Karnataka

Managluru, Mar 1: The draft public health bill 2017 has been tabled for discussion by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. Center for Health and Development (CHD Group) which is headquartered in Mangaluru has sent a recommendation to the Union Health Minister, J P Nadda and Under-Secretary, Mr Ajaya Kumar to make the existing draft more robust by revising and addressing

Bengaluru, Mar 1: An unemployed software engineer allegedly committed suicide after killing his wife and two-year-old daughter at their home in Someshwaranagar in Yelahanka New Town somewhere between Sunday night and Monday morning. The deceased were identified as Amith Jha (35), his wife Meenakshi Jha (30) and their daughter Anisha. Police said the reason behind the murders and suicide was

Bengaluru, Mar 1: Karnataka cabinet today decided not to appeal against the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal order quashing the state government's order annulling selection of 362 gazetted probationers by the Karnataka Public Service Commission in 2011. The government said the due process including police verification and issual of appointment orders will follow. "After examining all aspects

Kolkata, Mar 1: West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Tuesday night arrested a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s women's wing, BJP Mahila Morcha, in connection with a recently busted child trafficking racket in north Bengal, officials said. According to reports, acting on inputs, a special team of CID booked BJP Mahila Morcha's state general secretary Juhee Chowdhury from

Mangaluru, Mar 1: New Mangalore Port Trust along with MRPL has successfully conducted Oil Spill Mock Drill at Single Point Mooring in association with all the stake-holders recently.with all the stake-holders recently. 500 meters of inflatable booms laid out encircling the SPM. Disk type skimmer also tried out which is normally used to skim the oil from water. Representatives from NMPT, MRPL

Udupi, Mar 1: A team of officials from food and civil supplies department led by Udupi tahsildar raided four houses at Hiriyadka and seized 59 illegally stored LPG cylinders including 40 empty ones. The team led by tahsildar Maheshchandra conducted raids on the houses of Raghupaty Udupa, Nagaraj Bhat, Devdas Marate and Srinivas Rao following a tip off from Yogeshwar, deputy director, food and

Mangaluru, Mar 1: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that his constitutional position prevented him from responding to the recent “threats” of the RSS and allied organisations. In a letter to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, copies of which were released to the media, Vijayan refered to RSS and allied organisations “kicking up a controversy” over his visit to Mangaluru on February 25 to

Bengaluru, Mar 1: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials on Tuesday raided seven government servants in different parts of the state for owning disproportionate assets. The officials raided are: K T Nagaraju, chief engineer, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP); P D Kumar, executive engineer, Bangalore Development Authority; Kariyappa Ningappa Kernel, assistant commissioner, Commercial

Bengaluru, Mar 1: Two drunk passengers of a domestic flight, who created a ruckus by abusing the captain and cabin crew midway on their journey, were booked by the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) police. The incident happened on February 26 on an AirAsia flight (No i5-1983) bound for Bengaluru from Guwahati, the police said. The duo who were taken into custody were identified as Ajay Kumar

Bengaluru, Mar 1: BJP?state president B?S?Yeddyurappa on Tuesday?said new revelations from Congress MLC?K?Govindaraj’s diary will be more embarrassing for Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. “The contents that have been revealed from the diary are just the tip of the iceberg. More details will tumble out soon,” Yeddyurappa told reporters in Bengaluru. The contents of the diary purportedly provide details