Karnataka

New Delhi/Bengaluru, Jul 28: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to grant any protection to former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy from arrest in the cases relating to illegal grant of mining lease and lifting of minerals in favour of two miners and receipt of Rs 150 crore bribe. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan just recorded a statement by Karnataka Lokayukta’s counsel

Mangaluru, Jul 28: The chief minister’s Anila Bhagya Yojane will be launched within August 15, announced Food and Civil Supplies Minister U T Khader. Speaking to media persons here on Thursday, the minister said that the government has set aside Rs 300 crore for the purpose, with a promise of funding more in case of any demand further, he said. Khader said the ambitious scheme of the government is

Bengaluru, Jul 28: Taking a cue from the Congress government’s Indira Canteen project, the Janata Dal (Secular) has come out with its own version called Namma Deve Gowda Appaji (NDA) canteen. Even as the ruling Congress is struggling to find space to start the canteens, the JD(S) has already set up one on 50 ft road, Hanumanthanagar, and will launch it on August 2. Based on its performance, the

Mangaluru, Jul 28: Authorities of Mangaluru International Airport have finally addressed the long pending demand of allocating a room to offer prayers for air passengers, especially Muslims at the new integrated terminal building. Coastaldigest.com, a couple of years ago, had published a report highlighting the need for such a facility at the Airport as many Muslim passengers used to offer prayer

Bantwal, Jul 28: Ratnakar Shetty, a local leader of Hindu Jagarana Vedike activist, who had allegedly stabbed a Muslim youth in Kalladka during Ramadan, was finally arrested by the Bantwal Town police on Thursday arrested in Puttur. Shetty, who reportedly suffered minor injuries to his wrist while attacking one Ibrahim Khaleel in Kalladka on June 13, had preferred to get treatment at Adarsh

Mangaluru, Jul 27: In what could have been a serious case, a passenger suffered injuries when the roof ceiling above the current ticket booking counter at the Mangaluru Central Railway Station gave in on Thursday noon. The authorities gave the name of the passenger as Biju, who is undergoing treatment at a hospital now. Since the footfall was very few during the time, not many were affected, said

Mangaluru, July 27: The Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy will bring out the first dictionary of Beary dialect — spoken by ethnic Muslims of Karnataka and Kerala — with meanings in Kannada and English. It will be released here on July 31. This 874-page dictionary, prepared over three years, has 10,000 words and costs Rs. 700. It will be sold at a discounted price of Rs. 500 at the release venue. The

Hubballi, Jul 27: After hearing the news of the demise of former chief minister N Dharam Singh, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah cut short his official programmes in Haveri district and returned to Bengaluru by a special flight from Hubballi Airport on Thursday afternoon. Condoling the demise of Mr Dharam Singh, Mr Siddaramaiah told media persons at Hubballi Airport that State-wide holiday has been

New Delhi, Jul 27: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday condoled the death of former Karnataka Chief Minister Dharam Singh. Rahul hailed Singh as a “people’s leader, with a distinguished career of over five decades”. AICC General Secretary in-charge of Karnataka K C Venugopal said he was shocked by the death of Singh whom he had met only last week in Bengaluru. He said Singh was a

Bengaluru, Jul 27: Former Karnataka Chief Minister N Dharam Singh died of a massive heart attack at a privatehospital here today, doctors said. Eighty-year-old Singh, ailing for the last few months, fainted at his home and was rushed to M S Ramaiah hospital where doctors declared him dead about 40 minutes later. Singh headed the Congress-JD(S) coalition government from 2004 to 2006. A nine-time