Karnataka

Ranchi, Mar 19: Two Muslim men herding eight buffaloes on their way to a local Friday market were bashed up and hanged to death from a tree by unknown assailants at Balumath forests in Latehar district, 100km from here, in the wee hours on Friday. The buffaloes were freed by the men and locals claimed the assailants were Hindutva radicals. The deceased Muhammad Majloom, 35, was a relative of Azad

New Delhi, Mar 19: Hours after his release from Tihar jail in a sedition case, JNU student Umar Khalid today said he has no regrets of being jailed and was rather proud of being booked under the said charges. "We have no regrets of being jailed in this particular case. We are in fact proud of the fact that we have been booked under sedition, a law under which activists like Arundhati Roy and

New Delhi, Mar 19: Two Indians are among sixty-two people killed after a Dubai airliner crashed and caught fire early today while landing in strong winds in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. The names of the Indians in the list put out by Russian authorities are: Anju Kathirvel Aiyappan and Mohan Shyam, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said. "Our mission is checking

Mangaluru, Mar 18: There was little to cheer for the people of the twin coastal districts—Dakshina Kannada and Udupi— in the Budget for 2016-17 presented by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday. Barring allocation of a few crorers of rupees for a couple of much awaited projects and announcement of a few proposals, the region can hardly hope for any mega infrastructure boost in the forthcoming

Mangaluru, Mar 18: Stressing that Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh wants peace and harmony in the society, one of its local leader urged the Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner AB Ibrahim to honestly try to solve the row over his name on the invitation card of a temple festival in Puttur. Responding to the queries of media persons here on Friday, M Pattabhirama, RSS Dakshin Prantha Sahakaryavah, said

Mangaluiru, Mar 18: The State government has banned the manufacture, transport, supply, sale and use of 12 plastic products in the State with immediate effect, but it will be implemented in Dakshina Kannada only from April 15. The use of all types of plastic carry bags, banners, buntings, flex boards, flags, plates, cups, spoons, cling films, plastic sheets used for spreading on the dining table

Mangaluru, Mar 18: The pro-common man budget of Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah, his fourth as CM, has raised hopes in green activists of Dakshina Kannada, who have been protesting against the Yettinahole water diversion project. Even though Mr Siddaramaiah mentioned the controversial project in his budget speech, he refrained from earmarking any funds for it. In 2014 the administrative

• Budget size (Consolidated fund) – Rs.163419 crores. It is 14.65% more than the Budget Estimate of Rs. 142534 crore estimated for B.E. 2015-16.• State Plan Size is at Rs. 85375 crores. It is more than the Budget Estimate of Rs. 72597 crores estimate for B.E. 2015-16. Increase is 17.6%.• Total receipts – Rs. 161956 crores of which Rs. 130758 crores is Revenue Receipts while Rs. 31123 crores is

Bengaluru, Mar 18: Petrol, diesel, beer, liquor and soft drinks will be costlier in Karnataka from April 1, as the state budget for the coming fiscal (2016-17) seeks to hike various taxes on them. Presenting the budget for the next fiscal, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah told lawmakers in the legislative assembly here on Friday that petrol price would go up by Rs.1.89 per litre, with four percent

Dehradun, Mar 18: Police today arrested BJP MLA Ganesh Joshi, accused of assaulting a police horse 'Shaktiman' during a protest march here recently which led to amputation of one of its hind legs. IG Garhwal range Sanjay Gunjyal said the MLA from Mussoorie was arrested from outside a hotel in Patel Nagar area on the basis of an FIR lodged against him and his associates at Nehru Colony police