Karnataka

New Delhi, Oct 9: Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport is likely to become India's first airport to have Aadhaar-enabled entry and biometric boarding system. The push to the plan has been given by the Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), after a two-month pilot project in February. Reportedly, BIAL has set a 325-day deadline to enforce the new Aadhaar system. The project may get

Bengaluru, Oct 9: Around seven months after a controversial conversation between Karnataka BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa and Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister H N Ananth Kumar went viral, a Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report has confirmed their voices in the video/audio file in which they were heard discussing the 'kickback' paid to BJP central leadership’. The cyber police of the

Bengaluru, Oct 9: A woman riding pillion was killed on the spot and the rider injured after they fell off their two-wheeler while trying to negotiate a pothole-ridden road at Pantharapalya near Nayandanhalli on Sunday morning. The woman was run over by an oncoming truck. The deceased has been identified as Radha Anjanappa (47), from Shampura, near Arabic College, Nagawara, east Bengaluru. The

Bengaluru, Oct 9: With Director General and Inspector General of Police Rupak Kumar Dutta set to retire on October 31, the race for his successor has begun. Three top IPS officers eligible for the post are DGP (Fire & Emergency Services, Home Guards, Civil Defence and State Disaster Response Force-SDRF) Neelamani N Raju (1983 batch), DGP (Criminal Investigation Department) H C Kishore Chandra and

Bengaluru, Oct 9: A 17-year-old pre-university student was found dead under mysterious circumstances in a toilet in his college hostel on Saturday evening. Police said the deceased has been identified as Sarthak Puranik, a resident of Dharwad. He was studying in the Sri Chaitanya PU College in Bellandur for the past two years and was staying in the hostel. According to the police, the incident

New Delhi, Oct 9: If an actor wants to return his awards, he should not accept it in the first place, BJP leader and Union Minister D V Sadananda Gowda said on Sunday while referring to Prakash Raj's remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Gowda further said that Raj “is not a fool” to return his five national awards. The veteran actor hit the headlines after calling out PM Modi for

Mangaluru, Oct 8: A gang of miscreants, armed with machetes and other weapons, attacked two Muslim youths at Bajal on the outskirts of city on Thursday. According to sources Hafiz and Ejaz were watching a volleyball match when over a dozen miscreants attacked them without any provocation. Local residents rushed both the victims to a hospital for emergency treatment. The motive behind the attack is

New Delhi, Oct 8: The Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday took a dig at the NDA government over a report that the company owned by Amit Shah’s son recorded a massive 16,000-times increase in turnover over in the year following the election of Narendra Modi as prime minister and the elevation of Shah to the post of party president. The Opposition parties have sought answers from Prime

Bengaluru, Oct 8: BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa on Saturday accused Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of trying to mislead SCs, STs, and other backward classes on increasing reservation in employment and education to 70% ahead of the Assembly election. Addressing the executive committee meeting of BJP OBC wing, he said the fact that the chief minister has promised to increase the reservation a few

Puttur, Oct 8: Hindu Jagaran Vedike leader Jagadish Karanth has temporarily been barred from attending any public meetings in Puttur taluk or making any provocative speeches. The Judicial Magistrate First Class court here on Saturday granted conditional bail to Karanth. The in-charge JMFC court judge on September 30 had granted him interim bail following his arrest by Dakshina Kannada district