Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jan 29: Three men who attacked a woman in public last week after she rejected the advances from one of them were arrested on Wednesday. The 27-year-old woman, who suffered a 2cm deep gash in her back and is undergoing treatment at present, works in a private airlines office in Banasawadi. On June 21, when she was parking her bike near her house on Police Road in Cottonpet after

Udupi, Jun 29: A Hindutva activist has been booked for posting ‘unpleasant and objectionable’ remarks on facebook against Pejawar mutt chief Vishwesha Teertha Swamiji for hosting "harmony iftar meet" for Muslims in the ancient Krishna temple complex at Udupi. The Hindutva activist, identified as Vivek Kademani from Bengaluru, was booked based on a complaint by three Muslim men--Arif, Ansar and

New Delhi, Jun 29: Bowing down to pressure from the Karnataka’s ruling Congress party, the Centre on Thursday allocated Rs 795.54 crore as assistance to this south Indian state to provide relief to farmers who suffered loss of rabi crops in the last fiscal. The decision was taken at a meeting of High-Level Committee (HLC) here chaired by Home Minister Rajnath Singh. The meeting was attended by

New Delhi, Jun 29: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said Karnataka would lodge a protest with the Centre on imposition of Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states. Responding to growing protests against “imposition” of Hindi in Bengaluru Metro, the chief minister said, "The Karnataka government will not tolerate imposition of Hindi. Hindi is being used in Metro rail citing the three-language

New Delhi, Jun 29: Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally broke his silence on recent incidents of cow protection-related lynchings and violence, saying on Thursday he was "sad" they happened and that "killing in the name of cow worship is not acceptable". "No person in this nation has the right to take the law in his or her own hands in this country," Modi said. Modi said that protecting cows

Doha, Jun 29: A large number of Asian migrants including Indian expatriates working as domestic staff and farmers are stranded in Saudi Arabia — potentially illegally — after their Qatari bosses were ordered out of the kingdom, a rights group said on Thursday. The workers from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal have been left without accommodation and money, said the head of Qatar's National

Mangaluru, Jun 29: A senior chartered accountant from coastal Karnataka who had gone trekking to Himachal Pradesh died of heart attack after completing the expedition. The deceased has been identified as Chandrakanth Bhat (48), a resident of Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district. He was an avid trekker. The incident took place on June 25. Trekkers who were with Bhat said that he could not get timely

Bengaluru, Jun 29: An estimated 92% of the seven lakh traders in Karnataka have enrolled with the Goods and Service Tax (GST) Network, the highest compliance compared to other states. The state Commercial Taxes department has completed the process of GST migration (process of document verification and issue of registration certificates) for 48% of those who have enrolled. The GST migration of all

New Delhi, Jun 29: The state government’s request to denotify and declare some stretches of national highways (NHs) passing through cities as district or municipal roads will not materialise in the immediate future as the Centre is yet to a take a decision on the issue. “The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has received requests from several state governments, including Karnataka

Mandya, Jun 29: Lok Sabha member C S Puttaraju has been slapped a fine of Rs 40.69 lakh by the department of mines and geology as the charges of illegal mining activities at Bebi Betta forest range near Pandavapura stand proven. Right to Information (RTI) activist K R Raveendra had recently lodged a complaint with the Lokayukta in Bengaluru, against STG Mining Company and other firms for illegal