Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jan 10: Former judge of the Karnataka High Court justice P Vishwanath Shetty has finally emerged as a unanimous candidate for the post of Karnataka Lokayukta. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who chaired a high-level meeting, told reporters that he will soon recommend Justice Shetty's name to Governor Vajubhai Vala to appoint him as the Lokayukta. The post has been vacant since December

New Delhi, Jan 10: A marching band from the UAE's defence forces will join the parade on Republic Day, the first time Arab soldiers will be marching in New Delhi. After the French marching band joined the parade in 2016 in honour of Francois Hollande, the practice has caught the fancy of others as well. With UAE crown prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan preparing to be the chief guest this

Bengaluru, Jan 10: A group of 15 drunk men misbehaved with three women at the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA) and also forced them to pose for selfies on New Year's eve. Based on the complaint and the CCTV footage, one person has been arrested. One of the three women who faced harassment is the wife of an assistant commissioner of the commercial tax department, a member of the

Mangaluru, Jan 9: Speakers at an inter-religion intellectual meet on peace, harmony and national integration here on Monday stressed on the need for organising more such meets in wards and mohallas to promote trust among people from different religions. Imam Umer Ahmed Ilayasi, chief Imam, Delhi; Sugunendra Tirtha, seer of Udupi Puttige Mutt, Shaikuna Twaka Ahmed Musliyar, Khazi of Mangaluru

Mangaluru, Jan 9: Five months after introducing a direct daily flight between Mangaluru and Sharjah, Jet Airways suspended operations from Sunday, according to sources. Confirming this, J.T. Radhakrishna, Director, Mangaluru International Airport, quoted Jet Airways as saying that it was due to “operational reasons”. It is learnt that the service has been suspended due to poor passenger traffic

Bengaluru, Jan 9: The Indian diaspora in Qatar has come up with a special request that India creates and maintains a separate registration cell with details of maids being sent to Qatar and other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. What makes the request more special is the demand has come from the Indian expats settled in the Gulf nation. Members of the Qatar delegation, one of the largest

Bengaluru, Jan 9: Minister of State for External Affairs Gen (retd)?V K Singh has reiterated that the government is taking action against illegal or unregistered agents who recruit workers from the country for domestic jobs abroad. “These unregistered agents recruit workers on tourist visas and from one country they take workers to other countries, and make them do domestic work,” he said at

New Delhi, Jan 9: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will conduct annual examinations of Class X and Class XII exams from March 9, a day after the last phase of polling in the upcoming assembly elections in five states. The CBSE class X examinations, in which 16,67,573 students are expected to appear, would end on April 10. Class XII annual examinations, for which 10,98,420 students

New Delhi, Jan 9: Credit and debit cards will continue to be accepted at petrol pumps even after January 13 without customers having to pay transaction charges, the government said today. Banks and oil companies are in discussions as to who should bear these charges, it said a day after averting a crisis that would have hit millions of people as oil pump owners threatened to stop taking card

Chennai, Jan 9: The Tamil Nadu government on Monday sought a compensation of Rs 2,480 crore from Karnataka for not releasing water to the state despite getting a Supreme Court directive to do so. The apex court in its sitting on Monday has ordered both the Tamil Nadu and the Karnataka governments to file a list of witnesses within a week. It also said that the details of witnesses affidavit should