Karnataka

Chamarajanagar, Apr 1: An FIR has been filed against Food and Civil Supplies and District in-charge Minister U T Khader based on the complaint of BJP leaders that he had distributed money and tried to lure voters in view of the Gundlupet Assembly constituency bypoll. A section of the media had reported that Khader lured a voter with money during a campaign in Gundlupet on March 27. L Suresh, a

Bengaluru, Apr 1: To create awareness on the upcoming pulse polio drive among citizens, a rally was organised by the BBMP and the Rotary Club on Friday. Nursing students, doctors, accredited social health activists (ASHA) workers and the BBMP staff marched from the Mahatma Gandhi statue on MG Road to the BBMP head office as a part of the drive. Pamphlets were distributed among the public informing

Bengaluru, Apr 1: A total of 2,767 liquor shops located alongside national and state highways have been identified by the Karnataka government for closure or relocation. These shops are located within 500 metres of national and state highways and have time till June 30 to close or relocate as their excise licence ends on that day in Karnataka. The outlets identified by the state government for

New Delhi, Apr 1: The price of petrol is cut by ?3.77 per litre and that of diesel by ?2.91 a litre, the first change in rates in two-and-a-half months. State-owned oil firms cut rates with effect from midnight tonight. Petrol currently costs ?71.14 a litre in Delhi and Diesel is priced at ?59.02 per litre. Petrol price will be cut by ?3.77 per litre, excluding state levies, said Indian Oil Corp

Gandhinagar, Apr 1: The Gujarat government Friday amended the state’s Animal Preservation Bill to entail a maximum punishment of life imprisonment and a minimum of 10 years for cow slaughter after it was passed in the assembly in the absence of the Opposition Congress and with the visitors’ gallery packed with saffron-clad Hindu priests. Speaking on the amendment, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said

Mangaluru, Apr 1: At least three persons from coastal Karnataka lost their lives and six others suffered injuries in a ghastly road mishap in northwestern region of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Friday. The victims have been identified as Advocate Wazeer Ahmed, 31, his 8-month-old-child Nihan and former’s sister Kamarunnisa, 35. The family hails from Salmara in Puttur taluk of Dakshina Kannada

Bengaluru, Mar 31: March 31 is D-Day, but the boards at the landmark stone edifice at Mysore Bank Circle on Kempe Gowda Road started coming down two days earlier; as if symbolically on Ugadi — the lunar New Year’s Day. And on Friday, the State Bank of Mysore will slide into history as the curtains come down on a 104-year-old legacy that had an old Mysore royal patronage to its credit. It will

Mangaluru, Mar 31: Dismissing the allegations of money distribution to woo voters in poll-bound Gundlupet constituency as a “blatant lie” Minister for food, civil supplies and consumer affairs U T Khader said that the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders have crossed all the limits to tarnish his image. Speaking to media persons, here on Friday the minister, that former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa

Rampur, Mar 31: Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan today asked Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath if he would "prefer to offer namaz", as he had earlier said it was similar to surya namaskar. Reacting to Adityanath's remark that the prayers offered by Muslims resemble different postures of surya namaskar, Khan said: "He would have been handcuffed had he made such comments." "Since

New Delhi, Mar 31: The limited period window for exchange of junked Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes by Indians who were abroad ended today with many failing to do so because of limited counters and lack of procedural awareness. However, additional time period of three months is available to non-resident Indians (NRIs) with a rider of exchange of Rs 25,000 per individual. The exchange window for NRIs