Karnataka

Mangaluru, Aug 29: Stating that the capital of Karnataka has already reached the saturation level of industrialisation, chief minister H D Kumaraswamy has vowed to take necessary steps to set up more industries in Tier-II cities like Mangaluru. “It is time to impose restrictions on setting up of new industries in Bengaluru as the city is facing too much pressure. My intention is to incentivise

Bengaluru, Aug 29: In a shocking incident, a youth gouged out his father’s eye with a set of car keys after a clash over a property dispute yesterday in the city. The accused Abhishek Chethan (35) was arrested by the police while his father S S Parameshwar was admitted a hospital after the coldblooded attack. According to police the son had been pressuring his father to sign over a property in JP

Mangaluru, Aug 28: BJP leader and Union Minister for Statistics and Programme Implementation D V Sadananda Gowda has predicted that chief minister H D Kumaraswamy led Congress-JD(S) coalition government of Karnataka would collapse on its own within a month. Speaking to reporters, Mr. Gowda said the Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) have formed the coalition government not in the interest of

Newsroom, Aug 28: Internationally acclaimed Indian writer Arundhati Roy has termed the current situation “more dangerous” that it was at the time of Emergency imposed by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The comments comes after the Pune police raided the houses of nearly a dozen leading civil rights activists across the country and arrested at least five of them over allegations of Maoist

Shimla, Aug 28: A 46-year-old trekker from Bengaluru has been missing in Himachal Pradesh's tribal Kinnaur district since July 25, a district official said today. Earlier in the day, a body found in Nichar tehsil of the district was thought to be of the missing trekker, Satya Narayan, he said. However, the body was later found to be of someone else, the official added. He said efforts were on to

New Delhi, Aug 28: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has adopted a powerful stance in empowering women, setting new standards based on a model drawn from the vision of founding father of the Arab country, late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. This approach perpetuates in the current leadership's vision for the future, whereby women stand as active partners and contributors in the country's

Aug 28: Although Indian parents are aware that images of their children posted online could end up in the wrong hands, most of them are still sharing their kids' images online often without any consent from them, a survey by global cyber security firm McAfee revealed on Tuesday. The survey, titled The Age of Consent, found 40.5 per cent of parents in India (with Mumbai being the most active) post

Newsroom, Aug 28: The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president Dinesh Gundu Rao has candidly admitted that his party is not in a position to fight the Bharatiya Janata Party singlehandedly in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as the latter has too much money. Responding to a query at a press conference in Dharwad yesterday, the KPCC chief said, “Under the current circumstances, the Congress is

Bengaluru, Aug 28: The chief minister H D Kumaraswamy led government now has to shell out a huge amount to rebuild and repair infrastructure in Kodagu and other districts that were affected by heavy rainfall, flooding and landslides in the last three months. At least 800 homes were destroyed while 2,225 km roads, 240 bridges and 65 government buildings were severely damaged due to rains since June

Udupi, Aug 28: Finally, the Udupi district police have handed over the ‘moola mutt’ of Shiroor Mutt at Shiroor village, about 22 km from here, to the representatives of the Sode Mutt. The ‘moola mutt’ was under the police custody since the death of Lakshmivara Tirtha Swami of Shiroor Mutt on July 19, 2018. The police had collected several items from the ‘moola mutt’ during of the investigation