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Bengaluru, Feb 16: Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday said that deputy commissioners had been given the authority to initiate action against affluent people who failed to return BPL cards voluntarily. Speaking to media persons, after inspecting the ongoing airport project work at Sogane near Shivamogga on Tuesday, he asked undeserving people to return the cards at the earliest. Replying to

Mangaluru Feb 16: Condemning the arrest of young climate activist Disha Ravi for supporting the farmers’ agitation on social media, Mangaluru MLA U T Khader said that it was the responsibility of Karnataka government to raise voice for her as she belongs to Bengaluru. Speaking to media persons here, the Congress leader and former minister said: “It is disgusting that BJP leaders in Karnataka

Bengaluru, Feb 16: Karnataka government on Tuesday decided to reopen schools across the state for students of class 6 to 8 on February 22. However, schools in Bengaluru Urban and Kerala borders will only be open for 8th standard students. The Department of Public Instructions announced this decision on Tuesday after holding a meeting with the state Covid-19 technical advisory committee

Bengaluru, Feb 16: A day after his statement on Below Poverty Line ration cardholders sparked a row, Karnataka Food and Civil Supplies Minister Umesh Katti on Tuesday made a U-turn, saying there were no definite parameters for BPL and APL card holders over availing benefits. The minister emphasised that the BJP government in Karnataka headed by B S Yediyurappa was pro-poor and was committed to

Sidhi, Feb 16: At least 45 people, including 20 women, were killed when a packed bus skidded off the road and plunged into a canal in Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi district on Tuesday morning, a senior official said. The accident took place near Patna village, around 80 km from the Sidhi district headquarters, when the ill-fated bus was on its way to Satna from Sidhi, he said. A search operation

Ravichandran Ashwin was the big impact player for India, with bat and ball, on his home ground, as India crushed England by 317 runs in the second Test to level the 4-match series 1-1 in Chennai on Tuesday. Chasing an improbable target of 482 on a vicious turner, England surrendered to the Indian spinners in the second session on Day 4, being bundled out for 164 in their second innings. This also

Bengaluru, Feb 16: Former Governor of Bihar and Jharkhand M Rama Jois passes away on Tuesday at his residence in Bengaluru. A former Rajya Sabha MP, the 88-year-old legal luminary who had also served as the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, was suffering from age-related ailments, sources said. Born on July 27, 1932, at Shivamogga, Mandagadde Rama Jois did his BA and Law degree. He

Bengaluru, Feb 15: A new Covid-19 cluster emerged in Bengaluru among Nursing College students last week. Now, 56 residents of an apartment complex in ward 188, Bilekahalli have tested positive for Covid-19. As many as 513 have been tested so far, and the testing is still continuing among the complex's 1,500 odd residents living in 435 flats. A party attended by at least 45 people at the apartment

The Delhi Police today appeared to link activists Disha Ravi, Nikita Jacob and Shantanu Mallick, who are being investigated in the toolkit case, with a foreigner under Indian agencies' radar for his connections with the ISI claiming that his name figured in the document they prepared in support of farmers' protest. Under fire from the Opposition parties for "targeting" the youth activists, police

Hisar, Feb 15: The Haryana Police has filed an FIR against former India cricketer Yuvraj Singh over his alleged casteist remarks against Yuzvendra Chahal during an Instagram chat last year, officials said on Monday. It was during one of the Instagram live sessions with Indian vice-captain Rohit Sharma when Yuvraj made the offensive comment about Chahal, while talking about his regular social media