Karnataka

“Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it” – Michaelangelo As the year comes to a close, At Transit One we look forward to a promising year ahead as we move towards the finishing stages of Building our shared dream. The elegant exterior envelope of the structure now stands complete with glazing in the Front facade and Fundermax cladding panels

Bengaluru, Dec 14: The Department of Pre-University Education, Government of Karnataka, has announced the second pre-university examination timetable for 2017-18. As per the schedule, the exam will be conducted between March 1 and 17 in 2018. Officials have made minor changes to the tentative timetable based on objections received by students, parents, and teachers. This academic year, the exams

Bidar, Dec 14: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah tore apart the principal Opposition BJP after launching the Nava Karnataka Nirmana Yatra, with much fanfare in Basavakalyan town on Wednesday. "Starting from K C Reddy, several chief ministers have served the state. But, have you ever heard of a chief minister taking bribe through cheque, like Yeddyurappa did? He is the first chief minister who went to

Bengaluru, Dec 14: The JD(S) SC/ST convention took off in Bengaluru on Wednesday with the party's Dalit leaders mooting a separate 'Dalit budget', if the party came to power next year. The party leadership, however, made no commitment to this effect. JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy, instead, chose to attack Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for his "betrayal" of the Dalit community. Kumaraswamy

Mangaluru, Dec 13: A group of miscreants thrashed a Muslim boy after he was found speaking to a girl belonging to another community in the city on Wednesday. The boy and the girl, said to be friends, were speaking near State Bank Circle when a group followed them. On suspecting the motive of the group, the boy asked the girl to run away. The group then caught hold of the boy and threatened him

New Delhi, Dec 13: The claim made in a new show of a US science channel that the 'Ram Setu' between India and Sri Lanka is man-made has reaffirmed the party's stand on the issue, the BJP said on Wednesday, asserting that it believes in the existence of Lord Rama. "It is unfortunate that the Congress has always been apologetic when it came to respecting Hindu religion. I wish once and for all this

Bengaluru, Dec 13: Kannada actor 'Kichcha' Sudeep said on Wednesday that he had no plans to join politics, spiking rumours of his meeting with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on December 11. He was launching the logo of 'We Respect Farmers Trust' in the city. Sudeep said he would sell one of his luxury cars and donate money to the farmers' Trust. Former Lokayukta Justice N Santosh Hegde felicitated 15

Former union minister and Chikkaballapur MP M Veerappa Moily has accused union minister and Uttara Kannada MP Anant Kumar Hegde of deliberately misleading the youth of the coastal Karnataka and turning them into “domestic terrorists.” Addressing presspersons in Vijayapura on Wednesday, the veteran Congress leader, who also hails from coastal Karnataka, said that BJP MPs such as Mr. Hegde, Shobha

Mangaluru, Dec 13: Officials of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) raided offices and residences of six senior government officers across Karnataka on Wednesday. The simultaneous raid began before 7 a.m. in different places and investigations are still on. In coastal district of Dakshina Kannada, P F Miranda, Assistant Director of agriculture department was the target. The ACB police raided his

Bengaluru, Dec 13: Veteran Congress leader and former union minister C K Jaffer Sharief has criticized chief minister Siddaramaiah and party’s state president G Parameshwara for their decision to take out election tours separately. "The party would have benefited if they (Siddaramaiah and Parameshwara) had taken out the election tour together without making it a prestige issue...there was no need