New Delhi/Washington, Dec 22: US President Donald Trump has presented America's highest military decoration, The Legion of Merit, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his leadership and vision under which India's emergence as a global power has accelerated and for elevating strategic partnership of the two countries.

Bengaluru, Dec 22: The State High Level Clearance Committee (SHLCC) meeting chaired by Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday cleared five projects with an total investment potential of Rs 26,659 crore and can generate employment to 13,341 people.

Bengaluru, Dec 22: In an effort to enhance the ease of doing business in Karnataka; Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa launched the affidavit-based approval system (ABAS) on Monday.

Bengaluru, Dec 22: Fears of another round of lockdown loom across the world after UK reported new variant of coronavirus.

Hyderabad, Dec 22: A 43-year-old man from Hyderabad was fired upon and injured in Chicago in the United States, his family members said on Monday.

New Delhi, Dec 21: BJP MP Saumitra Khan has said he will send a divorce notice to his wife Sujata Mondal Khan who switched over to the TMC from the saffron camp on Monday, claiming that she did not get her due recognition even after taking several risks to getting her husband elected from Bishnupur during 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Mangaluru, Dec 21: In the first phase of covid-19 vaccination drive in Dakshina Kannada, around 40,000 medical and paramedical staff are expected to receive the first shot.

Srinagar, Dec 21: Stating that democracy has finally won in Jammu and Kashmir after a gap of 70 years, BJP leader and former union minister, Shahnawaz Hussain, Monday said that the recently concluded DDC polls in the union territory (UT) will go with the golden words in the country’s history.

New Delhi, Dec 21: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary and in-charge of the party's Karnataka unit Arun Singh on Monday said that there will be no change of guard in the state government, putting rest to speculations which arose a day after former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said that his party Janata Dal (Secular) may extend issue-based support to the BJP in the coming days in the public interest.

Bengaluru, Dec 21: In a setback for Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa-led government, the Karnataka High Court on Monday stayed a state government order to drop criminal prosecution in 61 cases against Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) and ministers.