Karnataka

Bangalore, May 13: Acting swiftly on Congress' poll promises, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today announced a Rs 4409.81-crore bonanza for the poor, SCs and STs, OBCs and minorities on the first day in office. At a Cabinet meeting, Siddaramiah said it was decided to provide 30 kg of rice at Re one a month from next month, benefiting 98.17 lakh people in the below poverty line category

Dubai, May 13: The Indian embassy in Riyadh has received around 15,000 passports of Indian workers in Saudi Arabia, facing cases of running away from their local sponsors and other violations, from that country's foreign ministry. Most of the passports were handed over to the Saudi authorities by the Saudi sponsors, local media reported Monday. "Most passports, surrendered by sponsors to the Saudi

Bangalore, May 13: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said Ministers would be inducted into his Cabinet by Friday even as he acknowledged that it's a difficult exercise. Addressing a press conference after the maiden Cabinet meeting, minutes after he was sworn in Chief Minister, he said he would be leaving for New Delhi tomorrow or the day after to hold discussions with Congress President

Bangalore, May 13: Thirty kg of rice per month will be sold at Re.1 per kg for BPL (below poverty line) families across Karnataka from June 1, newly sworn-in state Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced here Monday. "The subsidised rice scheme will benefit 9.82 million (98 lakh) BPL families living in rural and urban areas and will cost the exchequer Rs.460 crore (Rs.4.6 billion)," Siddaramaiah

Bangalore, May 13: A 50-year-old Congress supporter died after attending the swearing-in ceremony of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at the jam packed Kanteerava stadium here today, police said. The deceased was identified as Manjappa, a city resident, who collapsed near gate number seven while coming out after the function attended by nearly 50,000 Congress supporters from across the state. He was

Bangalore, May 13: K Siddaramaiah is not known to mince words or hide his ambitions. Whenever BJP members in the last government taunted him about being ambitious, Mr Siddaramaiah, then Leader of the Opposition, would aggressively and without hesitation declare that he would one day be Chief Minister of Karnataka. Today, he was sworn in as the 22nd Chief Minister of the state. Luck seems to have

Riyadh, May 13: The novel coronavirus, a new strain of the virus similar to the one that caused SARS, is not restricted to Al-Ahsa but cases have also been reported from Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam, disclosed Minister of Health Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeah at a press conference here on Sunday. There were 24 confirmed cases since last summer, of whom 15 had died. Three suspected cases were still under

Mangalore, May 13: Lured by a message in his e-mail inbox, a youth from Neriya village in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada district ended up losing Rs 3.78 lakh to a fraudulent group. Abdul Khader from Neriya has been working in Bangalore. He had received an e-mail with regard to a lucrative job opening in a reputed oil and gas company in Canada. Following this, Mr Khader sent his application

Kateel, May 13: Over 100 couples entered wedlock at Sri Durgaparameshwari temple, Kateel, on the auspicious occasion of Akshaya Tritiya. The entire temple wore a resplendent look with the brides and grooms and their families flocking to the temple in large numbers, wearing new clothes and lots of jewelry. On Sunday, May 12 (Bidige) and Monday, May 13 (Akshaya Thadige) had 65 couple and 38 couples

Udupi, May 13: Karnataka has seen the face of its next chief Minister, but what about the Deputy Chief Minister? Probably, Kannadigas need not waste their time pondering over this one because veteran Congress leader Oscar Fernandes has already let the cat out of the bag. Answering a query with regard to the name of the DyCM candidate and number of aspirants in fray, Mr Fernandes made it clear that