Karnataka

Bengaluru, Sept 27: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) may go to the Supreme Court against the stay given by the High Court of Karnataka on the investigation and further proceedings in two FIRs against former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa over the denotification of Shivaram Karanath Layout. The ACB has sought the opinion of its legal cell on moving the Supreme Court. A suitable decision will be

Bengaluru, Sept 27: About 5.79 lakh jobs are in the pipeline in the state of Karnataka in the next six months, according to Minister for Medium and Heavy Industries R V Deshpande. Karnataka has generated 13.91 lakh jobs in the last four years. The government has set target of creating 15 lakh jobs by 2019, he said. Between 2013-14 and 2017-18, Karnataka has generated 12.03 lakh jobs in the micro

Jeddah, Sept 27: In a historic decision, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman on Tuesday issued orders to grant driving licenses to women in the Kingdom. The royal order will come into force from Shawwal 10, 1439, corresponding to June 24, 2018, the Saudi Press Agency reported. In a royal decree, the monarch directed Minister of Interior Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Saud Bin Naif to constitute a

Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 26: Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, supreme council member and ruler of Sharjah, arrived to a warm reception here on Sunday on a five-day visit to Kerala. Mr. Al-Qasimi, who arrived in a private jet at 3.15 p.m. at the invitation of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, was greeted with Thalappoli and Pancharimelam at the technical area of Thiruvananthapuram international

Mangaluru, Sep 26: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Rahim Uchil has waged a legal battle against Congress leader and Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai for his alleged controversial remarks against Yuva Brigade leader Chakravarti Sulibele, who is known for his communally provocative speeches and anti-Muslim rants. Uchil, who is lobbying hard for BJP’s ticket from Mangaluru

Ajman, Sept 26: Sayed Khorshed Alam, a 50-year-old Bangladeshi national who recently underwent a brain surgery spoke and sang with his Doctors at Thumbay Hospital – Ajman throughout the surgery, while they were busy removing a Tennis ball-sized tumour from his brain. Dr Ishwar Chandra Premsagar and patient Sayed Khorshed Alam Known as ‘awake brain surgery’ this procedure requires the patient to be

Bengaluru, Sept 26: Karnataka High Court judge Justice Jayant Patel has resigned but has not cited any reasons. "Justice Jayant Patel yesterday sent in his resignation to Karnataka Chief Justice S K Mukherjee, who is retiring from the current post on October 9," office of the Karnataka High Court Registrar General said here. The resignation has been faxed to Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

Mangaluru, Sept 26: Bharatiya Janata Party national president Amit Shah will hold a meeting of party senior leaders in Mangaluru on October 4. The coastal city has become a political hotbed with the recent communal incidents. According to sources, Mr. Shah will review the progress of various organisational programmes suggested by him during his last visit to the State in August. The meeting is

Bantwal, Sept 26: The Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district which had recently limped back to normalcy after a series of series of untoward incidents and ban orders, witnessed a gruesome double murder on Monday night. Two youths were hacked to death while three others received fatal injuries in a suspected revenge attack at Farangipet area under the limits of Bantwal Rural police station at

Kalaburgi, Sept 26: Four children were burnt to death after a stove of a pushcart food vendor exploded in the remote Fattu Naik Tanda in Chincholli taluk of Kalaburagi district on Monday evening. The deceased were identified as Riteesh, his sister Ritika, Preetam and Akshata. All were aged between three and four. Preetam and Ritika were killed on the spot, while Riteesh and Akshata died on the way