Karnataka

Bengaluru, Dec 28: K.S. Eshwarappa, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council, has failed to make it to teams formed by the BJP to study the drought situation in the State, and this has gained significance in the light of brewing discontent between him and party's State president B.S. Yeddyurappa. BJP has formed three teams — headed by Mr. Yeddyurappa, Leader of the Opposition in the

Bengaluru, Dec 28: The Department of Pre-University Education, Karnataka, has announced the final timetable of the second pre-university exam. The 2017 exam will be held from March 9 to 27. The department has made some changes in the timetable after considering objections raised by the public. The exam will be held from 10.15 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. Elaborate measures have also been taken by the

Mangaluru, Dec 28: Following the intervention of higher officers, sleuths of Dharmasthala police station in Dakshina Kannada district have finally arrested a Bajrang Dal activist, who had allegedly tried to rape a Class 4 girl last week. It is learnt that the Dharmasthala Police had reportedly refused to registered the case against the accused owing to “saffron pressure” after the incident took

Mangaluru, Dec 27: Sleuths of the Mangaluru North Police have arrested two youths on the charge of chain snatching in two different places. The accused have been identified as Vimarsh Alva (21), son of Vani Alva, chief officer of Ullal City Municipal Council and resident of Maroli, and Shahil Hussain (21), a resident of Shivanagar, Pandeshwar. The accused allegedly snatched a gold chain from women

Mangaluru, Dec 27: Officials from the Enforcement Directorate and Investigation wing of the I-T Department began an investigation into the alleged money laundering by the South Canara District Central Cooperative Bank at its head office in Mangaluru on Tuesday. The development comes following allegations that the bank received huge deposits after high value currencies were demonetized on November

Bhopal, Dec 27: A 70-year-old farmer from Madhya Pradesh's Bundelkhand region died after he was made to stand on one leg as a punishment for a calf's death on his watch. The victim identified as Har Singh Lodhi was asked to atone for his sins after a calf was found dead in his farm with a bottle of rat poison beside it, sources said. The panchayat in Bada Malhera of Chhattarpur district also asked

Bengaluru, Dec 27: Vice President Hamid Ansari today said the ground reality of delivering social justice in India is dismal even after 70 years of legislating welfare laws and adjudicating measures. "Where do we stand on the ladder of equity? This is a question that citizens of the Republic can ask the state after 70 years of legislating welfare laws and adjudicating measures to deliver social

Bengaluru, Dec 27: Days after his government unveiled plans to introduce 100 per cent local quota forblue-collar jobs, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah todaysaid it is high time to think about reservation in privatesector and it should be achieved through debate and dialogue. "It is high time to think about reservation in private sector. It should be achieved through debate and dialogue," he

New Delhi, Dec 27: India has just 24.4 lakh tax payers who declared an annual income of over Rs 10 lakh yet 25 lakh new cars, including 35,000 luxury cars, are being bought every year for last five years, a top official said. A nation of over 125 crore people had only 3.65 crore individuals filing their tax returns in the assessment year 2014-15, the official said alluding to a huge number of

New Delhi, Dec 27: A major mishap was averted at Delhi Airport this morning when two aircraft of private carriers IndiGo and SpiceJet came face-to-face allegedly due to an ATC miscommunication, sources said. While an IndiGo plane, which had arrived from Lucknow, had over 160 passengers onboard, the Hyderabad-bound SpiceJet aircraft was carrying 187 passengers when the incident took place, they