Karnataka

Mangaluru, Dec 27: A delegation led by Infrastructure Development minister R?Roshan Baig will meet the Union Civil Aviation Minister P A Gajapathi Raju, to discuss developing various airports in Karnataka. Baig said airports in Mysuru, Hubballi, Shivamogga, Ballari, Bidar and Vijayapura were being planned to be developed. œOne of our aims is to extend the runway of the Mangaluru airport. We intend

Mysuru, Dec 27: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday defended his decision to recommend the name of V?R?Sudarshan as chairman of the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC). He told reporters at the Mysuru airport there was no confusion over the appointment of a politician to KPSC. It has been a precedent to nominate politicians, he said. Earlier, Durgappa, former MLA,?B?L?Gowda and?Dr

Bangalore, Dec 27: After directions from the City police to provide mandatory safety measures at ATM kiosks, banks have received more directions from the cyber police to follow a foolproof security system before processing online transactions. In the wake of increasing cases of online account hacking, the cyber police have directed banks to contact the account holder over phone before processing a

Bengaluru, Dec 26: Karnataka Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister H K Patil today slammed the Narendra Modi-government for "slashing the state's allocation under the MGNREGA", saying it would hit developmental work and poor people. "The slashing of state's allocation under MNREGA will hit not only the developmental work in rural areas but also poor villagers," he said after a meeting of

Mangaluru, Dec 26: Dakshina Kannada district administration, in association with, southern regional centre of Pt Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute for the Physically Handicapped (Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India) will organise a distribution camp of free aids and equipment for persons with physical disabilities in the district under Assistance to Disables Persons (ADIP)

Mangaluru, Dec 26: With right-wing groups in coastal Karnataka reportedly gearing up to hold a controversial'ghar wapsi' programme, the Dakshina Kannada unit of Akhila Bharata Hindu Mahasabha said that the organisation was in complete support of the conversions and would give a grand launch to reconvert Muslims and Christians bank to Hinduism in the twin districts in the coming days. Speaking at a

Mangaluru, Dec 26: Nearly two dozens of passengers were injured, a few of them critically, when a speeding KSRTC bus plunged off a bridge into Netravati River at Uppinangady on the outskirts of the city on Friday. The tragedy took place at around 4:30 a.m. when the driver of the bus plying towards Udupi from Bengaluru lost control over his vehicle on Nethravati bridge. Fortunately the bus fell on

Mangaluru, Dec 26: Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda has warned the incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the religious conversion controversy would hamper the development of the country. Addressing media persons in the city on Friday the JD(S) supremo said that Mr Modi, who had chanted the mantra of'India first' should raise voice against controversial'Ghar Wapsi' campaign being

Muzaffarnagar, Dec 26: Two girls beat up two youths when they allegedly harassed them in a bus in Kandhla town of Shamli district, police said today. The youths identified as Kalpit Kumar (25) and Samrat (22) were yesterday beaten up by the girls and handed over to police saying the duo used to harass them on their way to college, SHO Pankaj Verma said. Last month, two sisters from Haryana's

Chennai, Dec 26: C Praveen, chief operating officer (COO) of Sun TV, has been arrested by the Chennai police on charges of alleged sexual harassment. The Central Crime Branch (CCB) officials on Friday questioned Praveen on the allegation leveled against him by one of his former employees before they arrested him. A former employee of the Surya TV, a sister concern of Sun TV, filed a police