Karnataka

New Delhi, Mar 24: As you must be aware by now that your Aadhaar card is mandatory for filing income-tax returns from July 1. But now, your Aadhaar will have to be linked to Permanent Account Number or else your PAN will be invalid after December 31. According to the amendments to the Finance Bill, taxpayers will be required to link their PAN cards with Aadhaar numbers. And for those who have not

Bengaluru, Mar 24: The four-day strike at Freedom Park by anganwadi workers and helpers from all over the state, seeking a hike in their honorarium, came to an end on Thursday. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah held a meeting with the leaders of the protesters at his residence in the evening and assured them that the government is committed to meet their demands. “The code of conduct is in place in view

New Delhi, Mar 24: The Congress on Thursday said internal efforts are on in the party to reorganise and strengthen itand former Union Minister S M Krishna could have waited for the results to come out in Karnataka elections later this year as in Punjab. Congress spokesperson Rajeev Gowda also accused the BJP of poaching its leaders with clean image ahead of Karnataka polls to provide a camouflage

Bengaluru, Mar 24: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu is expected to flag off the train service between Yeshwantpur and Hassan on March 26, but the absence of the much-awaited Bengaluru-Mangalore train on the list has angered many people in both the cities. Railway officials said they have already sent the proposal for the train but are yet to get an approval. “Shortage of rakes (set of coaches that

Bengaluru, Mar 24: The Legislative Council on Thursday referred to the House Privileges Committee a notice from a Congress member alleging breach of privilege by a Kannada television news channel. Congress MLC V S Ugrappa, while making his preliminary submission on the issue, accused BTV of insulting the House and the government by making adverse comments on the discussion held in the Council

Kasaragod, Mar 24: The region is yet to limp back to normalcy following the fatal attack on a young madrassa teacher at the Choori locality in Kasaragod. Meanwhile, unidentified miscreants set afire a grocery shop at Mogral-Puthur here on Thursday. Traders in the locality observed a day-long hartal to protest the incident. The shop run by M. Satheesan, a resident of Mogral, was found aflame by an

Mangaluru, Mar 23: KMC Hospitals, Mangaluru achieved medical feat and performed the region’s first liver transplant on a 39 year old patient. The donor of the patient was his wife aged 34 years. Patient was diagnosed with end stage liver disease due to autoimmune liver disease and medical treatment was no longer possible. His liver condition was getting complicated and chronic that required

Mangaluru, Mar 23: Veteran Yakshagana artiste Gerukatte Gangaiah Shetty collapsed while performing on stage and died on the way to hospital at Durganagar in Yekkar near here. Sixthy three year old Shetty, in the role of Arunasura, was enacting a scene wherein he had to act like breaking a rock when he suddenly collapsed on stage. He breathed last on the way to hospital last night, organisers of

Moodbidri, Mar 23: Warning the students that too much dependency on social networking sites causes innumerable problems, Mangaluru City Police Commissioner M Chandra Sekhar urged them to be cautious about what they upload in social media platform which is laden with number of risks associated with online communities. He was speaking in a guest lecture on ‘’Social awareness’’, organized by Alva’s

Jaipur, Mar 23: A 37-year-old army havildar allegedly committed suicide in Rajasthan's Alwar district today. Havildar Erappa Hurli hailing from Karnataka was found hanging from the ceiling fan. He was posted at Jai Paltan Line of the Indian Army, Aravali Vihar police station said. His body has been kept at Military Hospital and family members have been informed about the incident, police said