Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jan 6: Beginning January 9, citizens can generate their own ration cards (Above Poverty Line) anywhere in Karnataka. Under the new system, people can take a printout of their APL ration cards on the spot by submitting necessary information. The facility can be accessed by logging on to the Food and Civil Supplies department's website – ahara.kar.nic.in, Food and Civil Supplies Minister

New Delhi, Jan 6: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Karnataka government to explain why a CBI probe should not be ordered into the suicide of deputy superintendent of police M K Ganapathy on July 7 last year. A bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and U U Lalit issued notice to the state government seeking their response within six weeks on a petition filed by M K Kushalappa, father of the

Bengaluru, Jan 6: Minister of State for External Affairs M J Akbar inaugurated the annual convention of the Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) here on Thursday. Speaking at the event, Akbar appreciated the role of non-resident Indians (NRIs) in strengthening relations between India and other countries. “India will have its first-ever strategic discussion with UAE on January 20

Mangaluru, Jan 5: Coming down heavily on Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel for his recently inflammatory speech, veteran Congress leader B Janardhana Poojary has asked the former to go door-to-door and tender apology by touching the feet of the people. Addressing a Hindutva protest meet in front of Konaje police station in Mangaluru taluk last Sunday, Kateel had threatened to arson his own

Mangaluru, Jan 5: A lab analysis has reportedly proved that drinking water supplied by the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) in many parts of the city was highly contaminated. Addressing media persons Krshina J Palemar, former environment minister of Karnataka, said that he collected water samples from 27 areas in the city and obtained bacterial microbiology test from the lab. As per the lab

Bengaluru, Jan 5: Having drawn flak over women safety issues, the Karnataka government on Thursday announced that 5,000 CCTV cameras will be installed at sensitive places across Bengaluru in the near future. To start with, 550 cameras will be installed at a cost of Rs 39 crore within two months. Describing the Kammanahalli incident where a girl was grabbed and groped by two scooter-borne new year

Bengaluru, Jan 5: Four persons were arrested today in connection with the groping and assault of a woman by two scooter-borne men near her home here on New Year's eve, a shocking incident caught on camera that caused a national outrage. The accused had been stalking the victim for four or five days and molested her when she was returning home after celebrating New Year, Bengaluru Police

Bhopal, Jan 5: A farmer in Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur district was shocked to receive Rs 2,000 currency notes without the image of Mahatma Gandhi from a branch of a public sector bank. Laxman Meena, a farmer from Bichchhugawadi village, received three notes of Rs 2,000 when he withdrew money from the bank's branch at Baroda town in Sheopur. "I was given three notes of Rs 2,000 on withdrawal from my

Mangaluru, Jan 5: In a suspected suicide pact, four members of a family reportedly ended lives by jumping into a lake in Aaladka village in Belthangady on Thursday morning. The deceased include an endosulfan victim. According to reports reaching here, Babu Gowda (62), his wife Gangamma (55) and their endosulfan affected son Sadanand Gowda (32) jumped into the lake. Another son Nityananda (30)

Bengaluru, Jan 5: Under attack over his controversial remarks on New Year eve molestation here, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara today asserted that he was committed to protection of women and suspected a "hidden agenda" behind highlighting the incident. Parameshwara also said he was extremely pained that his statement on the alleged molestation incident had been interpreted out of context