Karnataka

The universal health coverage scheme of the Karnataka government, which was expected to be rolled out in November 2017, is likely to be launched formally by the end of February by chief minister Siddaramaiah. "Around 1.43 crore families (entire population) in the state will get health coverage. The government may have to spend an estimated Rs 1,200 crore for the scheme," Minister of Health and

Bengaluru, Feb 3: A 30-year-old woman and her four-year-old son were burnt to death inside a Maruti Ritz car in Bengaluru on Friday. The local residents found the dead bodies of Neha Verma (30 and Param(4) after dousing the fire that had engulfed the car in the basement of their apartment complex at Nallurahalli, near Whitefield. Police said the mom and son drove into the basement of Sumadhura

In a shocking incident, a 4-year-old boy was electrocuted to death after he chewed on a mobile charger pin when it was plugged into the power point in Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka on Thursday. The deceased is Abhignan (4), the only son of a carpenter Indresh and his wife Leela, residents of Aldur town on the outskirts of Chikkamagaluru city. It is said that the charger cable was hanging

Bengaluru Feb 3: BJP State President Yeddyurappa on Friday accused the ruling Congress of making efforts to prevent people from reaching Palace Grounds, the venue of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pre-election rally in Bengaluru on February 4. Speaking to reporters after reviewing the preparations for the rally, Yeddyurappa said the Congress' efforts will not materialise thanks, to the huge

Hosapete, Feb 3: As many as 39 children had a miraculous escape after the bus they were travelling caught fire on the outer ring road near Hosapete on Friday night. The students of government primary school in Vajjal village of Ilkal taluk in Bagalkot district had come to Hampi on a tour by a minibus. A vehicle of Jindal company was coming behind the schoolchildren's bus. It's driver noticed fire

Bengaluru, Feb 3: Traffic police in a particular district at present have no clue about a motorist's violations elsewhere in the state. Now, with the plan to implement a unified system across the state, the entire data of traffic violations across the state would be linked to a central server from where each and every traffic police station can access violations of a particular vehicle anywhere in

Bengaluru, Feb 3: The Bengaluru Bandh on Sunday was called off soon after the Karnataka High Court declared it unconstitutional and illegal. Vatal Nagaraj of Kannada Okkuta, which had called for the bandh, said on Friday, "We welcome the court order. But we have decided to observe Sunday as a black day. The Okkuta will take out a protest march from Freedom Park to Palace Grounds demanding Prime

Bengaluru Feb 3: With election heat intensifying, AICC social media chief Ramya conducted a day-long workshop for Youth Congress members here Friday on how they should counter the BJP on social media platforms. Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress president Basanagouda Badarli said the workshop had representatives from all the 224 Assembly segments, district coordinators and state-level coordinators.

U M Madappa, a freedom fighter and veteran politician, who was a member of the first Mysurur state assembly formed in 1952 (before unification of Karnataka), died on Thursday at a hospital in Bengaluru. He was 96. The last rites were held on Friday in Udigala village in Chamarajanagar. He's survived by two sons and three daughters. Madappa is remembered for his contribution to the unification of

Halady Srinivas Shetty, who resigned as Member of Legislative Assembly three days ago, formerly joined Bharatiya Janta Party in the presence of top party leaders in Bengaluru on Friday. Shetty had won the Kundapur Assembly seat twice on the BJP ticket. However, following differences with the party leadership, he quit the BJP in 2013 and won as an Independent. Shetty said he returned to the BJP as