Karnataka

Shivamogga, Apr 11: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said farm loan waiver would help only defaulters and not honest farmers who have repaid loans. Speaking to journalists during his visit to the city to take part in 28th National Survey Day, Siddaramaiah said farmers of the state have borrowed loans of Rs 42,000 crore from commercial banks and nationalised banks and Rs 10,000 crore from co

Bengaluru, Apr 10: After days of protest by hundreds of Anganwadi workers, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today announced a hike in their wages from Rs 7,000 to Rs 8,000 conceding their demand. "The state government has recently increased wages of anganwadi workers by Rs 1000 in the budget, which stood at Rs 7,000 per month, and with Rs 1,000 increase, the wage goes up to Rs 8,000,"

Moodbidri, Apr 10: In a shocking incident, a 32-year-old woman, who entered marital life around six months ago allegedly committed suicide at Aliyoor village near here on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Sandhya (32), who hails from Thirthahalli in Shivamogga district. She had married a Moodbidri based advocate after falling in love with him. Before marriage, she was working at SDM

Bidar, May 10: The nursing staff of a private hospital helped a woman give birth to a baby on a bus in Bhalki, here. Karuna (28) of Saigaon village was pregnant with her first child. On Saturday, she was travelling with her husband to Bhalki in a NEKRTC bus, a distance of around 20 km. When the bus was approaching the city, she complained of labour pain. Her husband told the driver Bharat Waghe to

Kasaragod, Apr 10: An autopsy conducted on the body of Sandeep (28), a drunkard, who collapsed and died while being taken to police station on Friday, confirmed that the youth had succumbed to internal head injury. The autopsy was conducted at the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital. The report by a team of Forensic surgeons at the hospital confirmed the cause of the death of Sandeep, who was also

Guwahati, Apr 10: The Assam government has announced a draft population policy which suggested denial of government jobs to people with more than two children. The policy further made education up to university level free for all girls in the state. Addressing a press conference, Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said: “This is a draft population policy. We have suggested that people

Mangaluru, Apr 10: A local court in Mangaluru has convicted three persons in a nine year old controversial case registered in Ullal police station. The III Additional District and Sessions Court judge Pushpanjali on Monday convicted Ahmed Bava alias Abubakkar from Haleyangady, Sayed Mohammed Naushad from Subhash Nagar, Pandeshwar and Fakir Ahmed from Uchila in Udupi district. The quantum of

Bengaluru, Apr 10: As many as 175 of the 341 passports belonging to various African nationals and visa documents issued by India, which were seized by the Central Crime Branch during a recent raid on an electronics shop in Banaswadi, are invalid. They had not been renewed before the date of expiry. The travel documents were seized from the shop of Muniraju (45) on HRBR Road. They belong to African

New Delhi, Apr 10: The EVMs are robust and tamper- proof and even the manufacturers cannot manipulate them at the time of production, the Election Commission said on Sunday, countering allegations that the machines are unreliable. With the Opposition's questions on the reliability of the electronic voting machines getting louder, the Commission has come out with a list of 'frequently asked

Bengaluru, Apr 10: The JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy on Sunday said he has no plan to hold talks with party rebel MLA Zameer Ahmed Khan in order to end differences with the rebel leaders of the party. “I have nothing to do with him (Zameer). We (party leaders) will neither invite him for talks nor is there a need for him to approach us,” Kumaraswamy told reporters on seeking to know