Karnataka

Mangaluru, Nov 18: Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Friday inaugurated 16 new police quarters, Panambur police station and the office of the Assistant Commissioner of Police (North) in the city. Mr. Parameshwara said that the government intends to provide quarters to the one lakh policemen. Under the Police Gruha scheme, the State government has taken up construction of 11,000 quarters in

Moodbidri, Nov 18: Writer Jayanth Gowreesh Kaikini on Friday exhorted the younger generation to view the world from their own perspective rather than becoming slaves of conditioned mind. “Do not listen to what your elders have to say,” he said and added that they [elders] have clouded the minds of the youth with their own prejudices. Mr. Kaikini was speaking after inaugurating the 13th Alva's

Bengaluru: Nov 18: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said that the Opposition BJP did not have the moral right to demand the resignation of Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait, who was caught on camera flipping through sleazy pictures on his mobile phone during a public function at Raichur, recently. Reacting to the Opposition BJP's threat to raise the issue during the

Bengaluru, Nov 18: In yet another jolt to beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya, the Karnataka High Court today ordered winding up of his now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines Limited for non-payment of dues to a UK-based firm. Pronouncing the judgement, Justice V Kothari observed that since KFA did not pay up dues to Aerotron, the court was ordering winding up of the airline company. "Admittedly the

Bengaluru, Nov 18: Karnataka government today announced a slew of allowances to police personnel covering 90 per cent of the force and scrapping of the orderly system, but said their long-standing wage anomaly issue can be addressed only next year. "At this point of time, it is difficult to decide on wage anomaly, because next year we are constituting a state wage revision commission, which has to

New Delhi, Nov 18: Scotching rumours, the Finance Ministry said on Friday there is no move to seal bank lockers and neither it is true that the ink of the new Rs 2,000 notes has been bleeding in some cases. “Myth: Next move is to seal bank lockers and confiscate gold, diamonds and jewellery. Reality: This is baseless. There is no proposal to seal bank lockers and confiscate the jewellery,” the

New Delhi, Nov 18: The Supreme Court today dubbed as a "serious issue" the long queues outside banks and post offices and expressed its reservation on the Centre's plea seeking a direction that no other court in the country should entertain petitions challenging the November 8 notification demonetising Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 currency notes. "It is a serious issue which requires consideration," a

Mangaluru, Nov 18: In what could have been a major tragedy, a bullet tanker rammed into a Mangaluru-bound city bus at Kolya on the outskirts of the city on National Highway 66 on Friday morning. Four persons on board the bus suffered injuries in the accident. They are driver Krishnappa and three female passengers, Dhanalaxmi, Shobha and Deepika from Kumpala. It is learnt that the ill-fated bus

Karwar, Nov 18: Under the influence of narcotics a 32-year-old tourist from Russian created a ruckus in Gokarna for an entire day, streaking through the narrow lanes of the town until police hospitalized him. Maxin, allegedly became uncontrollable after he consumed a liquid intoxicant, suspected to be a banned substance. He had arrived in the town with three friends on Wednesday afternoon, through

Bengaluru, Nov 18: Cab aggregator Ola has partnered with Karnataka government for an initiative aimed at reducing drunken driving under which alcohol consumption testing kiosks will be placed in all prominent pubs in the city. Additionally, to discourage people from drunken driving, in the coming months, Ola plans to target more than 1000 pubs/bars all across Karnataka to facilitate cab bookings