Karnataka

Bangalore, Jul 9: Former Infosys CFO T V Mohandas Pai has asked Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to rise above politics and call off implementation of Congress government's scheme to provide 30 kg rice per month to BPL families at Re one per kg as it would impose a heavy burden on the state exchequer. Pai said government was not going to give money from its pockets but implement the scheme by using tax

Riyadh/Dubai, Jul 8: The Muslim fasting month of Ramadan will begin in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar and few other Middle Eastern countries on Wednesday. Muslim clerics unsuccessfully searched the skies for the crescent moon on Monday night, in the ceremony that determines the beginning of Ramadan. Because no moon was sighted, the first day of fasting will begin on Wednesday

Mangalore, July 8: A well-equipped fish market constructed by Karnataka Fisheries Development Corporation at a cost of Rs 10 lakhs under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) was inaugurated by Minister for Youth Affairs and Fisheries Abhaychandra Jain at Kemral in Mangalore taluk on Monday. Speaking after inaugurating the market, Mr Jain said that it was up to the local administrative body

Mangalore, Jul 8: Minister for Fisheries and Youth Services Abhyayachandra Jain has proclaimed his objection for the establishment of Niddodi Thermal power plant. “I was the first elected representative to oppose this project. I still hold on to my decision,” said Mr Jain addressing reporters after inaugurating government programme at Kemral. In 2011, Shettar Government submitted a proposal to the

New Delhi, Jul 8: BJP on Monday said it has come into election mode and is ready for snap polls for which it has laid down a roadmap making good governance and development as its poll planks. The opposition party said it will form several committees in the next few days to highlight the failure of the Congress-led UPA government on various issues like corruption, price rise and on the economic

London, Jul 8: A healthy boy in the US has become the world's first test tube baby to be born using a new low cost "next-generation sequencing" IVF technique that screens the embryo for genetic defects, Oxford scientists announced today. The method, through which the baby was born last month, uses the latest DNA sequencing techniques and aims to increase in-vitro fertilisation success rates while

Bantwal, Jul 8: A case of failed robbery attempt has come to light in Kambalabettu, near Vittal in Bantwal Taluk. The disappointed robbers, who were on their way back, were nabbed by the locals but the robbers managed to give the locals a slip in a rather filmy way. The incident took place at the residence of one Hameed Saheb, near Dargah in Kambalabettu of Mudnoor village in Vital. Mr Saheb lives

Bangalore, Jul 8: Amidst ongoing efforts in Bharatiya janata Party to bring back its estranged leader and Karnataka Janata Patry chief B S Yeddyurappa, a group of state BJP leaders including former chief minister D V Sadanada Gowda has rushed to Delhi. The state BJP leaders, who are advocating the return B S Yeddyurappa to the party, are meeting the party's Central leaders in Delhi on Monday to

B C Road, Jul 8: Aicon City, the new project of Aiman Infra Projects Pvt Ltd, will add to the beauty of Bantwal town, which is going to become a satellite city, said Minister for Forest Environment and Ecology and Dakshina Kannada district-in-charge B Ramanath Rai. Speaking after releasing the brochure of the Aicon City commercial-cum-residential apartment to come up near BC Road tollgate, the

Mangalore, Jul 8: Police have released the sketch of a suspect in Moodbidri based Jain temple theft case. City Police Commissioner Manish Kharbikar said that while police investigations are progressing on various lines, they have released sketch of an unidentified person who was seen roaming around in Moodbidri in the run up to the theft. "We believe he could be involved in the theft, and the