Karnataka

Udupi, Jul 19: The doctors of Mainipal’s KMC hospital, where Shiroor Mutt chief pontiff Lakshmivara Teertha Swami breathed his last today, have not ruled out the possibilities of poisoning. P Latavya Acharya, Dewan of Shiroor Mutt, had earlier said that the seer had food with college students who were planting saplings in 15 acres of mutt premises at Shiroor village, about 24 km from Udupi, on

Udupi, Jul 19: Hours after the suspicious death of Shiroor Mutt chief pontiff Sri Lakshmivara Teertha swamiji, his advocate has revealed that the former had expressed fears to his life has he had decided to go against other seers of the Ashta Mutt (eight mutts). Speaking to news channel advocate Ravikiran Murdeshwar said that nearly a month ago the seer had visited former’s office and had

New Delhi, Jul 19: The Reserve Bank on Thursday said it will soon issue new Rs 100 notes in lavender colour having the motif of ‘Rani ki vav’ – a stepwell located on the banks of Saraswati river in Gujarat’s Patan. "All Rs 100 banknotes issued earlier will also continue to be legal tender," the central bank said while announcing the issue of the new Rs 100 notes. The base colour of the note is

Hassan, Jul 19: The movement of heavy vehicles on the recently upgraded Shiradi Ghat stretch of National Highway 75 has been temporarily prohibited. Hassan Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri stated that only light motor vehicles would be allowed on the stretch as the road work is incomplete. The construction of guard-wall and shoulders along the stretch is not yet done. If the heavy vehicles were

New Delhi, Jul 19: The government has finally admitted that the claims about the exodus of Hindu families from Deoband in western Uttar Pradesh, were mere pre-poll lies. Union Minister Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, while replying to a written question related to the alleged incidents of exodus of Hindu families and steps taken by the government to check such incidents, on Wednesday said, “A report in

Udupi, Jul 19: Sri Lakshmivara Teertha Swami, the chief pontiff of Shiroor Mutt, one of the prestigious Ashta (eight) Mutts, breathed his last today morning at a private hospital, here. The 55-year-old was the 30th pontiff of the mutt. He was initiated at the age of 8 years in June 1971. It is learnt that was admitted to KMC Hospital in Manipal yesterday following food poisoning and his condition

Kasaragod, Jul 1: The High Court of Kerala has directed the State Police Chief to provide adequate police protection to GAIL (India) Ltd and its contractors to carry out loading and unloading of pipes and other equipment for the execution of the Kochi-Kootanad-Bengaluru-Mangaluru gas pipeline. The court issued the order on a petition filed by GAIL, Kalamassery. The petitioner alleged that gas

Udupi, Jul 19: Yogish Shetty, president of the district unit of Janata Dal(S) has said that the BJP was “misleading and confusing” the people of the coast over the State budget presented by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy. Addressing presspersons here, Mr. Shetty said that the provisions in this budget, which focussed on farm loan waiver, were in addition to the budget presented in February by the

New Delhi, Jul 19: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today called on Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh and sought financial help for implementing the Rs. 40,000 crore farm loan waiver scheme announced by the state government. In its state budget on July 5, Janata Dal (Secular)-Congress coalition government had announced a loan waiver of Rs. 34,000 crore, which jumped to Rs. 40

New Delhi, Jul 19: Cutting across party lines, Karnataka MPs today decided to press for a debate in the ongoing session of Parliament on the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA), which the state feels is against the interests of its farmers. In the meeting, which was called by Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy here, the MPs supported the state government's plan to challenge the