Karnataka

Mangaluru, Feb 17: A project will be shortly implemented to provide free housing sites through Mangaluru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) to those 15 police officers in Dakshina Kannada who had been part of the operation which led to the killing of notorious dacoit and Sandalwood smuggler Veerappan. Proposed at a cost of Rs 1.7 crore, the state government has already given the administrative nod

Washington, Feb 17: A Hindu temple has been vandalised with hate speech in the US state of Washington, sending shock waves through the community in the area and prompting authorities to launch an investigation. The incident happened when unidentified miscreants sprayed swastika and painted "Get Out" on one of the walls of the temple in the Seattle Metropolitan area. It is one of the largest Hindu

Jaipur, Feb 17: A baby boy delivered inside a toilet of a train by a woman slipped through the flush pipe and fell on railway track but survived miraculously in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh district, a railway police official said Monday. "The incident occurred late on Sunday night in Dabli Rathan in Hanumangarh when a pregnant woman who was travelling on Barmer Kalka Express from Suratgarh to

Udupi, Feb 17: Congress has been responsible for its own defeat in recent elections held in the country, not because it was defeated by others, said Rajya Sabha member Oscar Fernandes. Addressing Congress members at a members' meeting held in Rajeev Bhavan in Kaup recently, he said that the party encountered defeat since it was unprepared to face elections. "We failed to even make our achievements

Bengaluru, Feb 17: Countering charges of various opposition parties, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has asserted that Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) has at 14.3 per cent in 2014-15 against the target of 14.5 per cent. Replying to a debate on the motion of thanks to governor's address, Siddaramaiah said that Karnataka's growth was best compared to all other south Indian states. Reeling out

New Delhi: The employees’ union of the state-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Monday called an all-India strike at AAI-run airports on March 11 to protest against the government’s move to hand over the management and operation of four airports — Kolkata, Chennai, Jaipur and Ahmedabad —possibly on a contract basis to private operators. The decision to strike work was taken at a meeting of

New Delhi, Feb 17: What BJP has been shying away from saying publicly, RSS has said in its mouthpiece 'Panchjanya'. In its latest issue, the fortnightly has raised questions on the choice of Kiran Bedi as the chief ministerial candidate for Delhi even as it pointed out how ignoring party workers may have cost BJP in the polls. In its two-part cover story titled 'Akankshaon ki Udaan' (flight of

Bengaluru, Feb 17: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will present the State Budget on March 13. Announcing this on Monday after felicitating Bengaluru-based composer Ricky Kej for winning the Grammy for ‘Best New Age Album’, Mr. Siddaramaiah said the budget session of the State legislature would be held from March 13 to 31. This is the 10th budget to be presented by Mr. Siddaramaiah, who also holds the

Mangaluru, Feb 16: The Karnataka government will set up seven to ten hi-tech laboratories for testing the H1N1 virus or any other epidemic diseases across the State, said Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader. Addressing reporters here, on Monday, he said the State has only five labs in the State that can conduct test for H1N1. The number of labs will be increased to ten from seven

Mangaluru, Feb 16: Expressing happiness at the re-commencement of Kuwait-Mangaluru direct flight by Air India Express, the members of Gulf NRI Forum - Kuwait have aired their grievances demanding better facilities from the airlines. Addressing a press conference in the city on Monday, president of the Forum P B Pinto said that despite being budget airlines, Air India Express should make their