Karnataka

Bengaluru, Feb 10: Janata Dal (Secular) supremo and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda has used derogatory word against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Speaking at a party convention at Kengeri on Saturday Gowda termed Siddaramaiah as "neecha" (wretched/villainous/lower caste man) and an dictator. Gowda also claimed credit for Siddaramaiah’s political growth. He predicted that

Dubai, Feb 10: PM Narendra Modi is the only Indian premier to have officially visited the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and is set to return to the Gulf state for a second time. Little wonder then that massive renditions of the Indian Tricolour dominated the cityscapes of the UAE's two biggest cities. Iconic structures in both cities lit up in saffron, white and green on Friday night, in preparation

Panaji, Feb 10: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar reaffirmed his government's resolve to tackle the drug menace in the coastal state even as he expressed concern over girls consuming liquor these days. "I have begun to fear now, because even girls have started drinking beer. The tolerance limit is being crossed. "I am not talking about everyone. I am not talking about those siting here,"

Kochi, Feb 10: A class XI student and the daughter of a local BJP leader in Kasaragod district of Kerala has appealed for help in a Facebook video after CPM workers allegedly threatened to kill her father. Ashwini, daughter of Sukumaran, said in the video that her father recently joined the BJP in the presence of state president Kummanam Rajasekharan at a function in Kanjangad. “Local CPM leaders

Mangaluru, Feb 10: A local court has awarded nine months of rigorous imprisonment to a married man for cheating a girl under the pretext of marrying her. The court also levied a fine of Rs 20,000 of which Rs 15,000 will be paid as compensation to the victim who has delivered a baby girl after she had a physical relationship with the accused. Apart from this, the convict will also have to pay Rs 1

Mangaluru, Feb 10: The Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) has urged the Karnataka government to take necessary measures to provide job, financial aid to those who lose job in middle eastern countries in the wake of their localization drives. Speaking to media persons here on Friday, DYFI state president Muneer Katipalla said that thousands of expatriates from coastal Karnataka working in

New Delhi, Feb 10: The Karnataka High Court will get five new additional judges. The President appointed Dixit Krishna Shripad, Shankar Ganapathi Pandit, Ramakrishna Devdas, Bhotanhosur Mallikarjuna Shyam Prasad and Siddappa Sunil Dutt Yadav as additional judges. They will serve for two years. On Thursday, advocates called off their four-day hunger strike after receiving credible information that

Bengaluru, Feb 10: Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait on Friday conceded that there were as many as 240 typographical and factual errors introduced in school textbooks distributed during the current academic year. Replying to Tara Anuradha (BJP) in the Legislative Council, Sait said that his department was, however, taking measures to ensure that the same mistakes aren't

Bengaluru, Feb 10: P Ravi Kumar, Principal Secretary, Energy Department, on Friday said that there is excess generation of power from various sources, including solar energy, in the state. However, the state is unable to use the generated power effectively for want of proper infrastructure. He said that on Friday the maximum demand was 9,150 MW and on Thursday it was 9,755 MW. The department can

Mangaluru, Feb 9: Within six months after he took charge, Hemanth Nimbalkar, Inspector-General of Police, Western Range, has been transferred as IGP, Criminal Investigation Department, Economic Offences, Bengaluru. He took charge here on August 16, 2017. The State government has transferred back J. Arun Chakravarthy, IGP, Internal Security Division, Bengaluru, in the place of Mr. Nimbalkar. Mr