Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jul 20: BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa on Wednesday accused the state government of playing with the sentiments of people on the separate state flag issue. The government is aware that there cannot be two flags in the state. Still it is playing with the sentiments of people. It is nothing but a gimmick ahead of the Assembly election, he told reporters in Bengaluru. Yeddyurappa said

Mangaluru, Jul 20: The first batch of Haj pilgrims from the State will leave here on July 24. Yenepoya Mohammed Kunhi, president of the Haj Management Committee, Mangaluru, in a release here, said that flights would also take off during the next two days. The first flight would leave at 4.15 p.m. from the old terminal of the airport here. The State Haj Committee would organise a farewell for the

Panaji, Jul 19: BJP leader and Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s claim that the state would never be short of beef, has landed him the soup. A senior leader of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has asked him whether BJP has become the Beef Joy Party. On the other hand the Opposition have slammed the brazen double standard of the saffron party. NCP’s Nawab Malik, CPI (M)’s Sitaram Yechuri and

New Delhi, Jul 19: The Reserve Bank will shortly issue bank notes of denomination Rs 20 in Mahatma Gandhi series 2005 that will be similar in design to those currently in circulation. The new notes will be bearing inset letter 'S' in the number panel and signature of Governor Urjit R Patel, the RBI said in a notification today. Both the number panels will have inset letter 'S', the RBI said

Bengaluru, Jul 19: The BJP today slammed the Karnataka government over the transfer of DIG (Prisons) D Roopa after she brought to light the alleged special treatment meted out to AIADMK (Amma) leader V K Sasikala in the central jail here. The party's state unit staged a protest here against the transfer and accused the state government of favouring corrupt officials. BJP's state unit chief B S

Mangaluru, Jul 19: Food and Civil Supplies Minister U T Khader has said that the “politically motivated lies” of BJP leader Shobha Karandlaje has brought disgrace to entire Karnataka. Mr Khader’s comment comes after the Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP’s controversial letter to the Union Home Minister Rajanath Singh triggered a controversy in the state. Karandlaje had enclosed a list of 23 Hindus murdered

Bengaluru, Jul 19: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday justified his government's demand for a separate state flag and said that it was in no way an insult to the national flag. The Karnataka Congress veteran also hit back at the BJP and JDS and said that the two parties were quoting non-existent clauses of the Constitution in response to his government's demand for a separate flag

New Delhi, Jul 19: A nine-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday began hearing arguments to determine whether the right to privacy is a fundamental right under the Constitution. Senior advocate Gopal Subramanium initiated the hearing before the bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar saying that the rights to life and liberty are pre-existing natural rights. The nine-judge

Bengaluru, Jul 19: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday defended the state government’s decision to constitute a panel to look into the demand to accord official status to the Kannada flag, saying that there is nothing wrong in having a separate state flag. Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, Siddaramaiah said, “We have a Nadageethe (state song), what is wrong in having an official state flag

Mangaluru, Jul 19: A team of officials have seized 41 illegally stocked LPG cylinders after raiding a house near Cordel Church in Kulashekhar in Mangaluru. The raid by a joint team of the city police and Food and Civil Supplies personnel followed a tip-off about illegal stocking of LPG cylinders. Deputy Director of Food and Civil Supplies A T Jayappa said that the team raided the house of