Karnataka

Mangaluru, Nov 30: The officials of Customs at Mangaluru International Airport have seized gold valued over about Rs 64 lakh in six cases of smuggling during November. The smugglers had used diverse modus operandi to bring in the contraband. In a case involving seizure of 803 grams of gold, gold powder was mixed with a chemical to form a gum and filled into hollows of sandals worn by him. In

Moodbidri, Nov 30: “Our expectations from the education system have entirely gone wrong owing to a number of factors. When the entire world respects and seeks to follow our culture, our own education system and even guardians tend to underestimate the power of it. It is time everyone stops forcing the students to be machines, and the education institutions stop being just printing presses for

Belagavi, Nov 30: Activists of Janata Dal (Secular) staged a protest in Belagavi on Wednesday, against BJP leader and Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha for alleged abusive comments about freedom fighters Kittur Channamma and Belavadi Mallamma made by his followers. The protesters shouted slogans against Mr. Simha and his supporters and sought legal action against them. They faulted Mr. Simha for not

Bengaluru, Nov 30: The Karnataka high court on Thursday ordered notice to legislative assembly, its speaker, state government and three complainants in response to the petition filed by journalists Ravi Belagere and Anil Raj. 'Hi Bangalore' editor Ravi Belagere and 'Yelahanka Voice' editor Anil Raj had moved the court challenging their conviction and punishment of imprisonment for a year ordered

Bengaluru, Nov 30: The Karnataka government today said it would soon unveil an action plan for implementation of its electric vehicle and energy storage policy aimed at creating conducive environment and necessary infrastructure for electric mobility in the city. Stakeholders would meet Chief Minister Siddaramaiah tomorrow with regard to the action plan on electric vehicles and battery charging

Bengaluru, Nov 30: Bengaluru’s cool quotient has taken a drubbing with the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report for 2016 saying it is the second highest crime-prone metro in the country after Delhi. The Silicon City of India has now surpassed Mumbai in crimes. This is when Mumbai, where the underworld, too, run their own show, has reported a decline in the number of crimes. The 'Crime in

Srinivasapura Nov 30: JD(S) National President H D Deve Gowda said here on Wednesday that for the welfare of the state, voters need to choose regional parties during the upcoming Assembly polls. He was speaking after inaugurating the party workers meeting at the town government girls PUC College. He cited Tamil Nadu and said that it was a fine example for Karnataka to follow. They have blocked the

Jet Airways and SpiceJet, the two leading private airlines of India, are likely to join the race to bid for debt-ridden Air India, along with Tata Group and IndiGo. A top government source: "The economics of the game will change completely for whichever airline gets Air India. With its 14% domestic and 17-18% international market share, getting AI will be a paradigm shift for the successful bidder

Even though speculations are rife that Congress may field actor-turned-politician Ramya from Mandya Assembly constituency in 2018 Karnataka polls, chief minister Siddaramaiah’s wish is to field her from one of the 28 constituencies in Bengaluru. An open-minded Siddaramaiah believes that fielding Ramya would add charisma to the campaign and will boost the morale of the workers in Bengaluru

To encourage research in higher education institutions, the government has approved Rs 2,000 crore interest-free loans to six institutions, including the National Institute of Technology – Karnataka (NIT-K) located at Surathkal in Mangaluru. the Higher Education Funding Agency (HEFA) on Monday approved sanctioning of loan of Rs 2,066.73 crore to the NITK Surathkal, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT