Karnataka

Bengaluru, May 23: H D Kumaraswamy has promised that all pro-people schemes launched in Karnataka during the tenure of former chief minister Siddaramaiah would be continued under the coalition government. Speaking to reporters in Mysuru before flying to Bengaluru to take oath as chief minister today, he said, farmers' crop loans will be waived as per the manifesto promise; but it would take some

Bengaluru, May 23: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday observed 'Anti-People's Mandate Day' in Karnataka ahead of the formation of the Janata Dal (Secular)-Congress coalition government in the state. BJP president for Karnataka and former Chief Minister, B. S. Yeddyurappa, led the demonstrations in Bengaluru. Speaking to reporters here, Yeddyurappa lambasted the JD(S)-Congress alliance

Bengaluru, May 23: Hours before taking oath as the chief minister of Karnataka, JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday reached out to the farmers and promised them to be with them in their difficulties. Speaking to reporters atop Chamundi Hills in Mysuru, he scotched reports that he was backtracking on farmers’ loan waiver issue as being speculated in a section of the media. He said

Bengaluru, May 23: After several rounds of meetings and consultations an understanding has been reached on sharing of berths in the Ministry between the Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) in H D Kumaraswamy-led government. With the size of the Ministry fixed at 34, the Congress will get 22 berths, including that of Deputy Chief Minister, while the JD(S) will get 12, including the Chief Minister

Mangaluru/Udupi, May 23: Officials in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts of coastal Karnataka have urged the people to take maximum precautionary measures and not panic over Nipah virus that has claimed at least a dozen lives in neighbouring Kerala. The twin districts have been put on high alert after two suspected case of Nipah were surfaced in Mangaluru yesterday. All private hospitals have

Mangaluru, May 23: In a unique initiative, Yenepoya University has undertaken a complete mushroom audit of the Derlakatte campus. The study conducted over a period of six months has yielded rich information on the macrofungal resources of the campus. The information has documented in a ready reference book titled ‘Macrofungal Resources of Yenepoya University’. Chancellor Yenepoya Abdullah Kunhi

Bengaluru, May 23: Three Parliamentary Committees will have new nomination as an after effect of Karnataka Assembly polls in which three Lok Sabha members who sucessfully contested the elections have resigned as MPs. On the other hand, Karnataka will see by-elections to three Lok Sabha seats- Shivamogga, Ballari and Mandya, vacated by B S Yeddyurappa, B Sreeramulu and JD(S) leader C S Puttaraju

Bengaluru, May 23: At 59, Haradanahalli Deve Gowda Kumaraswamy, will be taking oath as chief minister of the state for the second time after a gap of 12 years. He will be sworn in as the 25th chief minister of Karnataka on Wednesday. Born to Channamma and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda in Haradanahalli in Holenarasipura taluk of Hassan district, Kumaraswamy is presently the state president

Thiruvananthapuram, May 23: A letter written by a Keralite nurse minutes before she died of the 'Nipah' virus has gone viral in the social media, leaving people teary-eyed. Twenty eight-year-old Lini working in the Perambra Taluk Hospital in Kozhikode got exposed to the 'deadly' virus while treating affected patients. She died on Monday. Lini leaves behind her husband who works in Bahrain and two

Bengaluru, May 23: Chief Minister-designate H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday said waiving farm loans seemed a difficult proposition in a coalition setup, even as the Congress is not inclined to support writing off loans farmers have borrowed from nationalised banks. Before polls, Kumaraswamy had announced 100% waiver of loans borrowed by farmers from cooperative financial institutions and nationalised