Karnataka

Mangaluru, Dec 8: The city police have busted a prostitution racked after raiding a so called body massage parlour yesterday. Police sources said that they also rescued three women after the raid on Deepam Ayurvedic Therapy Centre at Classic Arcade on K S Road. Roshan, who was allegedly running the parlour managed to escaped during the raid. It is said that the raid was conducted after the police

Bengaluru, Dec 8: The Department of Transport of Karnataka government has banned display of advertisements on vehicles, according to an official release. Displaying advertisements on auto-rickshaws, goods vehicles, buses, and taxis has been banned. The department has urged vehicles owners who have displayed advertisements on their vehicles to remove them. However, the release stated that those who

Mangaluru/Udupi, Dec 8: Two persons were run over by trains in two separate incidents in undivided Dakshina Kannada district yesterday. At around 2 a.m. on Friday, an unidentified person was crushed to death near Mangaluru Junction Railway Station. It is suspected that the man, aged between 35 and 40 years, was crossing the tracks when a speeding train knocked him down. In another incident, a

Chennai, Dec 8: A special Enforcement Directorate cases court in the city on Friday directed the Karnataka prison authorities to produce ousted AIADMK leader V K Sasikala on December 13 in connection with Foreign Exchange Regulation Act violation cases. The issue pertains to payments in US and Singapore dollars to foreign firms for hiring transponders and uplink facilities for Jaya TV in 1995-96

Bengaluru, Dec 7: Karnataka government on Friday launched “Prabhudha”, a financial assistance scheme to the prospective students belonging to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes, to enable them to go for higher studies in foreign universities. Under the scheme, the eligible SC/ST students with family income being less than Rs 8 lakhs per annum, can avail the benefit. They would get reimbursement

Bengaluru, Dec 7: The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has released ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakhs to wife of Mr Manoj P, Project Engineer of Super Wave Technologies Pvt. Ltd., who died while working for the startup in the laboratory of Hypersonic and Shockwave Research at the Institute on December 5. A team from the Institute headed by the Director Prof Anurad Kumar visited the M S Ramaiah Hospital

Bengaluru, Dec 7: Ms Melba Pría, Ambassador of Mexico to India Pria inaugurated the Consulate office here today. Speaking on the occasion, Ms Pría reiterated Mexico’s strong diplomatic relations with India and the importance of Mexican presence in the region. Mr Sandeep Kumar Maini, a distinguished entrepreneur, has been appointed as the Consul of Mexico with jurisdiction throughout the States of

Mandya, Dec 7: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today harvested the Paddy he had transplanted three months back in Sitapura, under Aaralakuppe Gram Panchayat, in the Taluk. In an effort to instill confidence among the farmers that the government working for the welfare of the agrarian community, the Chief Minister had volunteered to transplant paddy sapling at the village on August 11

New Delhi, Dec 7: The Supreme Court will hear a petition relating to voting rights for the Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) in January 2019. The two judge bench was informed by the Centre that a bill to amend the Representation of the People Act is likely to come up before the Rajya Sabha during the Winter Session of the Parliament. A division bench of Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta was

Bengaluru, Dec 7: Karnataka Minister for Agriculture N H Shivashankar Reddy stressed the importance of development and adoption of seed technology for better quality seeds and produce to ensure better income for farmers. Speaking at the curtain raiser event of 32nd ISTA Congress which aims to explore the seed export potential in India held here, he said India contributed two per cent to the global