Karnataka

Bengaluru, Apr 1: Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari announced on Tuesday that work on 10 mega road development projects in Karnataka would commence from December this year. Gadkari was speaking after laying the foundation for upgrading two major highways in the State – NH-218 (new NH-50) and NH-234 (new NH-69), in Bengaluru. On the occasion, he not only rubbed shoulders

Mangaluru, Mar 31: City-based Indian cricketer K L Rahul was felicitated at an award presentation function hosted by the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), Mangaluru Zone in the city on Tuesday. Awards were presented to winners of various cricket tournaments from Mangaluru zone in the programme. Speaking on the occasion, KSCA Managing Committee honorary treasurer P Dayanand Pai said that

Bengaluru, Mar 31: Kannada language will be a mandatory subject in classes one to ten in schools affiliated to Karnataka board and a compulsory medium of instruction from classes one to five. This is envisaged in the Kannada Language Learning Bill, 2015 making Kannada a mandatory subject in classes one to ten and Right To Education Act Amendment Bill which were passed by a voice vote in the state

Mangaluru, Mar 31: A 19-year-old student was killed and his friend was critically injured in a road mishap on National Highway 66 at Udyavar near Manjeshwar on the outskirts of the city. The deceased has been identified as Thouseef, son of Abdul Hameed, a resident of Uppala in Kasaragod district. His friend Illyas (18) was hospitalized in Manglauru. The incident occurred when a speeding pick-up

New Delhi, Mar 31: The Income Tax department took to the strategy of 'naming and shaming' of some large tax defaulters as it published names of 18 entities who owe over Rs 500 crore tax to the exchequer. "The step is aimed to publicise and put these names in public domain so that the common man can come forward to help the department in knowing the whereabouts of these.The step is to enhance

Gandhinagar, Mar 31: Gujarat Assembly today passed by a majority vote the controversial Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime (GCTOC) Bill which allows police to intercept and record telephonic conversations and submit them in court as evidence. The Bill, which was earlier returned by the President thrice to the state government for reconsideration, was passed by a majority vote amid stiff

Mangaluru, Mar 31: A woman from Bengaluru has lodged a complaint alleging that she was raped by a government doctor in Mangaluru, having promised to marry her after the two became acquainted through a matrimonial website few months ago. According to the complaint lodged by the woman at Mahalakshmi Layout police station in Bengaluru, she got acquainted to a government doctor named Dr Suresh Kumar

Dharwad, March 31: The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Tuesday a Public Interest Litigation filed by the nonprofit, Samaj Parivartan Samudaya (SPS), alleging misconduct by former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, former minister Gali Janardhana Reddy and Rajendra Kumar Jain, the head of Deccan Mining Syndicate. The PIL urges the court to order that hearing be conducted into the illegal mining

New Delhi, Mar 31: The Supreme Court today sought responses from senior BJP leader L K Advani and others on a plea against dropping of criminal conspiracy charge against them in the Babri mosque demolition case. A bench headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu issued notices to the BJP leader and the CBI on a separate plea filed by Haji Mahboob Ahmad, one of the petitioners in the Babri mosque case

Mangaluru, Mar 31: As bombings by the Saudi-led 10-country coalition on rebel Houthis in Yemen continued for the sixth day, distressed Indians in Aden sent out SOS cries for help from the Indian government. They said the Indian Embassy was concentrating on rescuing Indians from the Yemeni capital Sana’a but had ignored the plight of the 550 Indians in Aden. Six from Bhatkal stranded in Aden Among