Karnataka

Mangaluru, Apr 5: The employees of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) have been urged by the Oil Minister to give up buying subsidised cooking gas (LPG). Inaugurating the polypropylene unit of MRPL in Mangaluru on Sunday, Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas (independent charge), said that the rich and affluent people who can afford to buy market

Mangaluru, Apr 5: Union Minister of state for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan said that the government would shortly release funds necessary for the completion of the new block of Lady Goschen Hospital, Mangaluru sponsored by ONGC-MRPL. Speaking after conducting an inspection of the government maternity hospital in the city on Sunday, he told mediapersons that the delay in releasing

New Delhi, Apr 5: A demand of over Rs 570 crore has been raised against confectionery giant Cadbury India Ltd for allegedly evading excise duty by fraudulently taking exemption for one of its 'ghost' production units in Himachal Pradesh. The Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence (DGCEI) had in 2011 initiated a probe against the company for allegedly misusing 'area-based exemption' for

New Delhi, Apr 5: The government is mulling blocking mobile taxi hailing apps of Uber, Ola and TaxiForSure all over the country, with the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY) seeking views from the Transport Ministry for the same. The Delhi government had requested DEITY to block such apps, but the Department found it technically impossible to do so for one particular state

Bengaluru, Apr 5: Veteran Kannada actor Leelavathi and her son, Vinod Raj, were arrested and later released by the city police as they tried to march with protesting farmers towards the hotel where Prime Minister Narendra Modi was put up for the BJP national executive in the city. The farmers, led by Kodihalli Chandrashekar, had been on an indefinite fast for three days protesting against the

Mangaluru, Apr 5: The strengthening of Shiradi ghat stretch on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru highway will be completed by May this year, according to Minister for Public Works H.C. Mahadevappa. Dr. Mahadevappa, who visited the site to inspect the improvement work on Saturday, said that the work was going on at the expected pace and as per schedule. The National Highway division of the Public Works

Udupi, Mar 5: A plan of Rs. 200 crore had been drawn up for the integrated development of Kaup Assembly Constituency, according to Urban Development Minister Vinay Kumar Sorake. He was speaking after distributing various facilities to beneficiaries at the Uliyargoli Gram Panchayat. He also inaugurated the commercial complex of the gram panchayat and other works on the occasion. Mr. Sorake said

Shivamogga/Bengaluru, Apr 5: Shivamogga Superintendent of Police, Ravi D Channannavar, has clarified that the murder of Manjunath (33) on February 20 had nothing to do with the communal clash that took place on February 19 during the Unity March taken out by Popular Front of India in the city. It may be recalled here that the Sangh Parivar leaders had held PFI activists responsible for murder

Paris, Apr 5: Books on Islam are selling out in France after deadly extremist attacks in the capital raised uncomfortable questions about Europe's fastest-growing religion. A special magazine supplement focused on the Quran has flown off the shelves, and shops are selling more books on Islam than ever after the Paris attacks in January that left 17 dead. "The French are asking more and more

Bengaluru, Apr 5: The State BJP on Saturday demanded that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah should tender an apology for misleading the State Legislature on devolution of funds to the State from the Centre. Addressing reporters, MLA?C?T?Ravi accused the chief minister of deliberately giving wrong information to the Legislature. Though the Central grants to the State has increased by Rs 5,500 crore in