Karnataka

Mangaluru, Dec 7: In a bid to avoid hassle of keeping change, a few auto-rickshaw drivers in this coastal city have embraced the change by installing mobile wallet Paytm in their three-wheelers. Kudla Souharda Sahakari, a cooperative of autorickshaw drivers, has pioneered this initiative with seven vehicles in the beginning. There are plans to bring at least 200 vehicles into the Paytm fold

Bengaluru, Dec 7: A sub-inspector and four constables were arrested on Monday for robbing a businessman of Rs 35.5 lakh near Peenya on November 22. They colluded with two welders to threaten and rob Gangadhar, a mobile shop owner from Tumukuru district, police said. All those involved in the crime — Sub-inspector Mallikarjun, constables Manjunath, Girish, Chandrashekar and Anantharaju, police

Chennai, Dec 7: Veteran journalist, former Rajya Sabha member and political commentator Cho Ramaswamy (82) died here today following illness. Fondly addressed as Cho, he was suffering from illness and breathed his last at a private hospital this morning, sources close to his family said. He is survived by wife, son and daughter. Ramaswamy was founder editor of Thuqlaq magazine and was known as a

Bengaluru, Dec 7: The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) decision to keep cooperative banks out of the demonetisation scheme has hit dairy farmers hard in the state. Majority of the farmers has not been able to access money earned by them by supplying milk to the cooperative societies. The RBI has in its circular dated November 14, 2016 barred cooperative banks from conducting any transaction under the

Bengaluru, Dec 7: Home Minister G Parameshwara on Tuesday said the state government may release about 250 prisoners for “good conduct'' on Republic Day on January 26, 2017. “The prison is not just a place to keep criminals. It is also a place to reform inmates. The government has released about 650 inmates based on their good conduct in the last one year. We may order premature release of 250

Bengaluru, Dec 7: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has taken exception to the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI)?recent instruction to commercial banks not to accept any credits from district cooperative banks. “I would like to know the reasons for preventing only the depositors of District Central Cooperative Banks from this facility now. I would like to know whether the RBI can, through a simple letter

Puttur, Dec 6: In a tragic incident, a second year B. Com student of St Philomena College, Puttur, was drowned in a swimming pool on Tuesday morning. The police identified the boy as Karthik G. Rai, son of Gangadhar Rai, a resident of Alangar near Puttur. The incident occurred in a private swimming pool near Darbe. The police said that the student appeared not to have consumed any water and

Manjeshwar, Dec 6: Excise officials at the Manjeshwar border check-post on the outskirts of Mangaluru have recovered Rs 13 lakh in unaccounted cash from a bus passenger. The seizure was made as the man, identified as Dhanaji Ramachandra Bhagat, said to be a native of Bikawadi in Maharashtra's Sangli district, was travelling on a Kottarakara-bound Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus

Kasargod, Dec 6: A Sabarimala pilgrim from Karnataka was killed in an accident at Kumbla, near here, the police said. The accident occurred around 6 a.m. when Sathish Narayana, 55, from Chikkana Naik Halli in Karnataka's Tumkur district, was crossing the National Highway, near the Hanuman temple at Arikkadi. He was knocked down by a car proceeding to the Mangaluru International Airport, the police

Bengaluru, Dec 6: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has condoled the death of J Jayalalithaa. In a message, Siddaramaiah has said, by acting in more than 140 films including Sri Shaila Mahathme, Chinnada Gombe, Amara Shilpi Jakanachari, Badukuva Daari, Mavana Magalu, Mane Aliya and Nanna Kartavya in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi, Jayalalithaa carved a niche for herself in the