Karnataka

New Delhi, Jul 6: The Power Ministry today launched a mobile application and a portal to help states select power producers through e-bidding to procure power by transferring to them domestic coal under the flexible utilisation of dry fuel policy. Initially, this will help states to save up to Rs 4,000 crore a year and they would be able to save around Rs 20,000 crore in 5 years, it said. Power

Bengaluru, Jul 6: JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday held Chief Minster Siddaramaiah responsible for the closure of bars along national highways within Bengaluru city. The Supreme Court order on the closure of bars came in December last year. The chief minister, who also holds the Excise portfolio, was, however, in a deep slumber for six months. He held the first meeting with the owners of

Mangaluru, Jul 5: St Agnes College, an autonomous college under Mangalore University, has been awarded with star college status by the Union Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, for its performance in the field of science and technology, according to a release from the college. It is the second women’s college in the State to receive this status. Under the status, now

Patna, Jul 5: With less than a fortnight left for the Presidential poll, RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Wednesday claimed that the NDA nominee Ramnath Kovind was actually not a Dalit. Addressing his partymen at the 21th foundation day of the RJD here in the State Capital, Lalu said Kovind belonged to the Koli community, which had a minuscule presence in Uttar Pradesh. “However, Kolis are OBCs (other

New Delhi, Jul 5: The Reserve Bank is expected to introduce Rs 200 notes in the coming months to ease pressure on lower-denomination currencies that are in short supply. The new notes of Rs 200 should be out before the end of 2017 and will greatly help in narrowing the demand and supply gap in smaller-denomination currency bills, sources said. They also said that there is no immediate plan to re-

Bengaluru, Jul 5: A married Hindu-Muslim couple were allegedly denied a room at Olive Residency on Annipuram Main Road in Sudhama Nagar. Shafeek Subaida Hakkim and Divya DV, who hail from Kerala, had visited Bengaluru for some work. However, when they were looking for an accommodation at Olive Residency, the staff allegedly refused to provide a room as they belonged to different religions. Shafeek

Kolkata, Jul 5: The situation in and around Baduria in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, where communal clashes had erupted over an "objectionable" Facebook post, was today "tense but under control". No untoward incident was reported till 11 am, a police officer said. Senior police officers have been deployed in the area to keep a vigil. Announcements were being via the public address

New Delhi, Jul 5: Tamil Nadu on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court alleging that Karnataka did not fully comply with the orders to release Cauvery river water. Tamil Nadu sought permission from a bench presided over by Justice Dipak Misra to file an application. The state contended that it suffered shortfall of 6 TMC feet out of 22.550 TMC feet ordered by the apex court in September 2016.

Bantwal, Jul 5: Mohammed Anwar, brother of murdered Congress leader Abdul Jaleel has won the Mithanadka ward bypoll in Karopady Gram Panchayat of Bantwal taluk. The byboll was necessitated following the coldblooded murder of Abdul Jaleel, the vice president of the GP, who was representing the Mithanadka ward. The election was held amidst tight security on July 2. The results were declared on July

New Delhi, Jul 5: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the government and the RBI to consider granting a window to those who were unable to exchange demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes for genuine reasons, saying that people with a legitimate reason should not lose their money for no fault of theirs. A bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar asked the government to inform by July 17 whether