Karnataka

Ahmadabad, Mar 10: Three female Muslim panchayat presidents from Kerala were allegedly forced to remove their headscarf at an event attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Gujarat on the occasion of the International Women's Day . Fouziya, Shahina and Shaharban Saidalavi were part of a delegation from Kerala and were invited to the event held in Gandhinagar meant to felicitate women achievers

Bengaluru, Mar 10: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) raided four government officials and unearthed disproportionate assets. The officials raided include Srihari, assistant engineer with the Minor Irrigation Department; Swamy, panchayat development officer at Kasaba Hobli in Ramanagaram; Shivaram Achari, range forest officer at Bannur Range of Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary near Kollur and Manjunath

New Delhi, Mar 10: The Centre may soon pay rent through vouchers in 100 smart cities, as per a financial daily report. The Economic Times has reported that the new rental housing policy, specifically aimed at the families below poverty line will be implemented across 100 smart cities. The Rs 2,700 crore welfare scheme might soon come into effect under which the urban-poor will get rent vouchers

New Delhi, Mar 10: Karnataka is among seven states selected by the Union Water Resources Ministry for the World Bank-aided National Groundwater Management Improvement Scheme (NGMIS) on a pilot basis. The ministry selected Karnataka, Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh based on an alarming drop in the groundwater table due to over exploitation. NGMIS envisages

Bengaluru, Mar 10: The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday reserved the judgement on a petition filed by a Popular Front of India (PFI) functionary against the invoking of stringent anti-terror provisions against him over the murder of RSS worker, R Rudresh. Asim Shariff, the PFI’s Bengaluru district president, had moved the high court, contending that he has been “wrongly” booked under the

Bengaluru, Mar 10: Former minister Kumar Bangarappa, who quit Congress after allegedly being sidelined, on Thursday formally joined BJP along with a host of other Congressmen from Sorab in Shivamogga. Karnataka BJP president B?S?Yeddyurappa said that the party would conduct a survey to choose candidates for the next Assembly elections. The proposed survey is to collect public opinion. Only those

New Delhi, Mar 10: Parliament approved on Thursday a bill granting women working in the organised sector paid maternity leave of 26 weeks, up from 12 weeks now, a decision which will benefit around 1.8 million women. The law will apply to all establishments employing 10 or more people and the entitlement will be for the first two children. For the third child, the entitlement will be 12 weeks

Mangaluru, Mar 9: The maiden national seminar organised by Nitte Institute of Communication (NICO), was inaugurated by prominent media personality Ms. Vasanthi Hariprakash on Thursday, March 9th at Paneer campus, Deralakatte, here The seminar which saw participation of nearly 25 delegates from across the country was based on the theme "Media Convergence - Opportunities and Challenges". The

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 9: Acrimonious scenes were witnessed in Kerala Assembly today as the ruling LDF and the Opposition UDF MLAs nearly came to blows over Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's remarks on immoral policing. Trouble erupted during the Zero Hour when the House was discussing a notice for an adjournment motion moved by UDF on the recent immoral policing incidents, including one by Shiv

Tumakuru, Mar 9: Three students died of suspected food poisoning at a private residential school in the district early today, police said. The children studying at Vidhyavaridhi International Boarding school in Huliyaru took ill after ingesting food served for dinner yesterday and were taken to government hospital, where they were declared brought dead, they said. Tumakuru Deputy Commissioner