Karnataka

Hubballi, Feb 17: What hundreds of students of a Koppal school dreaded finally came true on Thursday morning: The roof of a passage in the government school building came crashing down. There were no casualties as students and teachers were away at the morning assembly for prayers. The Government Central Model Higher Primary School building in Koppal, about 400km from Bengaluru, is ready to

New Delhi, Feb 17: Retirement fund body EPFO has extended the deadline for submitting Aadhaar number till March 31 by its over four crore members. Employees' Provident Fund Organisation has set February 28 as the deadline for submitting Aadhaar number. It had made mandatory for subscribers to submit the number for continuing the benefits under its scheme earlier in January. "It is hereby informed

Mangaluru, Feb 17: The execution of the repair work of the Surathkal-Kana-MRPL Road is getting delayed further, thanks to the ‘petty politics’ being played by a few ‘local leaders’. According to Mangaluru North MLA B A Mohiuddin Bava, Right wing activists led by Hindu Jagarana Vedike leader Satyajit Surathkal are now blocking the commencement of the work. On the other hand, Satyajit Surathkal who

Bengaluru, Feb 17: Former chief minister and BJP Karnataka president B.S. Yeddyurappa appears to have started the process of modifying the office-bearers’ list. He has scheduled a meeting with prominent party leaders from district units, who have sought change in the composition of the organisational team. According to sources, the consultation has been scheduled on February 25 in Bengaluru. The

Mangaluru, Feb 17: The City Crime Branch of Mangaluru City Police has busted a ganja peddling racket by arresting two persons. Around 5 kg ganja and three mobile phones worth Rs 1.66 lakh have been recovered from the duo. The arrested have been identified as C H. Abdul Amsad (27), resident of Nettilapadavu, Manjeshwara, and native of Bantwal taluk, and Uday Kumar Rai (30), resident of Mayippadi

Varanasi, feb 17: Police had to intervene to clear the traffic on roads after crowd thronged outside a cloth shop in Mahmoorganj here that offered 'a saree for a rupee note'. The scheme meant to sell the old stock of the shop's sarees, attracted huge crowd of women yesterday, which led to a blocked traffic in front of the shop in Mehmoorganj area, said sources. Police had to intervene to clear the

Bengaluru, Feb 17: The special court in Bengaluru has remanded four accused in the murder case of RSS worker Rudresh in seven-day custody of National Investigation Agency (NIA). Special judge for NIA cases Gulzarlal Mahavarakar on Thursday allowed an application filed by NIA seeking the custody of Waseem Ahmed, Mujeeb, Sadiq and Irfan Pasha. The NIA had sought their custody citing that certain new

Mangaluru, Feb 17: The sixth additional district and session's court has sentenced a youth, who was found guilty of ‘rape’ to seven years rigorous imprisonment. The convict is Praveen (29), a resident of Kerekodi House in Malavanthige village in Belthangady taluk. According to charge-sheet, Praveen sexually took advantage of a woman on the pretext of marrying her and later ditched her. He was

Belagavi, Feb 17: Nearly three lakh people participated in the Maratha Kranti Morcha organised by Maratha community in Belagavi, making it a historic gathering, on Thursday. It was the first time the district witnessed such a huge gathering. The event was the 60th Maratha Kranti Morcha in the country and the fourth in the state. It was organised to urge the governments to include the community in

Mangaluru, Feb 16: Police on Thursday pulled down banners, flags and welcome arches illegally put up by the activists of Popular Front of India in Ullal and surrounding areas. The PFI will be holding a Unity March in Ullal on February 17 evening to mark the decennial celebration of the organization. The activists began to put up banners and flags of the organization at Ullal, Kallapu, Thokkottu