Karnataka

Mangaluru, Dec 12: Akshaya Kumar Sahoo, Director (Finance), Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd., died of illness here yesterday. He was 55. MRPL has expressed deep shock and grief at the sudden and untimely demise of its director, who is survived by his wife and two daughters, said a press release here. Sahoo took charge as Director Finance of MRPL on February 1, 2016. He had over 28 years

New Delhi, Dec 12: A total of 28,523 Indian nationals died in the Gulf countries of the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia in the last four years, the Lok Sabha was told on Wednesday. The highest number of deaths of Indian nationals was recorded in Saudi Arabia between 2014-2018 at 12,828 followed by the UAE at 7,877, Minister of State at the External Affairs Ministry V K Singh

Bengaluru, Dec 12: Scores of government employees on Wednesday took to streets in Karnataka's Belgaum city to protest against the New Pension Scheme (NPS) and demanded that it should be scrapped. Thousands of agitating employees also pressed for the earliest renewal of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS). The protest was held in Kondaskoppa area of the city, opposite the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha (State

Mangaluru, Dec 12: The New Mangalore Port welcomed two cruise vessels -- Costa Neoriviera and Marella Discovery -- on their maiden visit to the port on 11th and 12th December 2018 respectively. Costa Neoriviera, an Italian Cruise vessel started her voyage from Mumbai port and Marella Discovery, a Malta based Cruise vessel started her voyage from Murmogoa port. The passengers received traditional

Bengaluru, Dec 12: British Telecommunications (BT), wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group, has entered into partnering with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) to launch a new collaborative Research Centre in Bengaluru. The new BT India Research Centre (BTIRC) will join BT’s network of collaborative research facilities around the globe, including Centres in Northern Ireland, China, the US, and

Belagavi, Dec 12: Opposition BJP in Karnataka today blamed the state government of being indifferent in implementing the smart city projects and had spent less than 12 per cent of the funds earmarked for seven identified cities. Raising the issue during Question hour K S Eshwarappa said though the union government had released Rs 886 crore and the state government contributed the like sum, out of

Bengaluru, Dec 12: The five State assembly election results might have brought some stability to the six-month-old JD(S) and Congress Coalition government in Karnataka but both the Coalition partners may face tough stance in the 2019 Lok Sabha election. The resurgent, Congress, emboldened with its stupendous success in the just concluded five State assembly elections, may bargain hard with its

Hubballi, Dec 12: In a macabre incident a mother murdered her two children and has confessed to have committed the crime with the Ayodhya Nagar police in Karnataka’s Hubballi today Police said that mother Chairta Parusharama strangulated to death her children—5-year-old Rhoit and 4-year-old Rohini allegedly over family dispute. Preliminary investigation has revealed that she had illicit

Belagavi, Dec 12: Senior Legislator K Pratapchandra Shetty of Congress was unanimously elected as Karnataka Legislative Council Chairman here on Wednesday during the ongoing Winter Session at Suvarna Vikas Soudha. Mr Shetty was the lone candidate who had filed his nomination papers yesterday. The senior leader from Udupi has been a four-time MLA and three time MLC. Senior member of the house and

New Delhi, Dec 12: Two newly elected MPs -- V S Ugrappa and L R Shivarame Gowda -- Wednesday took oath as members of the Lok Sabha. While Ugrappa was elected from Karnataka's Bellary, Gowda was elected from Mandya parliamentary constituency in the state. Both members took oath in their mother tongue, Kannada. Ugrappa is a Congress member while Gowda is a JD(S) member. Soon after the oath taking of