Karnataka

New Delhi, Oct 25: The Union Government today told the Supreme Court that it has extended the deadline for mandatory linking of Aadhaar to avail benefits of government schemes to March 31, 2018. The previous deadline was December 31, 2017. The SC had said on August 30 that it will hear all cases related to Aadhaar related matters in the first week of November. The court has been hearing various

Puttur, Oct 25: In a heartrending tragedy, a young engineering student lost her life after her two-wheeler met with an accident in Puttur on Wednesday. The victim has been identified as Mariam Samreena, daughter of Hassainar Haji, owner of City Bazaar at Puttur. She was a first year student of Sahyadri College of Engineering. According to sources, Samreena lost her control over her Honda Activa at

Bengaluru, Oct 25: It was another face-palm for Karnataka unit of Bharatiya Janata Party which is trying to demonize legendary Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan for political reasons. President of India Ram Nath Kovind, who also hails from Sangh Parivar, on Wednesday recalled the contributions of the martyred king and called him a hero, who had incorporated the latest technology for warfare. Addressing the

Mangalore, Oct 25: Universal Welfare Forum (Uniwef) will be organising a ‘Sneha Samvada’ (friendly dialogue) among followers of different faith on Friday, October 27, at 6.30 p.m. at Shanthi Nilaya in Manglauru. Announcing this at a press meet here on Wednesday, Rafeeuddin Kodruli, chief of Uniwef, said that the chief guests for the event will be Dr M. Annayya Kulal Ulthur, professor, Srinivas

Hyderabad, Oct 25: Cross-country woman motorcycle rider Sana Iqbal, who undertook a solo expedition to raise awareness about suicide and depression, died in a car crash near here early this morning, police said. Her husband was injured in the accident that took place on the city outskirts around 3.30 am, a police official said. 29-year-old Sana and her husband Abdul Nadeem were travelling in a car

Mangaluru, Oct 25: Civil rights activists and journalist Teesta Setalvad exhorted upon the “overwhelming good people” to speak against injustice and violence instead of remaining silent whenever indignity being propagated. The Padma Shri recipient anti-communalism crusader was speaking at the decennial college day celebration at St Aloysius High School in the city on Tuesday. She said that now the

Bengaluru, Oct 25: A distant relative of legendary Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan submitted a representation to Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy on Tuesday, seeking criminal action against Union Minister of State Anant Kumar Hegde for making uncultured and abusive remarks against the martyred king. S Manzoor Ali submitted the memorandum to Reddy, seeking action against Hegde for calling Tipu a “mass

Udupi, Oct 24: The general body meeting of the Udupi Zilla Panchayat was marred by the clash over government sponsored Tipu Jayanti. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members began to shout when a Congress member recalled that saffron leaders too had paid tribute to the legendary Mysuru king. The issue of Tipu Jayanti was first raised by BJP member Sumeet Shetty. He said that the Zilla

Bengaluru, Oct 25: In the wake of acute shortage of coal, the state government has decided to procure coal bypassing the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurement (KTPP) Act, Energy Minister D K Shivakumar said on Tuesday. The state government will invoke Section 4 of the KTPP Act to bypass the tender procedure for coal procurement from the Western Coalfields Ltd (WCL), a subsidiary of the Coal

Bengaluru, Oct 25: With the ruling Congress looking to expand its vote base ahead of the 2018 Assembly polls, the party’s manifesto is likely to be more broad-based without reflecting Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s Ahinda focus. Ahinda is a Kannada acronym for minorities, backward classes and dalits. “Social justice pervades many sections of people cutting across caste and community,” Karnataka