Karnataka

New Delhi, Feb 10: The exercise for determininginadequacy of representation',backwardness' andoverall efficiency' must be carried out before granting promotion to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes employees under the Constitution, the Supreme Court held on Thursday. “(The) mere fact that there is no proportionate representation in promotional posts for the population of SCs and STs is not by

Bengaluru, Feb 9: Home minister G Parameshwara on Thursday said that the menace of illegal and contraband drugs in Karnataka is primarily due to African nationals who have come to the state and begun peddling. At the legislative council, responding to a question by Ganesh Karnik (BJP), Parameshwara said: "The issue of illegal drugs consumption is quite serious. Over the last few years the drug

Mangaluru, Feb 9: A major gold smuggling racket that lured international air passengers to smuggle gold using ingenious means to hoodwink scanning machines of Customs at Mangaluru International Airport, has been busted by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI). Vinayak Bhat, deputy director, DRI said that their sleuths managed to arrest two international passengers who landed in the city on

Mysuru, Feb 9: Janata Dal (Secular) leader Kalale Keshavamurthy, who was being wooed by the Congress ahead of the crucial bypoll to the Legislative Assembly from Nanjangud reserved segment, tendered his resignation on Wednesday. Tipped to be fielded as the Congress candidate against former Minister V. Srinivas Prasad, who has joined the BJP, he is expected join the party soon. Mr. Keshavamurthy

New Delhi, Feb 9: Congress today stuck to its demand for an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks against his predecessor Manmohan Singh in the Rajya Sabha, describing his jibe as "unheard of in Indian parliamentary democracy". "We are very very disappointed by what the PM said yesterday. I do not think in the history of Indian parliamentary democracy, we have ever heard the PM

Mangaluru, Feb 9: A 35-year-old man from Ullal in Mangaluru taluk, who had landed in a jail in Saudi Arabia after being detained at Dammam international airport for carrying a six-month stash of his epilepsy medicines without a doctor's prescription four months ago, has finally walked free. Siyabuddin Fayaz Ullal, who was released on February 6, thanked all those who toiled for his release

Bengaluru, Feb 9: A few Congress legislators in Karnataka have reportedly sought action against the party veterans who indirectly help the opposition by criticising the government. Former union ministers C K Jaffer Sharief, B Janardhana Poojary and former MP H Vishwanath have strongly criticised the CM's way of functioning in recent days. Mr Poojary had even called Siddaramaiah ashani' (curse) to

Betul (MP), Feb 9: Asserting that all the people who live in Hindustan and who have respect for its traditions are Hindus, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday said that although Muslims have a different way of performing prayers, they are Hindus by nationality. “Whoever lives in Hindustan and has respect for its traditions, are all Hindus. Muslims may have different ways of performing prayers

Bengaluru, Feb 9: A?legislature committee has recommended that the state government constitute an agency on the lines of Department of Non-Resident Keralites Affairs to redress the grievances of non-resident Kannadigas in India and abroad. The committee on Welfare of Backward Classes and Minorities headed by the Congress MLA?J?R?Lobo has pointed in its report that Department of Non-Resident

Bengaluru, Feb 9: With elections to the state Assembly just a year away, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has been spending liberally on his pet Bhagya schemes. The chief minister on Wednesday announced a hike in the quantity of rice being given under the Anna Bhagya scheme from April from five kg per beneficiary per month to eight kg. Similarly, school children will get milk five days a week, instead