and opponents are gearing up to mark her death anniversary in different ways. 55-year-old daughter of legendary Kannada thinker P Lankesh was shot dead in front of her house in Rajarajeshwari Nagar in Bengaluru late on September 5, last year. Like her

Newsroom, Sept 2: In a massive resource mobilisation drive to generate funds for the post-flood relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction programme, the state government of Kerala is reaching out across the world. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan believes that the large Malayali diaspora in various countries will play a role in rebuilding the flood-raved state. The Loka Kerala Sabha, a government

Bengaluru, Sept 2: The Coffee Board has estimated a crop loss of about 82,000 tonnes owing to heavy rains in the coffee tracts of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It has recommended to the Centre to consider a special relief package for coffee growers. A press release issued by the board said that a preliminary assessment of crop loss in all the major zones during the third week of August was

Mangaluru, Sept 2: The 2nd Additional District and Sessions court has sentenced a 27-year-old man from Kateel in Dakshina Kannada to four years of imprisonment on finding him guilty of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in 2014. According to charge-sheet filed by the Ullal police, Yatish Karkera kidnapped the girl by enticing her with buying new clothes and a mobile phone. Karkera confined the

Mangaluru, Sept 1: Union Minister for Statistics and Programme Implementation D V Sadananda Gowda here on Saturday claimed that demonetisation and digital transactions had brought financial discipline leading to growth of gross domestic product. At the launch of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) here, Mr. Gowda said his ministry had found that the fears expressed about slowdown in the growth because

Tumakuru, Sept 1: BJP leader and former minister Sogadu Shivanna on Saturday demanded that police should register suo motu cases against Food and Civil Supplies Minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan for his alleged communal statement. Mr Khan, who also holds Minority and Wakf portfolios, had recently stated that those Muslims who voted for the BJP were not genuine Muslims. Addressing a press meet here