Karnataka

Bengaluru, Dec 28: Shortly after the central government announced state rankings on Thursday, placing Karnataka third on the Good Governance Index (GGI), BJP and JD(S) engaged in a brief credit war on Twitter. Both claimed Karnataka's ranking was the positive outcome of the work done by their respective administrations. Chief minister BS Yediyurappa wasted no time to associate his government with

Bengaluru, Dec 28: Chief minister BS Yediyurappa is reportedly looking to rebalance caste equations in his cabinet by dropping some ministers, mostly from the Lingayat community, and bringing in new ones. The changes will be made when he expands his cabinet in January. The move will help him give proportionate representation to different castes and regions, and also accommodate Congress-JD(S)

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 28: The Kerala government on Friday said it was not planning to set up detention centres in the state to house illegal immigrants. No such decision has been taken, a statement from Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said adding false propaganda was being carried out in a section of the media with regard to the detention centres. "The present government has also instructed the

Dubai/New Delhi, Dec 28: Indian expats, take note. Your PAN card will be treated as inoperative if you do not link it with your Aadhaar card by the end of this year. A public notice has been issued here asking for linking an Indian resident`s PAN with his/her Aadhaar card before December 31, Gulf News reported on Friday. While a non-resident Indian (NRI) is not required to have an Aadhaar card or

Mangaluru, Dec 27: A ‘peace protest’ against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) will take place in Mangaluru on January 4. This is two weeks after violence marred protests held in the city on December 19. The protest is conducted by a delegation of various Muslim organisations led by the Muslim Central Committee, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi. The delegation

Pathanamthitta, Dec 27: With each passing day, the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act is only gaining momentum. In a recent, a video of 14 youngsters from Kerala Church has gone viral where six boys and eight girls can be seen singing Christmas carols. What made it special was that church choir chose to wear skull caps and hijab to express solidarity with the Muslim community. The

Mangaluru, Dec 27: The Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) will conduct a hearing into the alleged police brutality during the December 19 anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) stir in Mangaluru on December 31. The KSHRC had received complaints from Bengaluru-based Advocate Rakshith Shivaram, Mahila Congress national social media coordinator Lavanya Ballal, Bantwal Town Municipality

Mangaluru, Dec 27: The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) will discuss the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and construction of Ram Mandir at Ayodhya at its three day conclave in this Karnataka port city beginning on Friday. The meeting of the right wing Hindu group’s 'Prabandh Samiti' as well as its 'Pravasi Mandal baithak' come ahead of the crucial meeting of its Margdarshak Mandal at Uttar Pradesh’s

Bengaluru, Dec 27: Former union minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Anant kumar Hegde has triggered a row by apparently referring to interim Congress president Sonia Gandhi as ‘Italian lady’ and ‘Italian mother’. Referring to Karnataka Congress leader DJ Shivakumar’s move to inaugurate the statue of Jesus Christ, Hegde tweeted in Kannada and said, “DK Shivakumar inaugurated the Christ

Dec 27: The southern state of Tamil Nadu has bagged the top position in the composite ranking for good governance index (GGI), followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka, according to data provided by the Personnel Ministry. Chhattisgarh has got the fourth position, followed by Andhra Pradesh (fifth), Gujarat (sixth), Haryana (seventh) and Kerala at the eight rank, it said. Madhya Pradesh is at the