Karnataka

Bengaluru, Mar 29: The Congress government in Karnataka today said it wasconsidering naming the subsidised food canteens proposed in the recent budget after former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. "There is a demand for naming it as Indira Canteens from the Congress legislature party...will look into it and consider it while issuing order," Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said. He informed this to the

New Delhi, Mar 29: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider if the prosecution’s failure to provide Swamy Nithyananda the victims’ medical reports would affect his fundamental right to a fair trial. Swamy Nithyananda alias Gopal Sheelum Reddy, is accused of sexual offences including rape. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and A M Khanwilkar appointed senior advocate Sidharth Luthra as amicus

Bengaluru, Mar 29: The Class X?Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examination conducted by the Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) will begin on Thursday, March 30. This year, 8,77,174 students across the state will write the examination at 2,770 centres. Unlike previous years, students will write their answers in a separate booklet and they will be allowed to carry

Bengaluru, Mar 29: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said that he has no inhibitions to state that he is pro-Ahinda but he believed in inclusive growth and progress of all. In his nearly three hour reply in the Legislative Assembly on the state budget proposals for 2017-18, he did not have any new announcements to make or relief to offer. He set aside the demand by the Opposition on farm loan

New Delhi, Mar 28: Names of spiritual leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, former cricket captain M S Dhoni, tabla maestro Zakir Hussain and over 18,000 other recommendations for Padma awards were rejected by the government this year. The long list of prominent politicians, celebrities, sports persons and social activists was made public by the Home Ministry after 89 personalities were selected for the

Mangaluru, Mar 28: Union Minister D V Sadananda Gowda has blamed the apathy of officials concerned for non-introduction of Bengaluru-Mangaluru Kudla Express announced by him when he was Railway Minister three years ago. Mr Gowda, who is currently the Minister for Statistics and Programme Implementation, on Sunday skipped the inauguration of the new Bengaluru-Hassan railway line at Yeshwantpur in

Trivandrum, Mar 28: Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee's acting president MM Hassan’s remarks on menstruation has now triggered a controversy as a section of media tried to portray him like a misogynist. Hassan had said that 'women are impure during menstruation and should not enter a place of worship during this period'. He made these remarks while speaking at a media camp organised by the youth

Jaipur, Mar 28: A leading coffee outlet chain has said that it would ascertain facts and take action after a video of a consumer being slapped by a lady staffer allegedly over the presence of a cockroach inside a refrigerator went online. Earlier this month, a law student Arpan Verma was allegedly slapped by one of the female staff at an outlet here apparently because he tried to film a video

New Delhi, Mar 28: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is appeared to have decided not to probe into the possible link between Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and RSS activist Aseemanand, who is an accused in multiple terror attacks in India. In 2016, the NIA had requested U.S. authorities for information on a LeT link to the 2007 Samjhauta train blast, in Aseemanand is a prime accused. However, now the

Udupi, Mar 28: A driver was killed and over 15 passengers were injured in a collision between a tanker and a bus on National Highway 66 at Nagur village coming under Byndoor police station limits in Udupi district on Monday. The tanker was moving from Mangaluru to Hubballi, while the private bus was moving in the opposite direction from Kundapur to Byndoor. According to the police, owing to the