Karnataka

Bengaluru, June 2: Working of government machinery in Karnataka virtually came to a grinding halt today as more than five lakh employees, ignoring warnings of disciplinary action, struck work demanding pay parity with Central staff. Most of the government offices, including the Vidhana Soudha, the state secretariat and its annexe Vikasa Soudha wore a deserted look as most of the employees

New Delhi, June 2: Expressing discontent at the special court verdict in the Gulberg Society case, Zakia Jafri, widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, who was killed in the massacre, said that her fight wasn't over as yet. A special SIT court in Ahmedabad on Thursday convicted 24, including a VHP leader, in the 2002 post-Godhra Gulberg society massacre, which left 69 people including the former

Mangaluru/ Udupi, Jun 2: Despite several warnings by the State government, the government employees registered their protest by striking work on Thursday across Karnataka including in coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi. The citizenry in the twin districts were affected as officials from key government establishments, participated in the strike and abstained from work. The one-day

Mangaluru, Jun 2: Two undergraduate students were killed and six others injured in a car accident near Manjeswaram in the wee hours of Thursday. The tragedy occurred as the driver of the car, in which the students of Milagras College in Mangaluru were moving on a picnic tour, presumably to Kochi, lost control of the vehicle and hit a roadside tree and a electric post before overturning into a

Ahmedabad, Jun 2: A special SIT court today convicted 24 and acquitted 36 as it pronounced its verdict in connection with a 2002 post-Godhra riots case of the Gulberg Society in which 69 persons including former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri were killed. Special Court Judge P B Desai delivered the judgement over eight months after the trial concluded on September 22, 2015. The Supreme Court, which was

Bengaluru, Jun 2: The rebellion-hit JD(S) appears to be in dire straits as far as the elections to Rajya Sabha and the Legislative Council are concerned. Chances of mustering numbers to win the second Council seat looks tough at this point for the JD(S) following rebellion in the party. With five MLAs led by B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan threatening to switch their loyalty to the Congress, the party is

Mangaluru, Jun 2: The presence of mind of an elderly man and the bravery showed by his young neighbour averted a railway accident on the outskirts of Mangaluru yesterday morning. Passengers of Ernakulam-Hazzrat Nizamuddin Duronto Express thanked the duo after the train was stopped at Panjirel between Mangaluru Junction and Thokur (Surathkal) station. It was Moses, an elderly man, who noticed a

Kolar, Jun 2: A pack of stray dogs, three of them said to be rabid, attacked 14 children playing in front of their homes in Shahenshah Nagar, here on Wednesday. Three of the children, identified as Kulsum (5), Shakina (4) and Tasleem (5), suffered severe injuries and they were being treated at the R L Jalappa Hospital. The other 11 children received treatment at the SNR District Hospital

Patna, Jun 2: On camera, Ruby Rai, 17, who topped Bihar's Class 12 exams in the Arts stream, says political science, a subject she virtually aced, teaches cooking. Another student from her junior or intermediate college , who placed as Bihar's Science topper, was not able to answer elementary questions like the link between water and H20. The students were interviewed by local channels after their

Mangaluru, Jun 1: Rubbishing the reports of chief minister Siddaramaiah warning him over the candidature of his billionaire brother BM Farooq in the Rajya Sabha elections on Janata Dal(Secular) ticket, Mangaluru North MLA BA Mohiuddin Bava said that the CM's remarks were exaggerated by the media. Speaking to media persons here on Wednesday, termed the media reports that Siddaramiah lashed out at