Karnataka

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

Bengaluru, Jul 19: Taking former chief minister Siddaramaiah head on, the H D Kumaraswamy government has withdrawn members to the Syndicate and other decision-making bodies in 17 universities who were nominated by the previous Congress government. Siddaramaiah had explicitly asked Kumaraswamy not to remove Syndicate members nominated during the previous government’s regime. However, a notification

Udupi, Jul 19: Minister for Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Venkata Rao Nadagouda said that the budget announced by chief minister is bound to fulfil the assurances made to the fishing community. Speaking to reporters after visiting the fish market and inaugurating the first ever electrically-run fishing boat in the state here at Malpe harbour on Wednesday, the minister said that to tackle the

Bengaluru, Jul 18: The Congress wants its coalition government with the JD(S) in Karnataka to function effectively and H D Kumaraswamy to remain as chief minister for the next five years, KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao said on Wednesday. Rao, who took over as Karnataka Congress president last week, also said that Kumaraswamy's emotional outburst at a JD(S) meeting about "swallowing pain" like

Mangaluru, Jul 18: A 30-year-old man from the coastal city has been arrested and taken to Mysuru in connection with the repeated sexual assaults on three mentally changed siblings. The arrested has been identified as Aban. According to police, he was one of the five miscreants who had abducted the siblings aged 16, 17 and 18 years from Udayagiri police limits in Mysuru, took them to different

Mangaluru, Jul 18: Officials at Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) are bracing to handle the Haj pilgrims who will fly to Saudi Arabia in separate batches. The first batch of Haj pilgrims from Karnataka will leave from MIA on July 21. A flight carrying 146 pilgrims will leave everyday till July 23. The pilgrims will disembark in the holy city of Madinah. The airport will handle flights brining