Karnataka

Bengaluru, Dec 16: Brushing aside reports that Karnataka government wanted to lift the 23-year-old freeze on issuing licences to open new liquor outlets, Excise Minister Manohar Tahsildar said government would not grant any new licences. "Our government and our Chief Minister, as of now, have decided not to grant any licence for opening of any new liquor outlets, especially CL-2 in the state," he

Bengalur, Dec 16: The rising number of kidney ailments, due to the increasing cases of non-communicable diseases, has posed a serious challenge to the government. The limited dialysis facilities are witnessing an overload. At least two lakh people undergo dialysis in the State. Speaking to media persons, Dr Keshavamurthy R, director, Institute of Nephro Urology, said that with non-communicable

Udupi, Dec 16: The police arrested a 21-year-old on the charge of kidnapping and sexually harassing a 14-year-old girl in Udupi district on Monday (December 14) night. The district police gave the name of the accused as Mohammed Shafi. The girl had left her house to go on a school tour at around 7.30 p.m. When she did not join the school group, the staff alerted her parents, who in turn informed

New Delhi, Dec 15: The Karnataka government on Tuesday forwarded the proposals for the six cities – Belagavi, Hubballi-Dharwad, Davangere, Mangaluru, Shivamogga and Tumkuru – to the Ministry of Urban Development under the Centrally sponsored Smart City scheme. These proposals were prepared by various consultancy firms after studying aspects in these six cities including their population, financial

Mangaluru, Dec 15: In spite of opposition from Dalit activists, ‘ede snana’ — the ritual of rolling over the ‘prasadam’ offered to the presiding deity — began at Kukke Subrahmanya Temple for the second year here on Tuesday. About 130 devotees from different parts of the State took part in the ritual by rolling on leftover prasadam. ‘Ede Snana’ was performed as an alternative to ‘Made Snana’, a

Udupi, Dec 15: Former Udupi MP K Jayaprakash Hegde, who was expelled from the Congress for contesting the Udupi-Dakshina Kannada Local Bodies Constituency for Legislative Council, said on Tuesday that if elected, he would serve as an independent MLC. Speaking to media persons here on Tuesday Mr Hegde said that Congress leaders, including the Urban Development Minister Vinaykumar Sorake and party

Mangaluru, Dec 15: A permanent solution for travelling public on the notorious Shiradi Ghat road on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru national highway will come at a high cost. An estimated Rs 10,000 crore is the cost of the four-lane, 23-km-long pass planned at the Ghat, which includes 12.41 km of tunnel. Mangaluru, Dec 15: The work on the “permanent solution” for travelling public on the notorious Shiradi

Mangaluru, Dec 15: Officers of customs at Mangaluru International Airport effected four seizures of gold weighing 824 grams valued over Rs 21.22 lakh recently. M Subramaniyam, commissioner, department of customs stated in the first detection, gold in the form of thin strips and one gold coin were found concealed in the waist portion and pocket of the denim trousers carried by a passenger. Another

Mysuru, Dec 15: BJP?State president Pralhad Joshi criticised Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for blaming the Central government for his failure to tackle the drought situation. He was in the city to campaign for BJP?MLC?local body candidate R?Raghu on Monday. Addressing media persons, he said the State government had failed to utilise the funds released by the Centre to support drought-hit people. The

If you think that beef fetches only votes for Bharatiya Janata Party you are wrong. It also fetches huge money for the saffron party which often creates hysteria over the dietary habits of people. The election commission documents reveal that the BJP has been more than eager to accept crores of rupees as donation from the beef exporting companies of India. A BBC report quoting election commission