Karnataka

Belagavi, Nov 22: Kannada activist and former MLA Vatal Nagaraj was arrested along with his supporters during a protest in front of Suvarna Soudha in Belagavi on Wednesday. Police removed them from the venue and released them later. Mr. Vatal was protesting against neglect of issues concerning northern Karnataka in the winter session of the Assembly, delay in release of funds for Hyderabad

Belagavi, Nov 22: The process of establishing charging points at various depots of Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) is currently on to herald the induction of electric buses on the streets of Bengaluru, the Legislative Assembly was informed on Wednesday. Replying to query by N A Haris (Cong), Transport Minister H M Revanna said, the electric buses were being purchased under the

New Delhi, Nov 22: The Supreme Court today refused to accord urgent hearing on a plea filed by the father of Akhila alias Hadiya, who converted to Islam before marrying a Muslim man, that interaction with the woman be conducted in- camera. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud said that it will deal with this plea on November 27 itself when

Bengaluru, Nov 22: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah led Karnataka government has extended health scheme to retired police personnel after it noticed that most of them are suffering from various ailments. In the first stage, the government released Rs 20 crore for the scheme. A government notification stated, "Many police staff undergo various health problems after their retirement. So, the state

Belagavi, Nov 22: Health and Family Welfare Minister K.R. Ramesh Kumar tabled the Karnataka Private Medical Establishments (Amendment) Bill in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. The Bill was drafted based on the recommendations of a joint select committee of the legislature and on discussions with delegates of doctors’ associations. The modified Bill empowers the government to fix uniform

Bengaluru, Nov 22: The Bhartiya Janata Party has filed a police complaint against handlers of a Facebook page for allegedly carrying "false news" against its party state president B S Yeddyurappa, and for carrying out a malicious propaganda against the party. The complaint was lodged with the Malleshwaram police on Tuesday by the Social Media Cell of the state BJP, which has sought legal action

Udupi, Nov 22: A police team defused a “bomb” planted by “terrorists” at the Service Bus Stand here on Tuesday. But, neither was it a real bomb, nor the terrorists were real. It was a mock drill. Superintendent of Police Sanjeev M. Patil told presspersons here that the “bomb” was planted near the bus stand as part of the “Operation Sagar Kavach”, a security drill, which was on in the district. A

Bengaluru, Nov 22: The Union government has nominated U T Khader, Minister for Food and Civil Supplies, as member of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). He is one among its six members. The first meeting of the governing council of the BIS is being held in Delhi on Wednesday. The Bureau of Indian Standards Act – 2016 came into force on October 12, 2017. The BIS rules framed under this act have also

Udupi, Nov 22: India is the only country in the world where majority community is branded as communal, according Sri Vishwaprasanna Tirtha Swami, junior seer of Pejawar Mutt. He was speaking at the inaugural function of the contact office of the Dharma Sansad to be held from November 24 to 26, here. While the majority community or religion in other countries occupied a pride of place, in India

Bengaluru, Nov 22: The Karnataka Legislative Assembly has unanimously rejected a petition filed by editors of two Kannada tabloids seeking reconsideration of a House resolution that had sentenced them to one-year imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000 for committing breach of privilege. The Assembly in June this year had passed a resolution accepting recommendations of the Privileges Committee of