Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jun 22: Installation of closed circuit television cameras (CCTVs) will soon be made mandatory in all commercial establishments and religious places that have a footfall of 500 persons per day. This rule will be applicable in Bengaluru and other municipal corporations across the state. A bill to this effect, titled "The Karnataka Public Safety (Measures) Enforcement Bill-2017", was

Bengaluru, Jun 22: The 'dieselwallah' is here. Bengaluru has become the country's first city where one can have fuel delivered at one's doorstep, just like milk and newspapers, only weeks after oil ministry announced that the Centre was thinking of rolling out such a system. On June 15, Mypetrolpump, a one-year-old startup, conducted a soft launch with three delivery vehicles -each with a capacity

Bengaluru, Jun 22: The use of Hindi in sign-boards of Bengaluru's Metro rail has sparked off strong protests by pro-Kannada campaigners, who have urged the State government to do away with the three-language policy and stick to two languages. The protests – mostly an online/ social media campaign under the hashtag #NammaMetroHindiBeda – have begun after the inauguration last week of the full phase

New Delhi, Jun 22: In yet another "airlift", India will operate special flights for its citizens to return from blockade-hit Qatar. An aviation ministry official said Air India Express will operate special flights between Kerala and Doha from June 25 to July 8. The airline will use 186-seater Boeing 737. Jet Airways will operate extra flights between Mumbai and Doha+ on Thursday and Friday using

Bengaluru, Jun 21: Condemning the brutal killing of one of its activists in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district on Wednesday, the Karnataka state unit of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) has urged the government to take necessary steps to book all the accused in the case under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and immediately release compensation to the kin of the victim. Ashraf

Mangaluru, Jun 21: The Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code will be in force across Dakshina Kannada district except Mangaluru City Police Commissionerate limits till June 27. In the wake of communal clash in Kalladka on June 13, the Deputy Commissioner Dr K J Jagadeesha had clamped Section 144 till June 14 midnight in Bantwal, Belthangady, Puttur and Sullia taluks

Mangaluru, Jun 21: Within hours after Bantwal taluk witnessed the murder of an SDPI activist on Wednesday, Karnataka government transferred Dakshina Kannada superintendent of police Bhushan Gulabrao Borase. Mr Boarase has completed exact one year in the coastal district. He was transferred from CID, Bengaluru to Dakshina Kannada on May 20, 2016. This time he was transferred to Bengaluru as DCP

New Delhi, Jun 21: The Tata Group in partnership with Singapore Airlines may be looking at buying India's national carrier Air India from the government, business news channel ET Now reported on Wednesday citing sources. If the deal comes through, it would be a homecoming of sorts for Air India, which was originally owned by the Tata Group before being nationalised in 1953. Tata Group chairman N

New Delhi, Jun 21: A tribal woman in Assam's Biswanath district has filed a case against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath and Assam Lok Sabha MP Ram Prasad Sarma for sharing her nude photo on social media. The photograph was taken 10 years ago during a protest in Guwahati. Laxmi Orang has filed a complaint in the court of sub-divisional judicial magistrate under various sections of the

Mangaluru, Jun 21: The murder of a local leader of Social Democratic Party of India on Wednesday at Benjanapadavu village has exacerbated communal tensions at neighboring Kalladka town in Bantwal taluk. Police resorted to mild baton charge to disperse mob at Kalladka junction within an hour after armed miscreants hacked Mohammed Ashraf, SDPI’s Ammunje unit president, to death at Benjanapadavu on