Bengaluru, Aug 17: The Karnataka government would set up 16 universities and 34 autonomous educational institutions in three years, Deputy Chief Minister of the state Dr C N Ashwath Narayan said on Monday. With the setting up of the institutions, the aim is to achieve the goals of the new Education Policy by year 2030, he told a press conference.
Newsroom, Aug 17: A doctored image of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath sitting with a plate full of pork on his side is now going viral on social media platforms.
Gaza, Aug 17: The Israeli military has intensified its attacks on the Gaza Strip, with its tanks pounding several positions in the besieged enclave.
Jerusalem, Aug 17: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel is preparing for direct flights, over Saudi Arabia, to the United Arab Emirates as part of its normalisation deal with the UAE.
New Delhi, Aug 17: Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra hit out at the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, alleging that incidents of caste violence and crimes against women are rampant in the state.
A new strain of the novel coronavirus called 'D614G', deemed ten times more infectious, has been detected in Malaysia, said Director General of Health Noor Hisham Abdullah in a Facebook post on Saturday.
Bengaluru, Aug 17: With no one reportedly coming to their aid due to the Covid-19 scare, a family was forced to transport a body on a bicycle amid heavy rains at a village in Belagavi district on Sunday.
Bengaluru, Aug 17: The Karnataka government has decided to approach the High Court for the appointment of a 'Claim Commissioner', in order to assess the damage caused to public and private property during the August 11 Bengaluru violence, and to make the agitators pay for these damages.
Bengaluru, Aug 17: Enraged over sharing in Whatsapp the recent Supreme Court order about women's rights on the ancestral property, four youth allegedly attacked their uncle and aunt here, police said on Monday.
Udupi: A teenage boy died on the spot after a truck knocked him down while crossing the road near Navunda in Kundapura taluk of Udupi district today.