Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jun 8: Health and Family Welfare Minister K R Ramesh Kumar on Wednesday said that the government will adopt the Kerala model for rehabilitating endosulfan victims in the state. Replying to BJP's V Sunil Kumar and C T Ravi on the issue in the Legislative Assembly, he assured them that he will go to the root of the problem that has caused disabilities to hundreds of people in Dakshina

Mysuru, Jun 8: A case of manual scavenging has been reported from Tavarakatte under the Chamundi Hill Gram Panchayat limits on Tuesday. Even though manual scavenging is banned, Chamundi Hill GP president Geetha made Ganesh, a?civic worker, get into a manhole near her house to clean it. Ganesh, working on contract basis, was threatened by Geetha that he would be dismissed if he failed to clean the

Bengaluru, Jun 8: Members of the ruling Congress and the principal Opposition party BJP sparred in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday over the controversial Parjanya “Homa” performed by Water Resources Minister M B Patil recently to invoke the blessings of rain God. Patil hit back at leader of the Opposition Jagadish Shettar, who had accused the government of promoting blind beliefs by

Bengaluru, Jun 8: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said the Centre's move to ban the sale of cattle for slaughter infringes on the state's rights guaranteed under the Constitution. Speaking after inaugurating the oath-taking ceremony for newly appointed state Youth Congress office-bearers, he said; “Cow slaughter comes under the state list...It is my right to decide the food that I want to

Bagalkot, Jun 8: Four people were killed after the car in which they were travelling was washed away in the overflowing stream near Anavala village of Kaladagi hobli, Bagalkot district on Tuesday night. The deceased have been identified as Holebasappa Shiraguppi (55), Yamanappa Hadapada (45), Ashok Sathappanavar (40) and Rudrappa Gurappanavar (55). Another person in the vehicle, Basavalingappa

Udupi, Jun 7: President Pranab Mukherjee will visit Krishna Mutt/Temple and Mookambika Temple at Kollur in Udupi district on June 18. A preparatory meeting on security arrangements was held at the District Offices Complex here on Wednesday. Priyanka Mary Francis, Deputy Commissioner, presided over the meeting. Nodal officers have been appointed to look after various departments during the visit.

Bengaluru, Jun 7: In a bizarre incident, a Muslim girl was allegedly humiliated by the marshals at Vidhana Soudha here on Wednesday just because she was in hijab. The girl was part of a group of students from city based prestigious Christ College who had come to the Vidhana Soudha to witness the Assembly session. Sources from the Vidhana Soudha said the burqa-clad girl was stopped over 'security

Bengaluru, Jun 7: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday tabled a bill in the legislative assembly which facilitates the implementation of the new indirect tax regime under the Goods and Services Tax (GST). The Centre would be introducing the GST from July 1. As per the GST Constiutional amendment, all states have to mandatorily pass the State Goods and Services Tax Bill. If they do not comply

Hyderabad / Visakhapatnam, Jun 7: Rumours of alleged sale of plastic rice at some grocery stores caused jitters among the people+ of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday. Two days after a customer found plastic rice being used in a biryani point in Saroornagar in Hyderabad, another customer, this time from Meerpet, approached the local police on Tuesday claiming that the rice which he bought

Mangaluru, Jun 7: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Wednesday rescued seven fishermen from a sinking boat in the Arabian Sea. The boat named Maheshwari was sinking in water about three nautical miles off new Mangalore. The coast guard manage to save the boat despite adverse weather conditions. The incident took place three days after Coast Guard rescued 27 personnel off a flooded barge off Ullal