Karnataka

Magnaluru, Jul 6: Mangaluru City South MLA Vedavyas Kamath is of the opinion that there are no schemes for the coastal district of Dakshina Kannada in the Karnataka budget 2018-19. Speaking to coasaldigest.com, the BJP leader said that not much financial aid came towards Dakshina Kannada out of the budget read out by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy. “It was disappointing and injustice to our people

Dharwad, July 5: Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde hit out at secular intellectuals, saying the latter does not have an understanding of the difference between a living human being and a dead body. "So-called intellectuals don't understand 'antar atma' (inner self). For them, there is no difference between a living human and dead bodies, as both have the same body parts. These people think

New Delhi, Jul 5: Criticising doctor-turned-Islamic preacher Zakir Naik over his fear that Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led union government may misuse the law to target him, senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Thursday said that anybody who comes under cloud should have courage to face allegations. "To say that there won't be fair trial in our country is extremely unfair. We may have legal

Bengaluru, July 5: In another case of VVIP culture, a Congress leader PN Krishnamurthy was seen arguing with a traffic policeman after his car was stopped in the state capital. In a video of June 4, surfaced on Thursday, the Congress leader was seen arguing with the policeman and called him an 'idiot'. "You don't know who you are speaking to," Krishnamurthy told the policeman. Recently, a

Bengaluru, July 5: After Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy proposed a hike in fuel price while presenting the state budget, former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said it would not be a burden on the people. He said, "For mobilization of resources a small increase has been made in sales tax of diesel and petrol in the Budget. It will not be a burden." The Chief Minister has proposed to increase the rate

Bengaluru, Jul 5: Karnataka has come up with an unique scheme 'Compete with China' to boost production of mass produced industrial goods in the lines of those flooding the Indian market from China and this will be promoted with the help of successful entrepreneurs of the state. Announcing this in his maiden Budget presented in the Legislative Assembly, Chief Minster H D Kumaraswamy who also holds

Hon’ble Speaker, 1. I present the Budget for the year 2018-19 before this House. 2. This is the first Budget of our coalition Government. The stand of the coalition Government; its dreams and realities; difficulties and challenges are reflected. 3. Election to the 15th Legislative Assembly held on 12th May, 2018 has changed the direction of Karnataka. It is the beauty of democracy that two

Mangaluru, Jul 5: The police have arrested a man, aged around 45 years for allegedly sexually assaulting his own minor daughter at Puchchemogeru near Moodbidri on the outskirts of the city. The accused has been identified as Vikram Pillai, originally from Kerala. He had married a woman from Jharkhand and had a 14-year-old daughter. He was employed at a mill and resided in Puchchemegoru with his

New Delhi, Jul 5: In a U-turn, Gulf carrier Emirates on Wednesday scrapped its decision to discontinue 'Hindu meal' on its flights citing customer feedback. The move comes a day after the airline announced that it would stop serving 'Hindu meal' and that Hindu customers can choose from a variety of regionally-inspired vegetarian and special meals. Emirates is the single largest foreign carrier

Bengaluru, Jul 5: Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy is now presenting the Congress-JDS coalition government’s maiden budget. Here are the live updates: 16% of budget set aside for loan waiver Kumaraswamy starts his budget speech at Vidhana Soudha. He announces formation of a farmers' consultation committee comprising of progressive farmers. He allocates ₹50 crore for a zero budget natural