Karnataka

Belagavi, Nov 18: Energy Minister D K Shivakumar on Friday assured the Legislative Assembly that the state government has taken sufficient steps to ensure that there are no power cuts in the coming months. Replying to Aihole Duryodhan Mahalingappa (BJP), Shivakumar said measures are being put in place to ensure that the supply of power meets the demand. He said that at present three-phase power is

New Delhi, Nov 18: The Supreme Court has asked the Centre and Karnataka governments how an ordinance allowing Kambala could be issued when the President had returned a Bill on the traditional buffalo sport. The apex court called the situation "disturbing" and "piquant" with "far-reaching implications" even as the Attorney General KK Venugopal –appearing for the Centre- defended organizing

Mangaluru, Nov 18: Harikrishna Bantwal, who recently formally joined BJP nearly two years after being expelled from Congress, on Friday lodged a complaint before Lokayukta P. Vishwanath Shetty here against B Ramanath Rai, Minister for Forests, Environment and Ecology and Dakshina Kannada in-charge. In his complaint filed during a public hearing, Mr. Bantwal alleged that Mr. Rai has grabbed

Belagavi Nov 18: The Siddaramaiah government on Friday allayed fears of a slowdown in economy due to recent structural reforms initiated by the Centre like Goods and Sevices Tax (GST). Instead, the government stressed that it will boost the economy in the medium and long term. "Recent structural reforms are seen to have a slight impact on growth in the short run. However, they are expected to

Mangaluru, Nov 17: Four persons aged between 25 and 30 years have been arrested by the Dakshina Kannada district police in connection with gruesome double murder at Farangipete during a gang war on night of September 25. The total number of arrests have gone up to 11. The arrested persons have been identified as Mohammed Naufal, 25; Faizal, 26, resident of Faizalnagar, Mohammed Asif, 27, resident

Mangaluru, Nov 17: Famous cricketer of yesteryears and former Ranji player and Panambur Narasimha Bhandary passed away on Friday afternoon at his residence, here, due to old age. He was aged 78 years. Popularly known as ‘Bab Bhandary’, he was born in Mangaluru on February 18, 1939. He is an alumnus of St Aloysius College and his keen interest in sports saw him playing cricket for Mysore University

Bengaluru, Nov 17: The Karnataka High Court on Friday directed all private medical establishments and practitioners to restore their medical services forthwith. Basic medical services are a right to life for every citizen, the Bench said in its brief order while orally observing that violation of its order will result in violation of the court order. Private medical establishments and doctors have

Belagavi, Nov 17: Private medical doctors on Friday agreed to call off their five-day-old protest following an assurance from the state government to modify the controversial the Karnataka Private Medical Establishment (KPME) Bill, 2017. The revised Bill will be tabled in the Assembly on Monday, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah told reporters after holding a meeting with the doctors at the Suvarna

Belagavi, Nov 17: The Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Friday unanimously passed a bill to circumvent a recent Supreme Court order striking down the consequential seniority in promotions awarded to SC/ST employees. While the BJP and the JD(S) raised some technical points pertaining to the bill, there was no opposition per se - obviously all parties wanting to keep their Dalit vote bank happy in

Bengaluru, Nov 17: Over 1,000 chickens crushed to death and three persons suffered injuries when a canter ferrying poultry chicken plunged 25-feet down from the flyover at Yeshwantpur in the city on Friday morning. The police said, Ibrahim, a cleaner, has sustained grievous injuries in the accident while driver Shabbir and Altaf have suffered minor injuries. All the three are natives of Gokak in