Karnataka

Bangalore, Jul 10: Karnataka government today launched its ambitious initiative to supply 30 kg of rice at Re one to nearly one crore poor families across the state that would entail an outgo of Rs 4,200 crore a year. The "Anna Bhagya" scheme was unveiled by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah here while in-charge ministers did so in district headquarters, in what the Opposition sees as a bid to woo poor

Bangalore, Jul 10: Women can now work as bartenders in Karnataka albeit under a dress code that forms part of the government guidelines which received the high court nod on Tuesday. The court permitted women to be employed as bartenders, as government submitted its guidelines under which all outlets will have to seek a prior approval of the competent authority to employ women, who need to be 21

Mangalore, Jul 10: Police successfully stopped a vehicle transporting cattle, on Wednesday morning, near Gurupur bridge on the outskirts of the city. The cattle were brutally stashed in the vehicle and when the police waylaid the Mahindra pick up van, four out of 19 cattle were dead. According to sources from Mangalore Rural Police Station there were four persons inside the vehicle including

Bantwal, Jul 10: A youth died of electrocution at Farangipete in Bantwal, early on Wednesday morning after coming in contact with a high-tension wire lying on the ground. The raged local residents say that the death could have been averted if the Mescom officials had been considerate enough to pay heed to their complaint with regard to a hanging wire that had been posing threat since several days

Kasargod, Jul 10: Thomson Jose, who has taken charge as the District Police Chief, has warned of stern action against those who disrupt peace in the communally sensitive areas of the district. The police will take tough action against the perpetrators of violence to maintain law and order and restore peace in the town, Mr. Jose said. A youth was killed by miscreants in the town on Sunday. The

Mysore, Jul 10: The issue of schoolchildren carrying bag load of books has resurfaced with the Juvenile Justice?Board (JJB), Mysore district, issuing directions to the Deputy Director of Public Instructions (DDPI) to take immediate steps to ensure that the bag load is reduced in the interest of young children. This follows a first-of-its-kind petition filed recently before the Board by M?Dharmaraj

Chikkaballapur, Jul 10: Four women belonging to the same family were killed on the spot when the car in which they were travelling collided with a lorry near Vapasandra on the outskirts of the city on National Highway 7 on Tuesday. The dead are Venkatalakshmamma, 65, a resident of Nandi village, Ratnamma, 55, Prameelamma, 50, and Parvathamma, 45, all residents of Doddamarali village. Ratnamma's

Mangalore, Jul 10: Demanding complete ban on 'Made-Snana' and 'Pankti-Bedha' in Kukke Subramanaya Temple and Udupi Kirshna Mutt, members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Dalit Rights Committee staged a protest in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner in the city on Tuesday. Made-Snana is a ritual of people rolling on plantain leaves on which Brahmins have partaken food

Patna, Jul 9: Five people, including a woman, were detained Tuesday from Patna and Gaya and interrogated by the NIA in connection with the serial bomb explosions at Bodh Gaya's Mahabodhi temple in Bihar, police officials said. Another man detained Sunday from Gaya district has been formally arrested. Chandan Kushwaha, a police official from Gaya district, confirmed the arrest of suspect Vinod

Mangalore/Udupi, Jul 9: Unbroken cloud on the sky did not delay Ramadan 1434 in the Islamic calendar for the Muslims living across Coastal Karnataka and Kerala as dozens of eagle-eyed Muslims spotted the crescent moon on Tuesday evening in some remote areas. Even though there was no sign of Ramadan in many parts of coastal Karnataka after Magrib prayers, at around 8:00 p.m. the news of