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Bengaluru, Mar 17: The BJP on Friday pounced on veteran Congress leader M Veerappa Moily's tweet alleging a "nexus" between road contractors and Public Works Minister H C Mahadevappa. The first to react was BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa, who said Moily's tweet had validated Prime Minister Narendra Modi's charge that the Siddaramaiah-led Congress ran a "10% commission" government. "At last...

London, Mar 15: India continues to lag behind most of its neighbours, including Pakistan and Bangladesh, ranking 133 in the latest World Happiness Report released by the UN. The report ranked Finland as the happiest country, closely followed by Norway and Denmark. Burundi was listed as the least happy country. According to the report produced by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions...

Geneva, Mar 15: German auto major Volkswagen says India is not "really prepared" for a leap towards full electric vehicles (EVs) although the government's move to put it on the agenda is a good step. The company, which has announced plans to expand production of EVs worldwide on a massive scale with 16 locations to produce battery-powered vehicles by the end of 2022, also said India should be...

Bengaluru, Mar 15: Karnataka’s capital and India’s IT capital is at rock bottom of the chart of 23 major Indian cities in terms of urban governance, according to the Annual Survey of India’s City-Systems (ASICS) 2017 by the Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy, a Bengaluru-based non-profit organisation. The survey, released on Wednesday, evaluated quality of governance in 23 major...

Hassan, Mar 14: A coffee planter committed suicide by shooting himself at Nadanahalli in Sakleshpur taluk on Tuesday afternoon. Suresh, 48, shot himself with his single barrel gun around 2 p.m., soon after having lunch at home. He is survived by wife and two children. According to the police, Suresh has grown coffee and pepper on his 10-acre plantation. He had borrowed loans from banks and private...

Magnaluru, Mar 14: The Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee has dismissed Abul Sattar as its general secretary for allegedly misbehaving with a woman councillor of the party recently. In a statement here, DCC president Harish Kumar said Mr. Sattar was being dismissed with immediate effect. Mr. Kumar said that the party has also issued a show-cause notice to the woman councillor for going...

Mysuru: Activists of Social Democratic Party of India on Monday, March 12, staged a demonstration in front of Fountain Circle in the city condemning the alleged witch-hunt and attacks on Muslim religious scholars. The protest comes in wake of a recent sedition case filed against the renowned Islamic scholar Moulana Khalee ur Rehman Sajjad Nomani, spokesperson of All India Muslim Personal Law Board...

Chennai, Mar 11; The ISRO today said it is aiming for an April launch of the Chandrayaan-2 satellite to the moon, this time it plans to send a rover to explore the lunar surface. If the April launch of the Chandrayaan-2, the country's second mission to the Moon, is not possible, then the ISRO will aim for a launch by October. "We are aiming for the launch of Chandrayaan-2 in April. In case we are...

Bengaluru Mar 11: The state government, late on Friday, transferred 18 IPS officers. These transfers come two months before the Assembly elections. The following is the list of officers with their new postings (in brackets). B Dayananda, (IGP central range); Amrit Paul (IGP administration); Umesh Kumar, (IGP and secretary to government, Home department); Vipul Kumar (IGP and director, Karnataka...

Thane, Mar 8: Their faces and bodies may bear the ugly scars of acid attack, but their determination to overcome the stigma and have a dignified existence has not been dented. Several women acid attack survivors tried to spread this message as they walked the ramp at a fashion show here yesterday to sensitise people to stop such crimes and launch a campaign against the illegal sale of acid. Laxmi...