Karnataka

Karkala, Dec 2: A Karkala based company has bagged Niryat Shree' award for best export performance in Agriculture and Plantation Sector gold category. The award was instituted by the Federation of Indian Export Organisation. Bola Surendra Kamath and Sons, a leading exporter, manufacturer and supplier of cashew kernels, coffee beans and flavoured cashew from Karkala, was among the 44 companies that

Bengaluru, Dec 2: The Karnataka High Court has ordered notice to Chikkaballapur MP M Veerappa Moily in a petition seeking his disqualification for furnishing allegedly factually incorrect accounts of election expenditure. B N Bache Gowda, the BJP candidate who lost to Moily in the recent Lok Sabha elections from Chikkaballapur, had approached the court alleging that Moily exceeded the ceiling of

Mangalurue, Dec 2: In a major relief to Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police Dr Sharanappa, the Supreme Court has nullified the suspension order passed by Karnataka High Court earlier this year against him and two other police officers in a civil case related to the construction of a temple at Ujire. In an order passed on November 29, the bench comprising of Justices V Gopala Gowda and C

Mysuru, Dec 2: A nephew of former Karnataka chief minister B S?Yeddyurappa has been arrested by police for cheating a man after receiving huge amount of money. Yeddyurappa's sister's son Rajesh was arrested by Hanumanthanagar police in Bengaluru on Monday following a complaint by K?G?Krishnappa, resident of Banashankari in Bengaluru. In the year 2008, when the Yeddyurappa government came to power

Tumakuru, Dec 2: As many as seven persons including five schoolchildren were injured after the pellets of rubber bullets, fired in the air, exploded on the ground and hit them, during a mock drill organised by the police here on Monday. The drill was organised as part of the Crime Prevention Month for children and public at District Armed Reserve (DAR) grounds. The police, however, used the

Bengaluru: Dec 2: The State government has been exploring the possibility of taking legal action against those who use derogatory and abusive words while referring to people belonging to certain backward classes in the State, Social Welfare Minister H Anjaneya said on Monday. Addressing reporters, he said the government wants to ban usage of words such as hajama' and darvesi' that hurt people

Mangaluru, Dec 1: A labourer was buried alive under the rubble after a landslip at the road under bridge construction site at the Padil-Bajal railway level crossing near Mangaluru Junction Railway Station in the city on Monday night. The deceased has been identified as Mangal (25) from north India. The tragedy occurred when the workers Mangal and other workers were engaged in fastening lengthy

Beltangady, Dec 1: In a gut-wrenching tragedy a seven-year-old girl died after a reckless car driver knocked her down in front of her parents' eyes near Nada village in Belthangady taluk on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Pooja Laxmi (7), daughter of Shivalingam and Pushpa couple from Manjakal village near Nada. She was Standard II student of St Mary School, Laila, Belthangady. The

New Delhi, Dec 1: In a fresh blow to UB Group chief Vijay Mallya, the government has rejected an application by Kingfisher Airlines to re-appoint him as Managing Director. Kingfisher, which had to be grounded in October 2012 due to severe financial crunch, had sought the Corporate Affairs Ministry's approval for Mallya's re-appointment for a period of fiver-year beginning October 16, 2013 "without

Mangaluru, Dec 1: In terms of number of members Bharatiya Janata Party will emerge world's largest political party within a few months, said BJP National General Secretary Muralidhara Rao. Addressing media persons in the city on Monday Mr Rao said that the nationwide membership drive campaign launched by the RSS backed party after Amit Shah took over as president has been inching towards a great