Karnataka

New Delhi, Aug 9: Karnataka BJP unit today urged the Centre to bring down the GST on pan masala to 5% from the existing 18% and also hike the minimum import price (MIP) of arecanut to Rs 300/kg to save domestic growers reeling under the crisis due to lower prices. Domestic prices of arecanut have fallen sharply to Rs 280/kg at present from the high of Rs 380/kg last year owing to cheaper and poor

Mangaluru, Aug 9: In two separate operations in different places of Dakshina Kannada district, the police have seized six cattle and around 850 kilograms of beef today. At Jakribettu village of Bantwal taluk, a team of police in intercepted a vehicle and arrested two persons for transporting beef. The arrested are Abdul Jabbar, a resident of Thumbe Ramalkatte and Samseer, a resident of Bambila

Udupi, Aug 9: The South Karnataka unit of the Bajrang Dal has urged the police to prevent the increasing cases of thefts of cows and thefts of valuables in temples in Udupi district. Addressing presspersons here on Wednesday, Sunil K.R., convener of the South Karnataka unit of Bajrang Dal, said that the number of cases of theft of cows had increased in Udupi district in the last few months. So too

New Delhi, Aug 9: The Union Cabinet today approved inclusion of a provision of granting bail to men found guilty of giving instant triple talaq to their wives, sources in the government said. Giving instant triple talaq will continue to be illegal and void and will attract a jail term of three years for the husband. The so called 'Muslim Women Protection of Rights on Marriage Bill' was cleared by

Bengaluru, Aug 9: Even though the floods and other rain-related tragedies claimed around 150 lives across Karnataka in recent months, several districts of the state are likely to face severe draught in coming days. With the monsoon weakening as rapidly as it set in, Karnataka is yet again staring at a rough agricultural year, with the state preparing to declare as many as 84 taluks in 13 districts

Hubballi, Aug 9: Reiterating that Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) will jointly fight upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka, former chief minister Siddaramaiah said that alliance in local body elections is left to the decision of respective district units of the party. "Most likely, there would be no alliance in local body elections. But, there would be alliance between Congress and JD(S) in Lok

Bengaluru, Aug 9: A nursing college in Bengaluru has kicked up a row by allegedly attempting to curtail the religious freedom of the students and asking them to shave off their beards before attending classes. According to sources, four students – all from Jammu & Kashmir –who were enrolled in the Adarsh College of Nursing Mariyappana Palya in Mallathahalli, Bengaluru, were left in the lurch after

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 9: At least 18 people were killed as heavy rains and landslides hit parts of Kerala on Thursday, officials said. According to the disaster control room sources, 10 people were killed in landslides in Idukki, five in Malappuram, two in Kannur and one in Wayanad district. Three persons are missing -- one each in Wayanad, Palakkad and Kozhikode districts. Five members of a

Bengaluru, Aug 9: Soon, there will be drones flying over the fields of North Karnataka, as the state government turns to technology to estimate crop damage due to deficit rainfall in a quick, standardized and objective manner. Agriculture minister N H Shivashankar Reddy on Wednesday said the department will be taking the assistance of drones for the first time to assess crop damage, although the

Bengaluru, Aug 9: Denying allegations that the saffron party is keen on toppling the 10-week old JD(S)-Congress coalition government in Karnataka, the BJP on Wednesday insisted that it is not “poaching” MLAs of other parties. KPCC chief Dinesh Gundurao and water resources minister D K Shivakumar had claimed that the opposition party was trying to poach their party’s MLAs with promises of power and