Karnataka

Bengaluru, Nov 4: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday took exception to private hospitals protesting against the Karnataka Private Medical Establishments (KPME) Bill even before the legislature takes it up for discussion. "The government has spoken to doctors several times. The bill, which seeks to regulate private hospitals, is yet to be taken up for discussion in the legislature. It is not

Mangaluru, Nov 4: The state government is planning to constitute a special investigation team for probing illegal export of iron ore, said Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. "It is a Rs 25,000-crore scam. We will consider handing over the probe to the SIT," Siddaramaiah told reporters at Mangaluru International Airport on Saturday. The Central Bureau of Investigation has dropped its probe into the cases

Bengaluru, Nov 4: The state Congress, which is making an all-out effort to retain power in the state, is understood to have bluntly told the sitting MLAs aspiring to contest the coming Assembly election and who have not performed up to the expectations, to either improve their performance or make way for others. An internal survey of the performance of its 124 MLAs done both by the party and the

Bengaluru, Nov 4: A day after the state BJP was left red-faced due to the poor turnout at the launch of its Nava Karnataka Nirmana Parivarthana Yatra, the party has started deciphering reasons for the flop show. The party had expected three lakh workers to attend the launch of the Nava Karnataka Nirmana Parivarthana Yatra at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) but only a small

Chennai, Nov 4: A day after Kamal Haasan said in his column in a Tamil magazine, which hit the stands on Thursday, that right-wing Hindus have moved from engaging in debates to employing terrorism to propagate their agenda, a case was filed against the actor in Varanasi on Friday. Haasan has been booked under Sections 500 (punishment for defamation), 511, 298 (hurting religious sentiment), 295-A

Bengaluru, Nov 4: The state government's decision to stop registering new bikes below 100cc capacity with seats for pillion riders has hit the two-wheeler market hard with sales across the state coming down by Rs 50 crore. The figure was given by an office-bearer of State Motor Vehicles Sellers' Association. "About 30,000 bikes below 100cc capacity are sold every month. Ever since the bar on

Bengaluru, Nov 4: The High Court of Karnataka questioned the grounds on which a PIL was filed challenging the celebration of Tipu Jayanti on Friday A division bench comprising acting Chief Justice H G Ramesh and Justice P S Dinesh Kumar was hearing a PIL filed by K P Manjunath from Kodagu for quashing the circular issued by the government on October 24 for celebrating Tipu Jayanti across the state

Bengaluru, Nov 3: Multi-lingual actor Prakash Raj on Friday came out in support of actor Kamal Haasan's remarks on "Hindutva terrorism". "If instilling fear in the name of religion...culture...morality is not terrorising...then what is it. Just asking," tweeted Prakash Raj. In his post titled "To whomsoever it may concern", Prakash Raj said "If abusing and manhandling young couples on the streets

New Delhi, Nov 3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led union government is all set to abolish Haj subsidy from 2018 following the recommendation of special committee set up in January this year. The decision has come in the face of strong opposition from the Haj Committee of India that wants the subsidy phased out gradually by 2022, as directed by the Supreme Court in 2012. A review meeting on a new

Bengaluru, Nov 3: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today hit back at BJP chief Amit Shah for attacking his government for celebrating "Tipu Jayanti" and accused him of making a "desperate attempt" to communalise the situation ahead of the state Assembly polls. A day after coming under fire by the BJP chief at a rally here, Siddaramaiah claimed the election had brought "tourists like Shah" who