Karnataka

New Delhi, Apr 6: A question in the Biology paper of Class XII board examination asking students to justify as to why “burying” should be promoted over “burning” to protect the environment from air pollution landed the CBSE?in a soup on Wednesday. “Public all over India is very much concerned about the deteriorating air quality in large parts of India. Alarmed by this situation the residents

New Delhi, Apr 6: Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday informed Rajya Sabha that no incident, as reported in the media, took place in Alwar, Rajasthan. His statement triggered a howl of protests by the opposition members in parliament. "No such incident, as being reported, has taken place on the ground. The state government has already condemned media reports,"he said. "It’s an emotional

New Delhi, Apr 6: Jammu and Kashmir cricketers, who were recently seen wearing Pakistani jersey and singing Pakistan's national anthem during a cricket match, have been detained. According to media, the club cricketers, who triggered a massive controversy with their gesture, have been detained. They were said to be absconding after the incident. The match was played at Wayil playground in central

Mewat, Apr 6: When Pehlu Khan, 55, set out on the 240-km road trip from his home in Jaisinghpur village, in Nuh tehsil of Mewat, to Jaipur last Friday, he was planning to buy a milch buffalo. A dairy farmer, he was hoping to increase milk production during Ramzan. But on Saturday, he decided to buy a milch cow instead, as the seller extracted 12 litres of milk in front of him and offered him a

Bengaluru, Apr 6: Bigg Boss Kannada season four winner M Pratham was rushed to a private hospital on Wednesday after he allegedly consumed sleeping pills. He had posted a live video on Facebook late on Tuesday night, saying he is depressed with life and "will not be available to anyone henceforth" as friends and others were torturing him. Police cited doctors as saying that he has consumed less

Bengaluru, Apr 6: About 4,000 pre-university college lecturers didn’t turn up for work on Wednesday, the first day of answer script evaluation. C?Shikha, director of the Department of Pre-University Education, directed them to start from Thursday or face action. The evaluation of second pre-university exam answer scripts began on Wednesday at 48 camps in Bengaluru, Mysuru, Shivamogga, Mangaluru

Bengaluru, Apr 6: A local court on Wednesday set aside an ex parte decree asking former Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy and others to pay around Rs 1.60 crore along with interest, in the solar scam case. The additional city civil court, on October 24, 2014, had asked Chandy and five others to pay Rs 1,60,85,700 with interest at 12%, in a cheating case filed by Bengaluru-based real estate

Bengaluru, Apr 6: The proposed Indira canteens have hit a new hurdle with two major hoteliers’ associations conveying to the Karnataka government that they cannot supply food for the proposed outlets as it is not feasible for them from the economic point of view. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had set aside Rs 100 crore in the budget for 2017-18 to establish Indira canteens in the 198 wards of

Udupi, Apr 5: A fresh case of recruitment fraud has come to light, wherein a middle aged woman from Udupi district, was sent to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia without her knowledge as a ‘bonded labourer’ by a job agency, which had in fact promised a job in Qatar last year. Addressing media persons here on Wednesday, Ravindranath Shanbhag, president of the Human Rights Protection Foundation (HRPF)

Chamarajanagar, Apr 5: A day after the ruthless crackdown on Popular Front of India’s protest against alleged police atrocity in Mangaluru, two prominent politicians from the city called on chief minister Siddaramiah and the brought the issue to his notice. U T Khader, minister for food, civil supplies and consumer affairs, who represents Mangaluru constituency in Karnataka Assembly, said that he