Karnataka

Kalaburagi, Aug 19: Unprecedented floods following heavy inflows into Krishna River from upper riparian State of Maharashtra and deluge due to unprecedented rains elsewhere in Karnataka during the last three weeks wrecked havoc in at least 16 districts in Karnataka, but the districts under parched Hyderabad-Karnataka region remains drought-affected and agricultural operations crippled, sources

Bengaluru, Aug 19: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa salamed former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy for his allegation that his (Yediyurappa) son was acting like a ‘collection agent’ and was involved in huge corruption involving transfer of higher officials in the State after BJP came to power. Replying to twitter messages sent by Kumaraswamy who headed JD(S)-Congress Coalition government

Bengaluru, Aug 19: Dr. Kaup Mohamed, the Dean and MD of London American City College – UAE and Adjunct Professor of Madonna University, Michigan, USA was conferred with an International Quality Award for Excellence in Education 2019 at the India Education Award 2019 held at Taj West End Bangalore. The Award which was initiated by Blind Wink – Marketing Research Organization and deal with Research

Madikeri, Aug 19: The death in the flood and landslide related incidents has risen to 11 with a 60 year-old body recovered at Thora region in Heggala village in Vijrajpet Taluk of the District. The rescue team found the body of Shankara who was missing and was suspected to be buried under debris after four to five houses collapsed due to landslide on August 9 at Thora on Sunday the search

Udupi, Aug 19: Former minister and Congress leader Pramod Madhwaraj has downplayed the phone-tapping charges against former Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, claiming that the same had been made since the time late Ramakrishna Hegde was the Chief Minister of the State. Speaking to presspersons here, Mr. Madhwaraj said that it was possible that all CMs may have got phone-tapping done. It

Bengaluru, Aug 19: The Supreme Court today issued a notice to the Karnataka government seeking a reply on an appeal filed by a group of parents challenging an amendment in the State’s Right to Education (RTE) Rules that does not make it mandatory for private unaided schools to admit economically backward class students if there are government or aided schools in the same locality. A Bench led by

Bengaluru, Aug 19: At least eight pedestrians were injured after a drunk driver drove his car onto a pavement here at HSR Layout locality on Sunday. "A car driven by a drunk man ploughed into pedestrians and injured seven people in Bengaluru's HSR Layout," police said. The accident, which occurred in front of a hotel at around 3 pm on Sunday, was caught on camera wherein the white SUV was seen

Kochi, Aug 19: Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan has promised more flights to Kerala from the Gulf countries during the coming Onam season. The Minister said starting more flight services was one way out to address the problem of the steep rise in airfares for international flights from the Gulf countries during the festival season. He was addressing the 10th anniversary of

New Delhi, Aug 19: There should be conversation in harmonious atmosphere between those in favour of reservation and those against it, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Sunday. Bhagwat said he had spoken on reservation earlier as well, but it created a lot of noise and the whole discussion diverted from the actual issue. Those who favour reservation should speak keeping in mind the interests of those

Bengaluru, Aug 19: With the much awaited expansion of Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa's cabinet in Karnataka to take place on August 20, the wait is now on for the BJP's central leadership to clear the list of 13-14 probables as Ministers in the first phase, top party leaders said here on Sunday. Yediyurappa and the state leadership are expected to get clear instructions from the high command about