Karnataka

Bengaluru, Dec 5: Even though entire India is shell-shocked after witnessing the sufferings of people in flood hit Chennai, the airlines in India are literally celebrating the calamity. Yes, this is the right time to loot the helpless people! Chennai’s Anna International Airport was shut until Sunday after the operational area was submerged under seven feet of water. The stranded passengers headed

Mangaluru: Dec 5: In an incident straight out of films, a Muslim woman hailing from Mangaluru was allegedly forcibly taken away by her relatives after attacking her Hindu husband in broad daylight in Mysuru. The Hindu-Muslim couple from Mangaluru were living in hiding in Mysuru after marriage. Shivaraj, 22, had married his childhood friend Haleema Shahin, nine months ago, despite opposition from

Mangaluru, Dec 5: In a tragic incident, an engineering student lost his life after being hit by a train near Surathkal on the outskirts of the city on Friday morning. The police identified the student as Chetan Chandrakanth Chandavar (19), studying fifth semester civil engineering with the National Institute of Technology-Karnataka at Surathkal. While Chetan’s father is said to be working in

Bengaluru: Dec 5: Water Resources minister M B Patil on Friday said work on the Yettinahole drinking water project would be resumed only after obtaining permission from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) for diverting 14 hectares of forest land. A meeting with the officials of MoEF regional office in Bengaluru has been convened on December 18. The State government will seek

Bengaluru: Dec 5: IT and BT Minister S R Patil (Vijayapura-Bagalkot seat) and former chief minister N Dharam Singh’s son Vijay Singh (Bidar seat) are among 17 candidates finalised by the Congress high command on Friday to contest the coming elections to the Karnataka Legislative Council. Of the total 25 constituencies, the Congress has decided to field its candidates in 21 of them. Except

New Delhi, Dec 4: Facing flak for posting a doctored photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi surveying Tamil Nadu floods from a helicopter, PIB today expressed regret saying the incident happened due to an "error of judgment". In the picture posted by Press Information Bureau (PIB) on its website and Twitter, houses and water were reportedly seen clearly through the chopper's window which the

Udupi, Dec 4: Congress leader and former Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Jayaprakash Hegde has expressed shock over remarks of party veteran and Rajya Sabha member Oscar Fernandes, who called the former a “newcomer”. Mr Hegde, who is likely to contest as an independent candidate in the looming MLC polls if he is denied Congress ticket, said here that he was with the party for last seven years and also

New Delhi, Dec 4: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today suggested that an alliance with Congress is possible in an arrangement where Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav is the Prime Minister and Rahul Gandhi his Deputy. Akhilesh made the comments in the course of a conversation at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit here in the presence of the Congress vice president. However

Mangaluru, Nov 4: UT Khader, the minister for health and family welfare, was conferred with a national award by the government of India for the outstanding service of health department Karnataka under his leadership. The award was presented by the Union Minister for Finance and Information and Broadcasting Mr Arun Jaitely on the occasion of International Day for Persons with Disabilities, i.e. on

Bengaluru, Dec 4: The merger of the Janata Parivar, which has suffered a setback, would take some more time to become a reality, said JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda on Thursday. Addressing the media during the JD(S) national executive committee meeting in Bengaluru, Gowda said that the merger should have been effected before the Bihar polls. But as Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav chose to