Karnataka

Bengaluru, Apr 4: Karnataka has been ranked as the country's top job creating state with an over 24 per cent share during the fourth quarter of the last fiscal year, according to a report by industry body Assocham. The state was followed by Maharashtra (23 per cent) and Tamil Nadu (10.5 per cent), it said. The information technology (IT) sector created about 57 per cent of about nine lakh job

Mangaluru, Apr 4: The Karnataka is likely to launch a new programme encourage people to help accident victims get timely treatment. Minister for Health and Family Welfare UT?Khader told media persons here on Monday that his department is considering to institute a Jeeva Rakshaka' (lifesaver) award for good Samaritans who take accident victims to hospital without delay. He said that a meeting in

Mangaluru, Apr 4: Calling upon people to take charge of democracy and ensure that corrupt ministers and other elected representatives step down from their position of power, anti-corruption activist SR Hiremath said the nexus between money power and power of the state has led to corruption and inequality in the society. The president of Samaja Parivartana Samudaya was speaking Big Ticket Projects

Mangaluru, Apr 4: UT Khader, the Minister for Health and Family Welfare on Monday declared that Karnataka's first District Early Intervention Centre (DEIC) will soon be opened at District Government Wenlock Hospital in the city. Addressing media persons here the minister said that state government has planned to open DEIC in all districts in the state under the National Health Mission (NHM). The

Bengaluru, Apr 4: A Karnataka minister's Personal Assistant and two others were arrested today in connection with Class 12 Chemistry exam question paper leak last week. The first arrest comes four days after the leak of Pre-University Course Chemistry paper for the second time within 10 days that had affected over 1.74 lakh candidates and triggered strong protests from parents and students. "Three

Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 4: Rubbishing allegations of sexual abuse levelled by solar scam accused Saritha S Nair, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said people will give a befitting reply to it in the May 16 assembly polls even as the Opposition attacked him and demanded a through inquiry against him and other ministers. A smiling Chandy said he was leading a "model" family life. "We will

Mangaluru, Apr 4: A buffer zone likely to be created between Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd and Jokatte village in order to find a solution to the air pollution in the region. Deputy Commissioner A.B. Ibrahim has directed the Forest and the Survey departments to jointly survey the land between MRPL's coke and sulphur units and the Jokatte area for creation of a buffer zone. At a meeting

Tumakuru, Apr 4: A leader of All India Students' Federation and law student, who was brutally attacked by a gang of ABVP activists during the distribution of pamphlets, said that the saffron brigades again threatened her to kill if she was seen in Tumakuru again. Recounting her ordeal, a second-semester law student of Vidyodaya Law college, Jyothi.K., said that ABVP workers did not allow her to

New Delhi, Apr 4: The names of actors Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, real estate tycoon KP Singh and late gangster Iqbal Mirchi figured in a list of over 500 Indians who allegedly used a law firm in Panama to set up offshore entities in tax havens across the world, a newspaper reported on Monday. The Indian Express said a study of more than 11 million documents from the secret files

Udupi, Apr 4: Five employees of Allahabad Bank have been charged with duping six customers who had pledged gold ornaments and taken loans. The bank staff allegedly misused gold ornaments of these customers for their own private purposes here. The value of the gold ornaments of the six customers is estimated at Rs. 7.57 lakh. According to a complaint filed by Bimal Krishnan, manager of Allahabad