Karnataka

Melbourne, Feb 13: A Hijab-clad Muslim woman and her friends in New Zealand were targets of foul-mouthed racist comments at a rest stop with a woman yelling expletives and throwing beer cans at them. Mehpara Khan, 28, a communications consultant, and her four friends were returning to Auckland from a road trip when they stopped in Huntly to use the bathroom and were abused by a woman walking by

Mangaluru, Feb 12: Veteran actor Nana Patekar on Sunday expressed anguish on religious groups dividing society on the lines of caste, and rued people’s attitude of tolerating misrule by politicians. He reiterated that reservation should be for the economically backward. In his speech at an event to celebrate Ramakrishna Mission’s 200th Swachh Mangaluru campaign, Mr. Patekar said it was unfortunate

Bengaluru, Feb 12: Karnataka BJP president BS Yeddyurappa on Sunday alleged that Rs 65 crore has been received by chief minister Siddaramaiah's "family and close associates" in the awarding of the controversial steel bridge flyover between Chalukya circle and Hebbal in Bengaluru. Speaking to the media, claiming that he has in his possession a supposed copy of the information from a diary

Managluru, Feb 12: The ethics and unique concepts being followed by the Bearys Group in the construction industry will go a long way in contributing to the development of the state in particular and the country in general; and are a source of inspiration for others, said Dr Subhash Chandra Khuntia, Chief Secretary, Karnataka government. He was speaking as the chief guest at a ceremony to unveil

Chennai, Feb 12: As her swearing-in remained stalled and more MPs deserted her, AIADMK General Secretary V K Sasikala today said it was "very difficult" for a woman to be in politics, which she had seen in the time of Jayalalithaa too, and asserted that the MLAs were with her. "As General Secretary, I can tell that the AIADMK government will certainly continue for the next four and a half years

Mumbai, Feb 12: Terming demonetisation as the "biggest scam of 2016", former Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said the country is likely to grow by 6-6.5 per cent in 2016-17, much lower than what have been predicted by the CSO and RBI, due to the impact of note ban. Notably, the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) has predicted a growth rate of 7.1 per cent and RBI pegs it at 6.9 per cent for

Bengaluru, Feb 12: The Income Tax department on Saturday claimed to have detected undisclosed income worth Rs 120 crore and seized cash worth Rs 1.10 crore and 10 kg of gold after it conducted raids on a Congress MLA here earlier this week. The department had been conducting searches since Thursday on multiple premises related to Hoskote MLA MTB Nagaraj as part of its investigation into alleged

Udupi, Feb 12: In a tragic incident, a 45-year-old man lost his life after consuming pesticide mistaking it for cough syrup at Yeljith village near Byndoor in Udupi district. The victim has been identified as Sheshu Gowda, a local resident. According to police, he was suffering from severe cough for more than one month and was on medication. On Saturday, he had severe attacks of cough. In hurry

Bengaluru, Feb 12: India will boldly go to Venus for the first time and re-visit the Red Planet very soon. Buried and hidden in the hundreds of pages of the new format electronic budget documents, is the first formal acknowledgement by the government about these two new bold inter-planetary sojourns to Earth's immediate neighbours. This uplifting news comes ahead of the Indian Space Research

Mangaluru, Feb 12: The activists and local residents who had launched an indefinite agitation against collection of toll at the toll plaza on the National Highway 66 in Talapady near here called off their protest following the intervention of Food and Civil Supplies Minister and local MLA U T Khader. In a meeting chaired by Mr Khader on Saturday, personnel from the Udupi Navayug Tollway Private