Karnataka

Bengaluru, Apr 29: An invite sent to ‘like-minded’ Congress legislators to attend a closed door meeting on Tuesday has set off speculation that dissidence within Congress will intensify after the results of Lok Sabha elections are announced on May 23. In JD(S) camp, party supremo HD Deve Gowda and chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Sunday held a brainstorming session with their MLAs, discussing post

Software giant Infosys has transformed a barren land into forest in its 360-acre sprawling campus at Kamblapadavu near Pajeeru village in Bantwal taluk about 20km from Karnataka’s coastal city of Mangaluru. "As part of our commitment to environment conservation for creating a better world for present and future, we have decided to make our campus to be intrinsically green," said a company

Kasaragod, Apr 28: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday carried out searches at three places in Kerala in connection with an alleged local module related to the so called Islamic State terror group. The Islamic State had claimed responsibility for the April 21 blasts in Sri Lanka in which 253 people died and more than 500 were injured. Officials carried out raids at the houses of

Bengaluru, Apr 28: The Congress party on Saturday announced its two candidates -- Subhash Rathod and Kusumavathi Shivalli for bye-elections to Karnataka Legislative Assembly. The Congress central election committee approved the names of Rathod and Shivalli. The party has fielded Rathod from Chincholi-SC while Shivalli will be contesting from Kundgol. The last date for filing nominations for these

Madikeri, Apr 28: Following disaster faced during Monsoon last year the Kodagu District Administration has taken precautionary measures to face any eventuality during monsoon this year. It has also urged the public not to panic over speculations of fresh outbreak of any natural calamity. According to a release issued here on Sunday, senior officials and the district in-charge Minister reviewed the

New Delhi, Apr 28: The apex child rights body has asked all states to stop the sale of Johnson & Johnson baby shampoo after its sample was found to be of substandard quality in a lab test. In a letter to chief secretaries of all states, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) ordered stoppage of sale of Johnson & Johnson baby shampoo and also removing the product from stock

Newsroom, Apr 28: Malegaon terror attack accused Pragya Thakur, whose recent offensive remarks against former Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare kicked up a controversy, does not even deserve a response, according to latter’s daughter Jui Navare. After being named as the BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate from Bhopal, Pragya Thakur, who is also a self-styled Sadhvi, had claimed

Bengaluru, Apr 28: Leading Kannada Sandalwood actor, Darshan has opined that farmers could hardly benefit from the State Government’s farm loan waiver scheme but they need better returns for their farm produce. Speaking at an Engineering college function in the city, on Saturday, Darshan taking a dig at the Chief Minister, H D Kumaraswamy’s flagship programme, loan waiver scheme of over Rs 40,000

Mangaluru, Apr 28: In the series of continuous success stories, 13 students of CFAL (Centre for Advanced Learning) evoked a feeling of pride as they were selected for the Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) fellowship organized by Dept. of Science and Technology. It is noteworthy that Vishnu Bharadwaj and Shreyas Pai have secured the 35th & 68th AIR ( All India Rank) respectively in this

Bengaluru, Apr 28: Five members of a family from Bengaluru drowned in a temple tank at Siddarabetta, about 50 km from here, police said Saturday evening. Police identified the deceased as Munirkhan (49), Reshma (22), Usman Khan (14), Yaarab Khan (21) and Mubbin Taj (21), hailing from Hegdenagar in the city. They had gone to Siddarabetta, a hillock, near Dobbespet on the city outskirts to visit a