Karnataka

Kodagu, Aug 29: State chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Thursday visited the flood-affected area of Kodagu district in Karnataka. He also held a meeting with the senior officials and took stock of the situation in the district. Revenue Minister R Ashok, Minister S Suresh Kumar and local MLAs also accompanied him. The Karnataka government has released Rs 195 crore for carrying out relief measures in

Bengaluru, Aug 29: Karnataka Congress leaders on Thursday met with Governor Vajubhai Vala and demanded that flood situation in the state should be declared "national calamity" and a fund of Rs 5,000 crores should be released from Centre as interim relief. "Situation in Karnataka should be declared as 'National Calamity'. There should be an immediate release of Rs 5,000 crores as interim relief

Bengaluru, Aug 29: In a major setback to former minister and powerful leader of Karnataka Congress DK Shivakumar, the Karnataka High Court on Thursday refused to stay the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the money laundering case. The Congress MLA from Kanakapura and a few others had filed a petition before the HC seeking cancellation of summons issued by the ED. The single

Bengaluru, Aug 29: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa today said that the government had no intention to close down Indira Canteens in the State that provide subsidisesd food to the poor and also there is no proposal to change its name. Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, he said his government had ordered a probe over alleged misuse of the subsidy given to the private food providers

Mysuru, Aug 29: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa today said that the State government expecting more funds for the floods relief and rehabilitation works in the affected 103 taluks which are declared as flood-affected. Speaking to newsmen at helipad here on Thursday, he said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting the State on September 7 and will explain to him about the situation

Mandya, Aug 29: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, who offered Puja at Krishnaraja Sagar Reservoir (KRS) on Thursday, said bountiful rain had brought relief to the people of Karnataka as well as Tamil Nadu and described the current situation as “nature’s solution” to the problems faced by the two States over sharing of waters. Speaking on the occasion, Yediyurappa said that the four major

Mangaluru, Aug 29: Two of the five persons who tried to steal petrol from a pipeline by digging a tunnel near Kinnimogeru in Malavoor on the outskirts of the city have been arrested by the police. The HPCL petrol pipeline supplies fuel to Bengaluru from Mangaluru. The arrested have been identified as Armugam, 39, and Ramesh, 35, both residents of Marakada. They were arrested near Vamanjoor check

Mangaluru, Aug 29: A businessman, who went missing on August 25, was found near Surathkal Beach on the outskirts of the city yesterday. The deceased is Prabhakar Acharya, 57, a resident of Boliyar near Ammebal. He was owner of a jewellery shop and a finance company. On August 25, he informed his wife that he is going to hospital and never returned after that. A missing complaint was registered at

Bengaluru, Aug 29: The Bharatiya Janata Party led governments at the Centre and Karnataka are tapping phones of opposition leaders in the state including former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, former chief minister Siddaramaiah and KPCC president Dinesh Gundurao, according to Janata Dal (Secular). JD(S) spokesperson Ramesh Babu on Wednesday alleged that a facility has been set up at Kaiga nuclear

Bengaluru, Aug 28: Though BJP grabbed power in Karnataka under the leadership of B S Yediyurappa with hectic melodrama and enticements, now it is pursuing more dramas and acrobats which pushed the state into hanging and uncertainty, said Elyas Muhammad Thumbe, state president of Social Democratic Party of India, Karnataka state. In a release issued here, he said Yediyurappa is now not in a