Karnataka

New Delhi, Dec 21: The Centre today decided to bring in an ordinance to amend the Payment of Wages Act for allowing business and industrial establishments to pay salaries through cheques or electronically. "The Union Cabinet today approved the ordinance route to amend the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, to allow employers of certain industries to make payment through the electronic mode and cheques,"

Malappuram, Dec 21: As many as 21 students of a government medical college in Manjeri here have been placed under suspension for allegedly ragging their juniors, college authorities said today. Following a joint complaint from over 40 students of first year MBBS course, yesterday the authorities took action against the pupils who were in second and third year course. The first year students in

Bengaluru, Dec 21: A Bengaluru-based private hospital has been accused of injecting a woman with contaminated blood during an operation in February 2014, resulting in her contracting HIV. However, the hospital rubbished the charge and claimed that the patient was HIV positive even before the surgery and before the blood transfusion was done on her. Jayanna Nallappa (40), the victim, from

Udupi, Dec 21: Udupi district police have nabbed one more accused in connection with the coldblooded murder of the history-sheeter Praveen Kulal. K.T. Balakrishna, Superintendent of Police, said that the police on Tuesday evening arrested Santosh Madivala alias Ontibettu Santosh in connection with the murder of Praveen Kulal at Perdoor village in Udupi district. The police had already taken two

Bengaluru, Dec 21: Chief minister Siddaramaiah blamed what he termed vested elements for blocking the proposed law against superstitious practices. He said these elements were cashing in on people's beliefs and opposing the legislation fearing loss of business. The chief minister was speaking after inaugurating the 9th annual conference of Karnataka Science and Technology Academy (KSTA) on Tuesday

New Delhi, Dec 21: Board exams for Class X are set to become compulsory for all CBSE students from 2018 as CBSE's Governing body today "unanimously approved" a proposal in this regard. At the meeting of the Governing body, its members agreed that from the academic session 2017-18, compulsory Board exams should be introduced for all students of Class X, sources said here. The decision will now have

Hassan, Dec 21: In a rare incident, a woman gave birth to a male baby with an abnormal growth on its head that resembled another head, at the government hospital in Holenarasipura of Hassan district. The baby is born to Kumari and Murthy of Moodalahippe village. According to the doctors, the baby, which has an abnormal growth on its head, is healthy as any other normal newborn. Kumari was

New Delhi, Dec 21: The menace of human waste being splattered on houses from airplanes while landing, on Tuesday led the National Green Tribunal to slap a fine of Rs 50,000 on the airline whose aircraft empties toilet tanks on air. The NGT directed aviation regulator DGCA to issue a circular to all airlines, whose planes are involved, to pay Rs 50,000 as environmental compensation. A bench headed

Bengaluru, Dec 21: Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued notice to the Karnataka Co-operative Apex Bank Ltd to furnish details about certain accounts in district credit cooperative (DCC) banks in the state. The ED notice is part of nation-wide investigation launched to check cash deposits exceeding Rs 25 lakh in cooperative banks. The notice was issued to managing director of the Apex Bank to

Bengaluru, Dec 21: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday directed officials to immediately rehabilitate tribals who have been displaced from their homes in Diddalli in Virajpet taluk in Kodagu district. After receiving a representation from a delegation of activists led by Kannada actor-turned-activist Chethan, Siddaramaiah directed Social Welfare Minister H Anjaneya to ensure that alternative