Karnataka

Belagavi, Nov 19: Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar on Monday said that it is the responsibility of the Legislators to utilise the Session to get redressel of the problems faced in their constitutency. Speaking to newsmen here after taking stock of the arrangements made for the Winter Session beginning here at the Suvarna Soudha from December 10, along with Legislative Council

New Delhi, Nov 19: The Centre Monday approved over Rs 546 crore as additional assistance to Karnataka, a large part of which was hit by floods and landslides this year. A decision in this regard was taken at a meeting of the high-level committee chaired by Home Minister Rajnath Singh and attended by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh besides others, an official

Agra, Nov 19: Rashtriya Bajrang Dal’s (RBD) women wing activists on Sunday performed ‘aarti’ and sprinkled ‘Gangajal’ in the Taj Mahal in protest against alleged violation of the Archeological Survey of India’s (ASI) norms, which, among other things, restrict the offering of ‘namaz’ or prayer inside the premises of the UNESCO World Heritage Site on Fridays. Speaking to ANI, Meen Diwakar, the

Bengaluru, Nov 19: Karnataka has achieved Open Defection free status in Rural areas and the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department has completed construction of over 45 lakh toilets across households in the State. The Department on Monday announced that all the 70.2 lakh rural households have now been provided with individual toilets, thus reducing incidences of open defecation in the

Bengaluru, Nov 19: Thousands of farmers, especially sugar cane growers, staging agitation in Freedom Park in the City on Monday demanding payment of dues by Sugar Mill owners for the sugar cane purchased from them. The farmers are also agitating in protest against the alleged comments by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy at Belagavi when they were agitating near Suvarna Soudha yesterday. However

Bengaluru, Nov 19: An elderly couple was killed after their car collided with a patrol vehicle escorting Sri Vishwesha Teertha, the chief pontiff of the Pejawar Mutt of Udupi at Karapanahalli on the Chintamani highway near Hoskote on the eastern outskirts of Bengaluru yesterday. Four others, including the couple's daughter-in-law and a police officer, were also injured in the accident the occurred

Bengaluru, Nov 19: A 36-year-old business analyst with a private firm was arrested after he allegedly stabbed a 22-year-old auto-rickshaw driver and latter’s father and mother. The accused Antony Anand Kumar, a resident of Byrathi, who suspected that his wife Sneha had an affair with Bharat, 22, staying in Kothanur, committed the crime which resulted in the death of latter’s mother Savithramma, 45

Bengaluru, 19: More than a year after a 30-year-old woman from Omani and her three minor children mysteriously disappeared after landing at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru, the police have launched a search operation. “We were alerted by the Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman, New Delhi, on Friday. A First Information Report has been registered and efforts are on to track the

Mangaluru, Nov 18: In a fresh promise, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has said that it would complete the speed up the flyover work at Pumpwell and Thokkottu and complete them in two months. Speaking to reporters after inspecting the ongoing works at Pumpwell on Sunday, Nalin Kumar Kateel, MP, said the NHAI and the concessionaire of the project Navyug Udupi Tollway Pvt. Ltd. have

Mangaluru, Nov 18: Government offices and educational institutes in Dakshina Kannada will remain closed on Tuesday (November 20) on account of Milad un-Nabi (Eid-e-Milad), according to Minister in-charge of the district U T Khader. A communique from the Department of Information and Public Relations quoted him as saying that Milad un-Nabi would be observed in the district on Tuesday and not