Karnataka

New Delhi, Jan 25: To check growing incidents of acquiring Permanent Account Number (PAN) cards under false identities, the Finance Ministry has tightened rules for obtaining the 10-digit alphanumeric identity proof. The process will undergo a change with effect from February 3 under which an applicant will have to produce original documents of proof of identity, address and date of birth for

Mangalore, Jan 25: Even though there is clear consensus about threats of communalism, terrorism and corruption among the followers of all religions and political parties in this country, such menaces entre the society using their metamorphosis skills, said Abdussalam Puthige, editor-in-chief of Vartha Bharathi Kannada daily. He was delivering the presidential address at an interaction programme

Bangalore, Jan 25: Bangalore has become the first city in India to have free wifi hotspots. The project, launched at the iconic MG Road in central Bangalore, allows a person to browse upto three hours a day and download upto 50 MB of data. Five different locations including MG road in the city now have free wifi and the IT department of Karnataka wants to spread it to 10 more locations by next

Bangalore, Jan 24: Mocking Congress MP Mani Shankar Aiyar's tea vendor taunt at BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, the party today distributed tea to public free of cost to register their protest against the controversial remark. "We have distributed about one thousand cups oftea for free, protesting against Mani Shankar Aiyar's statement; ...general public are expressing their

Muzaffarnagar, Jan 24: A five-month-old baby girl has succumbed to pneumonia in a relief camp at Malakpur village in Shamli district here. Superintendent of Government Health Centre of Kairana, Charan Singh said a team has been sent for inquiry into the death of the child. According to camp organiser Maulana Aslem, Shabnam contracted pneumonia due to the cold conditions sweeping the region and

Mangalore, Jan 24: Protesting against the laying of HPCL gas pipeline through the district from Mangalore to Hassan, the Dakshina Kannada district unit of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene said that they would boycott the meeting called by Deputy Commissioner at his office on Saturday to discuss the compensation amount to farmers whose land would be acquired for laying the pipeline

Mangalore, Jan 24: ARMC IVF, a unit of Repro Health Care Mangalore Pvt Ltd cpmpleted a year of functioning with the birth of first Intracytoplasmic Morphologically selected Sperm Injection (IMSI) baby in Dakshina Kannada on October 27 . Addressing the media persons on Friday, Dr. Raghavendra Prasad, executive director of the centre said that the IMSI treatment by the organisation used for

New Delhi, Jan 24: In first of its kind international operation, CBI today cracked down on hacking hubs at multiple locations in Mumbai, Pune and Ghaziabad on inputs received from the US probe agency FBI, arresting one person under the violation of Information Technology Act. Agency sources said it is a major operation in which agencies of China, Romania and the US are jointly acting along with

Bangalore, Jan 24: The ruling party legislators are learnt to have again complained to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah against some of his ministerial colleagues for their “lax attitude” in responding to people's problems. At the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting on Thursday, several MLAs took serious exception to the way ministers have been functioning. The legislators are said to be unhappy

Bangalore, Jan 24: The Lokayukta police, in their report submitted to the special court, have stated that they have not found any evidence against Information Minister R Roshan Baig, accused of land grabbing and possession of illegal wealth. Lokayukta Deputy Superintendent of Police Palakshiah, who probed into the private complaint by Abdul Haq Surathi, a resident of Shivajinagar, stated in his