Karnataka

Mumbai, Mar 4: From the beginning of the next financial year (April 1), failing to maintain a monthly average balance (MAB) in your State Bank of India (SBI) savings accounts will attract a charge. SBI had suspended this charge in July 2012 to expand its customer base and generate low-cost deposits, as those in savings account earn interest rate of only 4 per cent. The bank said it is resuming the

Bengaluru, Mar 4: A petition has been filed before the High Court of Karnataka for prohibiting a Muslim religious leader from Kerala from attending an ‘Urs’ function at Thajul Islam Jumma Masjid, Yammemadu village, in Madikeri taluk, on Monday. The petitioner, Ummar K A, has urged the court to prohibit Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musliyar from taking part in the ‘Urs’, saying his speeches

Mysuru/ Bengaluru, Mar 4: Karnataka BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa continued his tirade against chief minister Siddaramaiah, calling him the "most corrupt CM" in the country. eiterating his demand of the past few days, he said the CBI should look into the diary scam, especially since the Congress government has cancelled its plans for the steel flyover. He alleged that Siddaramaiah and his family

Mysuru, Mar 4: Sleuths of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) raided the house, office and other properties of Ranganatha Naika, Superintending Engineer, Rural Drinking Water and Sanitation Department, Mysuru, on Friday and recovered valuables and documents pertaining to assets worth Rs 15 crores. Teams of ACB personnel simultaneously searched Mr. Naika’s residence at Vijaynagar in Mysuru, his multi

Bengaluru, Mar 4: Former minister Kumar Bangarappa quit the Congress on Friday, saying he was “neglected” by the party. In a letter to KPCC president G Parameshwara, he said the party did not give him any responsibility at the district level despite his repeated requests. He accused Revenue Minister Kagodu Thimmappa, who is Shivamogga district in-charge minister, of “indulging in politics of

Bengaluru, Mar 4: The decomposed body of a 10-year-old girl was found in Magadi near here on Friday.Ayesha, a Class 4 student, was sacrificed in a black magic ritual, police suspect. Passersby stumbled on the body behind a mosque in Magadi, a town in Ramanagaram district, on Friday afternoon. Investigators found a lemon cut in half, a lock of hair and her footwear. She was gagged with polythene

Bhopal, Mar 4: two days after an RSS leader, Kundan Chandrawat, announced a bounty of Rs 1 crore for Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s head, the RSS on Friday “relieved” him of his “responsibilities” as sah prachar pramukh (joint publicity chief) in Ujjain. Chandrawat, however, continues to be a swayamsevak. “He was not a big leader. He has been relieved of his responsibilities in RSS

Mangaluru, Mar 3: Stating that the quality of higher education in the country is a matter of concern Ajay K. Sood, president, Indian National Science Academy, Delhi, on Friday asked graduates to use knowledge to help develop society. Delivering the 35th convocation address at Mangalore University here, he hoped that the graduates would play an integral part in creating an environment that nurtured

New Delhi, Mar 3: Urban India fares worse than the rural parts of the country in terms of sex-ratio, both overall and at birth, as per a latest national health survey. The overall sex-ratio for the country is 991, while in rural India it was 1009 and in urban areas 956, according to the National Family Health Survey-4 (NFHS-4) for 2015-16. The sex-ratio at birth in the past five years has improved

Kasaragod, Mar 3: A thief, who could not find anything valuable after gaining entry into the humble abode of a teacher couple at Maniyampare, here, prepare some food in the kitchen and swallowed alone before escaping. The teacher couple Gangadhar and Ajitha and their children had gone out on Wednesday and the thief saw an opportunity. The thief broke the bars on a window of the residence so he