Karnataka

New Delhi, Sept 3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will induct nine new faces, including BJP leader from Karnataka Anantkumar Hegde, in the council of ministers at Sunday's swearing-in ceremony to be held on Sunday morning. Another leader from South to be inducted into the Union Cabinet is Alphons Kannanthanam, a retired IAS officer from Kerala famously known as Delhi's "demolition man". Modi has

Mangaluru, Sept 2: The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) has urged the district administration and police not to give permission for Mangaluru Chalo, which will be organised by the BJP State Yuva Morcha on September 7. Briefing media persons here on Saturday, SDPI DK district unit president Haneef Khan Kodaje said that the district has just returned to normalcy, after undergoing prohibitory

Bantwal, Sept 2: The desecration of Quran and other Islamic books allegedly committed by the police in Bantwal taluk has evoked sharp response from Muslim organizations that demanded the government to launch an impartial probe and take action against the “communal cops.” “We will launch a massive agitation if the authorities concerned failed to take action against those who hurt the sentiments of

Mangaluru, Sept 2: U T Khader, minister for food, civil supplies and consumer affairs, has urged the BJP leaders not to hold 'Mangaluru Chalo' bike rally considering the sensitive situation prevailing in Dakshina Kannada district. The BJP Yuva Morcha has planned Mangaluru Chalo, a protest rally by workers on bikes, seeking ban on SDPI, KFD and resignation of district minister B Ramanath Rai. BJP

Mangaluru, Sept 2: As a precursor to the Karnataka BJP Yuva Morcha’s much-hyped 'Mangaluru chalo' protest rally, the Dakshina Kannada unit of the Morcha will hold protest meetings in all gram panchayats in the district on September 4. Harish Poonja, president of district unit of the morcha said preparations are afoot to ensure success of the September 7 protest meeting at Nehru Maidan. The state

Lucknow, Sept 2: The stringent Gangsters Act would be invoked against those who sacrifice cow, buffalo, camel, or ox as 'Qurbani' during Bakr Id in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district on Saturday. "I have passed the order that in the time of Eid al-Adha (Bakrid), from Septemeber 2 to Septemebr 4, no cow, buffalo, ox and camel will be sacrificed. If it`s done, then under Gangster Act, that particular

It is the prevailing assumption that the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) and Real Estate Regulation & Development Act (RERA) has made a long term influence on the real estate sector across the country. With the coming of the RERA and GST, the real estate sector in India is expected to see some serious changes. The consequences of policy changes are going to be long term. How it is

Mangaluru, Sept 2: More than a year after deputy superintendent of police M K Ganapathi committed suicide at a lodge in Madikeri, the demand for CBI probe into the case has reached Supreme Court of India. On September 5 the apex court would consider a plea for a CBI probe into the suicide. Before his death, Ganapathi, then posted at the office of Inspector General of Police (Western Range)

Bengaluru, Sept 2: After Indira canteens, the government is set to launch mobile canteens called ‘Kaituthu Saviruchi’ in all districts, in a bid to empower women. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who had announced the launch of these canteens in his budget speech in March, is likely to inaugurate them on November 19, to mark former prime minister Indira Gandhi’s birth anniversary. A group of 15 to 20

Bengaluru, Sept 2: The rift between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and state Congress president G Parameshwara widened on Friday with the former expanding his council of ministers. Parameshwara and many senior party leaders kept away from Friday’s swearing-in ceremony at Raj Bhavan where three new ministers took oath. Parameshwara is said to be upset with Siddaramaiah for not taking him into