Karnataka

Mandya/Mysuru, Aug 10: Reeling under what they call the "drought of the century", farmers in Mandya and neighbouring districts are set to make a desperate plea to the state government: make the districts of the Cauvery basin part of Tamil Nadu to which Karnataka is forced to release Cauvery water. Demanding freedom from the "perennial apathy" of successive state governments, the Mandya district

Mangaluru, Aug 10: In an innovative campaign, the Tulu lovers on Thursday collectively took to the twitter to exert pressure on the Centre to include the language of coastal Karnataka in Eighth Schedule of Constitution. Hundreds of twitterati responded to the call of Jai Tulunad, a pro Tulu outfit to tweet to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah using the hashtag

Bhatkal, Aug 10: At least five persons were killed and four others suffered critical injuries, when the car they were travelling in rammed into a stationary truck in Ankola taluk of Uttara Kannada district last night. There were nine persons onboard the car including children. The deceased have been identified as Prabhu Shiralashetti (45), Rudrappa Gurupadappa Kori (55), Suvarna Rudrappa Kori (45)

New Delhi, Aug 10: Karnataka BJP president B S Yeddyurappa may be the chief ministerial face of the party, but the saffron party will fight the next year Assembly polls with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “credible face” and on anti-corruption plank. Modi’s developmental agenda as well as party president Amit Shah’s organisation skills will be key to the BJP’s electoral strategy for the next year

Bengaluru, Aug 10: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said he will take steps to resolve all issues related to customs and immigration for Haj pilgrims. After meeting a delegation of Muslim religious leaders at his home office ‘Krishna’, he said he will soon write to the Union Home Minister and the External Affairs Minister in this regard. Minister for Urban Development and Haj R Roshan

Bengaluru, Aug 9: Vokkaliga strongman D K Shivakumar, who indirectly played a key role in the decisive victory of Congress veteran Ahmed Patel in Rajya Sabha elections from Gujarat, has now emerged as a hero among Congress leaders at national level. The Energy Minister of Karnataka, who had to face the wrath of Centre’s ruling BJP in the form of I-T department raids, has also consolidate his

Mumbai, Aug 10: Once among the country’s richest men, Dr Vijaypat Singhania, who gave the nation its early taste of locally-made fine dressing through Raymond — a brand he built and nurtured for over 20 years — has now been reduced to a life of financial struggle with his own son Gautam Singhania, to who the former had handed over the control of Raymond. The penniless Raymond man, has now filed a

Kasaragod, Aug 10: The body of a 4-year-old girl who was feared to have been swept away in a swollen stream adjacent to her residence at the eastern border township of Panathur last Thursday was recovered from a nearby river on Wednesday. The body of Sana Fathima was found stuck on a submerged branch of a tree around 2 p.m. at Pavithramkayam, over a km from her Bapumkayam residence by a person

Udupi, Aug 9: Terming the Constitution as a sacred document Dinesh Amin Mattu, media advisor to the Chief Minister of Karnataka, said that the ascendancy of reactionary forces posed a threat to the Constitution of the country. Speaking at a public meeting organised by the Congress to mark the 75th anniversary of the Quit India Movement at the Clock Tower here on Wednesday, Mr Mattu said there were

Doha, Aug 9: Qatar announced on Wednesday a programme to allow visa-free entry for citizens of 80 countries to encourage air transport and tourism amid a two-month boycott imposed on the Gulf state by its neighbors. Nationals from dozens of countries in Europe and elsewhere including India, Lebanon, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States will now receive tourist visas on arrival to the