Karnataka

Bagalkot, Dec 31: District Armed Reserve (DAR) constable Subash Mugalakhod, who is allegedly involved in former minister H Y Meti's CD case, has been suspended from service. In a press release issued by the office of SP M N Nagaraj, constable Subhash Mugalkhod has remained absent to duty due to ill health. While in government service, he is involved in a kidnapping case registered at Navanagar

Mangaluru, Dec 31: Even though Maestro Titans were defeated by coastaldigest.com in Mangalore Premiere League-2016 final clash, Akshay Ballal, the captain of the Titans, was deservingly awarded theMan of the Series' for his brilliant performance in the biggest T20 cricket carnival of coastal Karnataka. The humble cricketer received a Chevrolet beat car as a prize for his outstanding performance

Mangaluru Dec 31: In yet another successful feat Prasad Shetty of Mangaluru has won the Gold and Silver Medals and the Title ofInternational Strongest Man' at the International Powerlifting Competition conducted by Indian Powerlifting Federation and held at Jamshedpur from 26 to 30 December. Prasad Shetty won these medals and titles in the dead lift competition junior category, representing India

Jerusalem/ New Delhi: Israel's Counter- Terrorism Bureau has warned Israelis travelling to India to be on "alert", citing an immediate threat of attack against Western and tourist targets particularly in the south-west of the country. In a statement released by the Prime Minister's Office, the Counter-Terrorism Bureau singled out Western and tourist hot-spots as being at heightened risk. "Israeli

Mangaluru, Dec 31: The Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has not given permission for felling of trees and other works related to Yettinahole project, said Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Anil Madhav Dave. Speaking to mediapersons on the sidelines of an international conference on “Conservation and Sustainable Management of Ecologically Sensitive Regions in

New Delhi, Dec 31: Karnataka is likely to get drought relief from the Centre next week. The assurance was given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a meeting he had with an all-party delegation from the state led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday evening. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Siddaramaiah said the prime minister told the delegation that the high-level committee headed

Bengaluru, Dec 31: Some of the city clubs known for organising lavish New Year celebrations have received fewer bookings this year ostensibly because of cash crunch following demonetisation. Consequently, they will scale down the celebrations. The colonial-era Bowring Institute, which spent Rs 25-30 lakh to ring in the last new year, will spend just Rs 6-7 lakh on the December 31 night

New Delhi, Dec 31: The first dawn of 2017 will come a second late as India will join the rest of the world to add “one leap second” to its official time on the morning of January 1. To account for earth's slowing rotation around its own axis, time-keepers periodically add a leap second to universal time so that clocks remain accurate. The adjustment is critical for applications like satellite

Mumbai, Dec 31: As the 50-day deadline of the demonetisation exercise announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 8 ended on Friday, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) partially eased the restriction on withdrawal of cash from ATMs by raising the daily withdrawal limit from Rs 2,500 to Rs 4,500 on each debit card. However, with a cash crunch and only close to 40 per cent of 2.2 lakh ATMs

Mangaluru, Dec 30: Ritesh Bhatkal-led coastaldigest.com clinched the Mangalore Premier League-2016 title after humbling Maestro Titans in an almost one-sided encounter at Dr B R Ambedkar Stadium in Panambur, here on Friday under floodlights. In spite of a slow flow of runs from both teams, it was a high-quality match which had a few unexpected twists and it turned out to be a microcosmic glimpse