Karnataka

Mangaluru, Dec 10: A fresh scientific study has revealed that Yettinahole River diversion project doesn't hold much water to quench the thirst of the parched districts of Kolar, Chikkaballapur, Tumakuru and Bengaluru Rural. Calling it "an ecological blunder", the study conducted by a team of the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru headed by TV Ramachandra through spot visits and using the

Mangaluru, Dec 10: Mangaluru City Police Commissioner M Chandra Sekhar has suspended a constable for allegedly sexually harassing a woman from Kasaba Bengre. The accused is Vinay Kumar attached to Panambur police station. A case has been registered against him at the women's police station in this regard. According to police, few personnel had visited a Muslim woman's house at Kasaba Bengre

Chennai, Dec 10: The ruling AIADMK today released a list of 203 deceased persons, saying they died of "shock" over the demise of party supremo and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on December 5, taking the number of toll in this regard to 280. The party headquarters released the list containing the names of 203 such deceased persons from different parts of the state, including

Ahmedabad, Dec 10: The accused in the 2008 serial blast case lodged in Sabarmati Central Jail here have cracked the exam on Mahatma Gandhi's life -- all guns blazing. Safdar Nagori, an alleged Indian Mujahideen member and accused in terror case, and Ayaz Sayyad, also accused in the serial blasts, have shared the top honours. Both were ranked number one, scoring 76 marks out of 80 marks on Gandhi's

Mangaluru, Dec 10: Bearys Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCI), a newly formed NGO that intends to create a network between businessmen across communities and countries, was ceremonially inaugurated in the city on Friday. B Ramanath Rai, Minister for Forest, Ecology & Environment and D.K. District in-charge, who symbolically inaugurated the elite body in the presence of a galaxy of dignitaries

Bengaluru, Dec 10: Janata Dal (Secular) supremo H D Deve Gowda had fulfilled his promise of giving an important party post to entrepreneur B M Farooq, who had made a futile bid to enter Rajya Sabha recently. Mr Farooq, who is now seen as a confidante of the former prime minister Gowda, has been made the chief general secretary of the party. Dalit leader and Mudigere MLA B B Ningaiah has been made

Bengaluru, Dec 10: The Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) not to arrest Ibrahim Shereef, one of the accused in a case related to new currency seizure involving senior state government official S C Jayachandra. The high court directed the CBI not to arrest Shereef after he gave an undertaking that he would co-operate with the investigation. Shereef, a

Bengaluru, Dec 10: Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda and his son H D Kumaraswamy were re-elected the national and state president respectively of the JD(S) at the party's national and state executives held here on Friday. While Gowda gave a call to his partymen to ensure enrolment of one crore members in the next few months, Kumaraswamy said that the JD(S) could win over 110 seats during the

Chennai, Dec 10: The State government has allotted Rs. 15 crore for the construction of a memorial for former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa near the MGR memorial on the Marina. According to a minister, the tender for executing the work will be floated soon. “The money has been allotted and officials have taken the measurements around where Amma was laid to rest. A tender will be floated, and after

Mangaluru, Dec 9: Mohammad Azharuddin, former captain of the Indian national cricket team, will inaugurate the third edition of Mangalore Premiere League on December 17 at Dr B R Ambedkar Stadium in Panambur on the outskirts of the city. Announcing this at a press meet Sirajuddin, the chairman of Karnataka Regional Cricket Academy, the organiser of the tournament, said that the stadium was ready