Karnataka

Berlin/New Delhi, Mar 7: India has got the dubious distinction of having the highest bribery rate in the Asia Pacific, with a survey showing today that more than two-thirds of Indians had to pay 'tea money' or fork out other forms of bribe to get public services. The survey, conducted by international anti-graft rights group Transparency International, found 69 per cent in India as saying they had

Mangaluru, Mar 7: The Mangaluru International Airport on Monday commissioned the first phase of the partial parallel taxiway. Air India flight AI 680 Mangaluru-Mumbai was the first plane to use this newly built taxiway. Crash tenders of Airport Authority of India welcomed the first flight with a water cannon salute as it entered the new taxiway. Phase I of the taxiway entailed filling nearly 30

Bengaluru/Mysuru, Mar 7: With temperatures soaring in the past few days, people in Bengaluru and surrounding areas received a spell of rain, granting them a well-deserved relief. This phenomenon will continue for a week as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast moderate to heavy showers over south interior Karnataka. The city of Bengaluru, on Monday, recorded a maximum temperature

Kalepatta, Mar 7: Seven minor girls at an orphanage here have alleged being raped over a period of two months, police said today. The girls, all in the age group of 14-15 years, were staying at the orphanage at Muttil in Kalpetta in Wayanad district. The incident came to light after one of the girls was seen coming out from a nearby shop in suspicious circumstances and was questioned by the

Mangaluru, Mar 7: Congress has strongly condemned the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on repeated attacks and hate crimes against Indians in United States. Addressing media persons in the city on Monday, B K Hariprasad, AICC general secretary, said that Modi has proved that election campaign is more important for him than the lives of Indians. “Two Indians have been killed and three have

New Delhi, Mar 7: The Supreme Court on Monday directed former Lokayukta Justice Bhaskar Rao to face trial along with his son Ashwin and others in a case of extortion run through his office during his tenure in 2015. The apex court dismissed a plea by Justice Rao against summons issued to him in the case. “Go and face trial,” a bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Naveen Sinha told senior advocate P

Bengaluru, Mar 7: BJP?state president B?S?Yeddyurappa on Monday met former chief minister S?M?Krishna at the latter’s residence in Bengaluru and invited him to join the saffron fold. Krishna had resigned from the primary membership of the Congress in January this year stating that the party had neglected him, citing his old age. Yeddyurappa told reporters, “BJP?today extended a formal invite to

Bengaluru, Mar 7: The Karnataka High Court on Monday passed an order reinstating Mangala Sridhar as member of the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) by quashing her suspension order. A division bench comprising Chief Justice S K Mukherjee and Justice R B Budihal, while hearing the appeal filed by Mangala, set aside the single-bench order. Mangala had challenged her suspension contending

Mumbai, Feb 6: Shiv Sena nominee Meenakshi Shinde alias Meenakshi Poojary has won the mayoral post of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC). She was elected as new mayor of Thane unopposed as all the opposition parties took back their nominations. Ramakant Mhadvi was elected deputy mayor. Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, along with his son Aaditya and wife Rashmi, was present for the elections. The

Mangaluru, Mar 6: As a step towards decentralization of its administration, the Mangaluru City Corporation on Monday opened its first zonal office in Surathkal. The MCC for long had a sub-office at Surathkal, which has since been now upgraded to a zonal office. The commissioner has delegated some of his powers to the zonal commissioners for effective functioning of these zonal offices. As per the