Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jun 30: Former minister and Billava stalwart Kota Srinivas Poojary is all set to be the leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council. The post became vacant following K S Eshwarappa’s election to the Assembly. The decision was taken at a meeting of the BJP’s core committee here on Friday. BJP general secretary Aravind Limbavali made this announcement after state BJP

Bengaluru, Jun 30: The state government will hold a meeting with private medical colleges one last time on Saturday with a final offer allowing them to hike fees by 10%, Medical Education Minister D K Shivakumar said on Friday. The Fee Regulatory Committee headed by Justice D V Shylendra Kumar has allowed medical colleges to hike fees by 8%. Last year, the fee for every MBBS seat in private

Bengaluru, Jun 30: BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa on Friday predicted that the H D Kumaraswamy government will not last long due to differences between the coalition partners, the Congress and the JD(S). Addressing BJP’s first state executive committee meeting after the Assembly elections, Yeddyurappa said that the JD(S)-Congress coalition was showing signs of instability. Calling upon his

New Delhi, Jun 29: Karnataka Food Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan today urged the Centre to clear Rs 954.26 crore claim of the state procuring agencies for undertaking purchase of rice and coarse grains at MSP in last three years. Raising the issue in the national consultation meeting chaired by Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan here, Khan said, "The state has undertaken the procurement at the

Bengaluru, Jun 29: Former chief minister Siddaramaiah said today he was not unhappy about the ruling Congress-JD(S) coalition in Karnataka as was being projected, and there was no doubt about the stability of the government. Breaking his silence on the controversy over video leaks that purportedly showed his remarks on the fresh budget and longevity of the government, Siddaramaiah termed video

Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 29: The Kerala Police chief on Friday ordered a Crime Branch probe into the sexual exploitation of a woman by five priests of the Kottayam-headquartered Malankara Orthodox Church. Director General of Police Loknath Behra directed the Crime Branch wing to probe into the allegations made by the victim's husband, who belongs to the same church. An online portal had first

Bengaluru, Jun 29: Responding to Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde's comments comparing opposition leaders to crows and monkeys, senior Congress leader Verappa Moily said that "the tiger (Modi) had become wild and must be sent back to the forest." Hegde had sparked controversy by comparing the Opposition leaders to "crows, monkeys and foxes". "The Opposition has come together against the tiger

Udupi, Jun 29: A post-graduation student from Mangalore University lost her life when a portion of the compound wall of a temple collapsed on her at Ulloor near Heroor village in Udupi district today. The deceased has been identified as Dhanya (22), who was pursuing second-year MSc in statistics from Mangalore University. She was the daughter of Chandrashekar and Hema Shetty. According to sources

Hubballi, Jun 29: Low-cost carrier IndiGo began direct flights to Goa and Kochi from Hubballi airport yesterday. IndiGo sources said the airline is using its ninth ATR aircraft to operate daily direct flights from Hubballi to Goa and Kochi. The new flights are aimed at business and leisure travellers from the region who are on the lookout for convenient and affordable flying options. The flight

Mangaluru, Jun 29: The hijab row in Mangaluru’s prestigious St Agnes College has taken a new twist with a couple of Muslim girls from the same college accusing the Campus Front of India (CFI) of unnecessarily politicising the issue. On Jun 25, a few Muslim students of the college under the aegis of the Campus Front of India, had staged a protest to exert pressure on the college authorities to