Karnataka

Bengaluru, April 24: The Karnataka High Court on Friday put off elections to the city's Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) civic body. Setting aside a single bench order, which directed the state election commission (SEC) to conduct the civic poll by May 30, a division bench headed by Chief Justice D.H. Waghela and Justice Ram Mohan Reddy told the state government to hold the elections by

New Delhi, Apr 24: While most of the state governments in India are trying to implement strict ban on slaughtering of cows and bullocks, the nation stands contradictory in its exporting of beef. According to the latest report released by United States department of agriculture (USDA), India not only stands at the top as global beef exporter sharing position with Brazil, but also India’s exports of

Mangaluru, Apr 24: A group of corporators of Mangaluru City Corporation reportedly exhorted Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to transfer MCC commissioner Hephsiba Rani Korlapati during farmer’s visit to the city on Friday. Sources within the Congress party said that the a section of local leaders of party including corporators held discussions on the transfer of the Commissioner with the CM, who

United Nations, Apr 24: India has not fared well in a global ranking of the happiest nations, coming in at the 117th spot out of 158 countries on the index that took into account GDP per capita, life expectancy, social support and freedom to make life choices as indicators of happiness. Switzerland has been named the most happiest country in the world, coming in at the number one spot on the 2015

Mangaluru, Apr 24: The residents of Jokatte village, who have been helplessly protesting against air and water pollution caused by the coke yard and sulphur recovery units of Mangalore Refinery and Petroleum Limited, have resorted to Palestine model protest. Continuing their agitation, the residents on Thursday threw stones at workers who were installing a 30-ft high-wind break-wall at the MRPL’s

Bengaluru, Apr 24: Heavy rains that lashed across Karnataka on Thursday caused widespread damages and claimed the lives of eight persons. One person was killed and another injured as heavy downpour accompanied by hailstorm threw life out of gear in most parts of Bengaluru city on Thursday evening. A compound wall collapsed at Goruguntepalya, off Tumkur Road, killing a 48-year-old man and injuring

Mumbai, Apr 24: Six persons, including three policemen and a woman, were arrested on Thursday for allegedly sexually exploiting a woman, police said The victim, a 29-year-old model, had sent an SMS to Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria on 21 April, complaining about her sexual exploitation by some men including two assistant police inspectors and head constable of the city police. The three

Belagavi, Apr 24: Elections to more than 6,000 gram panchayats (GP) across the State will be held in two phases and a notification in this regard will be tentatively issued in the first week of May, according to the State Election Commissioner P N Sreenivasachary. After reviewing preparations for the panchayat elections to the Belagavi revenue division at the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha here on

Bengaluru: Apr 24: Five students of a City-based engineering college met a watery grave at an abandoned quarry pit on Thursday afternoon in Bettadhalsuru on Kempegowda International Airport Road. While four bodies were recovered from the nearly 80-foot-deep pit, the search for the fifth body was called off due to bad light. Arun Chandra Shetty, Harish, Kham Patali, Rajesh and K R Nanda Kumar, all

Mangaluru, Apr 24: In view of creating awareness among general public, especially the children, Centre for Integrated Learning (CIL) in association with Big Bazar of Future Group, FBB and Team Prithvi meaningfully observed the World Earth Day on Wednesday by holding a march and planting a sapling at an abandoned park in the city. While Big Bazar took up the project as a CSR (Corporate Social