Karnataka

Bhopal, May 27: IAS officer Ajay Singh Gangwar and Barwani district Collector, who praised the country's first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in a Facebook post, was transferred by Madhya Pradesh government. Gangwar was transferred as Deputy Secretary in the Secretariat in Bhopal. "The state government has transferred Barwani Collector Gangwar as Deputy Secretary in the Mantralaya in

Mangaluru, May 27: AB Ibrahim, the Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate of Dakshina Kannada, has withdrawn all ban orders on drawing water from the river, issued by him earlier. In an order issued on Thursday, Mr. Ibrahim said that as several parts of Dakshina Kannada have received rainfall, normality in drinking water supply to the city was being restored. The ban orders issued earlier

Mangaluru, May 27: In a shocking incident, an elderly woman was murdered allegedly by her son and his wife in Yedapadavu in Bajpe police station limits here. The victim has been identified as Daggubai, a 65-year-old woman who was staying with her son — Srinivas and daughter-in-law Vimala. According to police Srinivas often quarrelled with his mother. On Wednesday, Srinivas, who was reportedly in

Mangaluru, May 27: Fiza group proprietor and Bearys Welfare Association President, BM Farooq remained a frontrunner for the Rajya Sabha ticket from the Janata Dal (Secular) even as the party chief HD Deve Gowda is all set to finalise a Muslim candidate. To elect a candidate successfully, JD(S) requires 45 first preferential votes from MLAs. The party has 40 MLAs in the Assembly, but with the help

New Delhi, May 27: The Congress high command may prefer two retiring members of the Rajya Sabha, Oscar Fernandes and Jairam Ramesh as its candidates for the election to the Upper House from Karnataka. According to state party leaders, the high command may go for Fernandes, a loyal party leader, and Ramesh, a Kannadiga. He is also considered close to Rahul Gandhi. The Congress can easily win two

Mangaluru, May 26: India's economy has come to a grinding halt in two years of PM Narendra Modi-led NDA's rule, according to All India Mahila Congress president Shobha Oza. Speaking to reporters in the city on Thursday she said that all the poll promises made by Modi and the BJP turned out to be just election 'jumlas' (empty promises). Shobha said, with prices of essential commodities sky

Hassan, May 26: The world's heaviest baby girl who weighed 6.8 kg was born to a 19-year-old woman at Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences (HIMS) in Karnataka's Hassan city. The weight of the newborn is almost the same as that of a one-year-old baby and twice the average size of an infant. Doctors at the hospital said that they have never seen such a huge baby before. They also claimed that she

Bengaluru, May 26: The Karnataka state committee of Bharatiya Janata Party has selected the new office bearers under the leadership of Shivamogga MP and former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa. In a release issued here, Mr Yeddyurappa stated that he finalised the names of the new office bearers only after discussing with party supremo Amit Shah and other senior leaders. Interestingly, the list

New Delhi, May 26: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today accused the Modi government of having spent "more than Rs 1000 cr" on advertisements to mark two years in office, citing "sources". "Modi govt spend on ads for jst ONE event 2 yr bash? Sources- more than Rs 1000cr," he said in a tweet. At the same time, Kejriwal said the expenditure of the Delhi government was less than Rs 150 crore for

Madikeri, May 26: Three students from Kerala were killed and four others seriously injured in a road accident at Perumbadi near Virajpet in the wee hours of Thursday. The deceased are Ashik, 18, Minoj, 19, and Yasin 18, all students of MHES College at Cherandathur near Kozhikode in Kerala. They were travelling to Kodagu along with four friends when their vehicle was hit by a truck. There were two