Karnataka

New Delhi, Mar 31: The Supreme Court today refused to accord an early hearing on a batch of civil appeals pertaining to the Ayodhya Ram Temple-Babri Masjid case. During the hearing, a bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar told BJP leader Subramanian Swamy that the court was made to believe that he was a party to the ongoing litigation. This had led to the Chief Justice of India offering to

Bengaluru, Mar 31: People in south Karnataka have to pay Rs 2 more for a litre of Nandini milk from April 1 onwards. In three coastal districts and north part of Karnataka they have to pay Re 1 more. The price of curd is also to go up by the same quantum in the respective regions. Karnataka Milk Producers Federation Ltd. (KMF), which that announced the price hike on Thursday, has justified it

Mangaluru: Mar 31: The Dakshina Kannada district police is all set to roll out revamped beat system which will not only increase responsibility of policemen at the constabulary level but also will strengthen their relationship with the public especially in rural areas. In a standing order dated March 24, DG&IGP Rupak Kumar Dutta had directed all SPs and police commissioners in Karnataka to

New Delhi, Mar 31: The Medical Council of India (MCI) increase post-graduate (PG)?medical seats in 10 medical colleges in the state by 124 in 2017-18 as part of the government’s decision to add 4,000 plus new seats in PG medical education. The three biggest beneficiaries are Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences, Ballari, which received approval for 24 new PG seats followed by Bangalore

Bengaluru, Mar 31: The state government has again changed rules for issuing ration cards for the poor. But this time, it has relaxed the norms which come into place with immediate effect. Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru on Thursday, Food and Civil Supplies Minister U?T?Khader said from now on, submitting a self declaration that the annual income of the family of the applicant is below

Bagalkot, Mar 31: Undertrial prisoners at the district jail here, skipped food and held a protest against the assault on a few of them by the prison staff. The staff had assaulted the prisoners who questioned the quality of food served, triggering a protest by 173 prisoners since Wednesday night. As talks held by the officials failed, principal district and sessions judge B?Sharada visited the

Bengaluru, Mar 30: Students who wrote the First Language paper on the first day of this year’s Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examination were pleased that the test was easy. Students wrote Kannada, English, Sanskrit, Tamil, Urdu, Hindi, Telugu and Marathi paper on the first day. Students who wrote the Kannada exam found the paper lengthy. “It was very easy but I was not able to

Bengaluru, Mar 30: Apple Inc will be ready to start asembling high-end iPhones in the city in less than a month to boost its chances of gaining a foothold in the fast growing Indian market,Karnataka IT Minister Priyank Khargesaid today. "In less than a month, we will have something out - Apple will start assembling and making its high-end iPhones at its plant in the city. Taiwanese contract

Bengaluru, Mar 30: Karnataka Congress Chief G Parameshwara today claimed that about 20 leaders from BJP and a few from JD(S) will be joining the party in the days to come. "During my visit to Gundlupet and Nanjanagudu also I had said that few BJP leaders will be joining the party, I have said about 20 of them.....we will have to wait a bit for that time," Parameshwara told reporters here. He said

New Delhi, Mar 30: Stamping and tagging of the hand baggage of fliers at seven major airports, including Delhi and Mumbai, will be done away with from April 1, the CISF said today. The other airports which will see the new system of baggage security coming in include the ones in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Cochin and Ahmedabad. "The system of stamping and putting tags on the hand baggage of