Karnataka

New Delhi, Jul 16: The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) has been rejigged with Smriti Irani being dropped as a special invitee and her successor in the HRD Ministry Prakash Javadekar elevated as a member. Najma Heptulla, the Minority Affairs Minister who had resigned from the Union Cabinet earlier this week, is no more a member of the panel. In the recent Cabinet reshuffle, Irani

New Delhi, Jul 16: In a major seizure, CBI today claimed to have recovered about Rs one crore in cash from the residence of the then Development Commissioner, Special Economic Zone, Surat during searches conducted after a case of disproportionate assets was registered against him. CBI sources said a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act had been registered against Vijay Kumar Narayan Shewale

Mumbai, Jul 16: In more trouble for the promoter of defunct Kingfisher Airlines, Vijay Mallya, a metropolitan court in suburban Andheri here today issued a non bailable warrant against him in a case of cheque bouncing filed by the Airports Authority of India (AAI). On May 7, Magistrate A A Laulkar had directed Mallya to appear before the court today failing which it will issue a NBW. The NBW was

Bengaluru, Jul 16: The BJP is having second thoughts about a padayatra from Madikeri to Bengaluru to demand the resignation of Bengaluru development minister KJ George in connection with the suicide of DSP M K Ganapathi. The party planned a padayatra next week to mobilise public support against the Siddaramaiah government which has refused to let go of George though Ganapathi mentioned his name in

Mangaluru, Jul 16: The road stretch from Canara Bank Circle at Balmatta to Karavali Circle at Bendoorwell, in Mangaluru has been named after the former minister late Blasius M D'Souza. Senior Congress leader and Gulbarga MP Mallikarjun Kharge formally inaugurated the renamed road by unveiling a plaque at Bendoorwell on Saturday. District-in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai, Rajya Sabha Member Oscar

Islamabad, Jul 16: Pakistan's social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch was killed allegedly by her brother in Multan in Punjab province, becoming the latest victim of "honour killings" that plague the country. The 26-year-old actor-cum-model was killed in central district of Multan last night, police said today. Police said apparently she was killed by her brother named Wasim, who has fled after the

Mangaluru, Jul 16: Mangaluru International Airport will soon have a long additional taxiway as the Board of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has recently approved the extension of the taxiway being built now to length of 2,400 metres long. Taxiway is the stretch or the track connecting the runway with the apron (parking stand for aircrafts) in the terminal building. Aircraft use the taxiway

Bengaluru, Jul 16: Party-goers in Bengaluru can now dine out, guzzle or shake a leg till 1am on all days of the week as the excise department has formally extended the business hours of clubs, star hotels, eateries and bars to 1am with effect from July 15. The notification of the department doesn't specify a time period, saying the deadline has been implemented until further orders. This means the

Kasaragod, Jul 16: A team of Excise sleuths recovered 150 kg of panmasala products from a KSRTC bus here on Friday. The seizure was made by a team of Excise personnel led by Circle Inspector K. Karthikeyan during a routine vehicle inspection at Adukkathbayal here around 1.50 a.m., a senior official said. The contraband, possibly being smuggled from Mangaluru to Kannur, in four bags, was recovered

Bengaluru/Chikkamagaluru, Jul 16: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has announced reward for information on three suspects in the kidnapping case in Chikkamagaluru that also cost the life of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) of Chikkamagaluru sub-division Kallappa Handibag. The CID has released the photographs of three suspects Praveen Khandya, Naveen Shetty and Abhi alias Abhiram