Karnataka

Bangalore, Jul 27: The City police on Saturday issued guidelines which made it mandatory for managements to install CCTV cameras and GPS device in school buses and appoint floor vigilance officers (FVOs) to ensure safety of students. The police set August 31 as the deadline for implementation. The police released nine guidelines in the wake of bitter criticism over handling of the rape of a six

Bangalore, Jul 27: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said he would quit politics if Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly Jagadish Shettar proved charges of corruption against him. “I'm ready to face an inquiry from any agency into my assets and that of my family members. I have not involved in corruption in the three decades of my political career. I am ready to retire from

Mangalore, Jul 27: Three students of private a medical college in Deralakatte escaped unhurt after their car fell 10 feet off the road into marshy land near Thokkottu on the outskirts of the city. The incident occurred when the students were heading towards Mangalore from Deralakatte. Before reaching the Nethravati bridge, the student, driving the car, lost control and the vehicle fell off the

Lucknow, July 27: Three people were killed and over two dozen others, including some policemen, injured as communal violence erupted in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur town, about 500 km from here. An indefinite curfew was clamped in the area after the incident. Sources put the death toll at five. The number could go up as at least six of the injured, including a cop, were in critical condition, police

Panaji, July 26: Ministers dreaming about a "Hindu nation" should be taken to task by the government and have no place in India, according to Fr. Maverick Fernandes, head of the Goa Church's charitable wing. Fernandes, who on several occasions has been the voice of the powerful Roman Catholic Church in Goa, also said that comments like those by Co-operation Minister Deepak Dhavalikar and Deputy

Abu Dhabi, Jul 26: The General Directorates of Residency and Foreigners Affairs at the Ministry of Interior says all technical and services preparations have been made to launch a new visa and fees system to be applied at the beginning of August. The changes are in line with the Cabinet decision No 22 for 2014, regarding the regulation and development of the naturalization, residency and

Mangalore, Jul 26: Tributes were paid to martyrs of Kargil War and veteran soldiers were felicitated in a programme to mark Kargil Vijaya Divas jointly organised by Dakshina Kannada Ex-Servicemen Association in association with Centre for Integrated Learning (CIL) and Lions Club Mangalore on Saturday. Retired Air Vice Marshal Ramesh Karnik, ex-army officers Harish Kumar and Bhagwan Shetty and ex

Mangalore, Jul 26: Due to the concretisation of a 26-km stretch from Gundia (Dakshina Kannada) to Maranahalli (Hassan), the Shiradi Ghat road on the Mangalore-Bangalore stretch will remain closed for six months from December 1. Announcing this at a district-level meeting on Shiradi Ghat development here on Friday, executive engineer C Nataraj said that the 26-kn stretch would be concretised at a

Mangalore, Jul 26: The bail application of three accused in the murder case of Bajrang Dal activist Rajesh Poojary were rejected for the second time by the district court during CID investigation in the case. The accused Hussain, Imran and Irshad from Mallur village were denied bail due to the objection filed by CID investigating officers. Following charges that the police had arrested three

Bhubaneswar, Jul 26: A 15-year-old girl in Odisha set herself on fire after her parents said they couldn't pay her school fee, a family member said. An official Saturday termed it as an accident. The incident took place in Khutuguda village in Nabarangapur district, about 700 kms from here, Thursday. Kanak Dei Bhatra, a class 10 student, requested her parents to give around Rs.200 for school fee