Karnataka

Bengaluru, Mar 22: Former External Affairs and Karnataka ex-Chief Minister SM Krishna, who recently resigned from Congress joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today in New Delhi. BJP National President Amit Shah welcomed the senior leader to the party in a small function held in BJP party office New Delhi. BJP Karnataka chief BS Yeddyurappa has given Krishna’s joining ceremony a miss as he will be

Manipal, Mar 22: The Amaco corporate premier league cricket tournament organized by Department Of Commerce of Manipal University from March 23 to 26 at KMC endpoint and MIT cricket ground in Manipal. This is the 5th edition of the corporate premier league. The tournament gives an opportunity to the corporates to showcase their cricketing skills out of their busy board room. As many as eight teams

Jaipur, Mar 22: A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court here today sentenced Bhavesh Patel and Devendra Gupta to life in jail in the Ajmer Dargah blast case. The magistrate also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Patel and 5,000 on Gupta. Theblaston October 11, 2007 in the dargah of Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti at the time of Roza Iftaar, had left three pilgrims dead and 15 others injured. On

Lucknow, Mar 22: In keeping with the BJP's manifesto, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today directed police officials to prepare an action plan for closure of slaughter houses across the state. He also ordered a blanket ban on smuggling of cows and said zero tolerance would be exercised in this regard. Official sources did not specify the type of slaughter houses which will be shut

Mangaluru, Mar 22: The Somali wife and three young children of Abdul Rasheed Shafi, a non-Indian resident from Belthangady taluk in Dakshina Kannada, who is currently stranded in Uganda, have finally reached his hometown after bearing a prolonged hardship in the East African nation. Abdul Rasheed’s father Mohammed Shafi (left) along with his Somali daughter-in-law and three grand children. Rasheed

Mangaluru, Mar 22: A local court has sentenced a notorious rowdy-sheeter to life imprisonment for killing a female bank employee after befriending her in Mangaluru nearly four years ago. The fourth additional district and sessions judge Nerale Veerabhadraiah Bhavani found Mahesh alias Santosh Athmaram More guilty of strangulating Anjana P C to death at his rented accommodation in Bejai-Kapikad

Dhanbad, Mar 22: Former Dhanbad deputy mayor Niraj Singh and three others were killed after unidentified gunmen fired on their car at Saraidhela around 7pm Tuesday night. Singh, who was with his personal assistant Ashok Yadav and a bodyguard, was being driven home, barely 2km away, when they were fired upon. Sources said their car had slowed down at a speed breaker when the gunmen, at least four

New Delhi, Mar 22: The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday decided to hear all the three petitions opposing Yettinahole project separately. The Bench has posted an application filed by Kishore Kumar to March 31, K N Somashekar’s application to April 24 and Purushotham Chittapur’s petition to April 27, for hearing. The petitioners opposing the project, which is coming up in Sakeshpur taluk in Hassan

New Delhi, Mar 22: The government has proposed to make Aadhaar card mandatory for filing income tax return and also for applying for PAN from July 1, 2017. Sources in the government said the work on both fronts was moving steadily and relevant amendments to the Income Tax Act, 1961, in this Budget are under ‘active discussion’ to ensure mandatory linkage of tax returns to Aadhaar numbers. The

Mysuru, Mar 22: Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) units along with electronic voting machines (EVMs) will be used in bypolls to Nanjangud and Gundlupet Assembly constituencies. The voting is scheduled for April 9. Deputy Commissioner D Randeep said that it is for the first time that VVPAT units were being used for the whole of constituencies in Karnataka. Similar units were used in select