Karnataka

New Delhi, Jul 20: A United Nations report has shown that one million people have died due to AIDS in 2016 globally - almost half the 2005 toll (1.9 million) that marked the peak of the deadly epidemic. The UN report released on Thursday said that the scales have tipped in the fight against AIDS, with more than half of people infected with HIV now getting treatment and AIDS-related deaths almost

New Delhi, Jul 20: Samajwadi Party lawmaker Naresh Agarwal had the government benches in the Rajya Sabha up in angry protest today when he referred to Hindu Gods in comments that have been expunged or removed from records. The Upper House of Parliament had to be adjourned amid loud protests. Mr Agarwal has since expressed regret. Since the comments have been expunged, they cannot be reported. The

Mangaluru, Jul 20: Dakshina Kannada district unit of the Social Democratic Party of India has demanded the resignation of BJP leader and Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje for telling lies to union home minister and baselessly accusing the party of supporting the accused in murders reported in the State.’ He said that Karandlaje had erred in including the name of Ashok Poojary, a victim of

Kasaragod, Jul 20: A Muslim woman has dropped her plan to join a teacher training course at an institute in neighbouring Malappuram district after the institution told her that she could not attend classes wearing 'Hijab'. Husna, decided not to pursue her BEd course at Jamia Nadwiya Teacher Training Institute run by Kerala Naduvathul Mujahideen (KNM),a Muslim organisation. "We decided that Husna

Bengaluru, Jul 20: Nearly a week after the state government ordered an enquiry into the irregularities in the Central Prison, a three-member team headed by retired IAS officer Vinay Kumar visited the Bengaluru jail at Parappana Agrahara on Wednesday. Kumar was accompanied by two senior police officers of the rank of Inspector General of Police and Deputy Inspector General of Police, who inspected

Bengaluru, Jul 20: Continuing the outrage against 'Hindi imposition', a pro-Kannada group has on Thursday morning defaced metro boards carrying Hindi letters. Activists of the Kannada Rakshna Vedike threw black ink on the boards with Hindi signage at many stations in the state capital. The protesters claim that the time they had allotted the Bangalore Metro Corporation Limited (BMRCL) to remove

Bengaluru, Jul 20: The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday stayed contempt proceedings initiated against the Home Ministry and the state Home department with regard to the compensation to be paid to Leesha, one of the victims of the Malleswaram bomb blast of April 2013. In a writ appeal filed by the Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, a division bench comprising Chief Justice S K Mukherjee and

New Delhi, Jul 20: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday clarified to the Congress top brass that the state government has not taken any concrete decision to have a separate flag for the state. “The chief minister clarified that the state government has just formed a committee to study the legalities of having a separate flag following requests from some pro-Kannada activists. We have not taken

Bengaluru, Jul 20: The Karnataka cabinet today approved free laptops to about 1.5 lakh students who have got admitted to government or aided medical, engineering and first grade colleges in the academic year 2017-18. The initiative is expected to cost Rs 300 crore to thestate government."Government has approved free distribution of laptops to students who have obtained admission in government and

Bengaluru, Jul 20: Sri Rama Sene president Pramod Muthalik, on Wednesday, appeared before the investigating officer of High Grounds police station after a suomotu case was registered against him last week for his derogatory and inflammatory speech against the minority community and promoting enmity at a protest in Bengaluru. Muthalik had obtained bail from a court and presented himself at the