Karnataka

New Delhi, Jun 3: The Karnataka government on Sunday objected to the proceedings of the Cauvery Supervisory Committee's first meeting held on Saturday on sharing of distress water among Cauvery basin states and adhering to guidelines on water releasing issues. The State demanded that “correct” proceedings should be issued in order to clear the doubts that might be created on sharing of water

Bangalore, Jun 2: The three-week-old Congress government in Karnataka faces the state legislature for the first time Monday with Governor H.R. Bharadwaj outlining its policies for the year. Bharadwaj would address the joint session of the assembly and the legislative council at the majestic Vidhana Soudha, the state secretariat building in the state capital. Shortly after the address, the two

Mangalore, Jun 2: Four members of a family including a woman were killed and few others sustained injuries when the jeep in a ghastly road mishap at Santyar in Puttur taluk of Dakshina Kannada district on Sunday. Police sources confirmed that four members died on spot when the jeep in which they were travelling in collided with a speeding KSRTC bus. The bus was coming from Puttur while the ill

Mangalore, Jun 2: Questions have been now raised over the allegations leveled by former state Minorities Commission Chairman Anwar Manippady with regard to Wakf Board property. Elaborating this, Wakf Minister Qamar-ul-Islam said that the allegations made by Mr Manippady, a BJP leader, come across to be completely false, baseless and political instigated. Addressing the media persons in Mangalore

Mangalore, Jun 2: A parked car was completely damaged in a in a landslide at Nagori Guddethota on the outskirts of the city of Mangalore during Sunday's downpour. The incident occurred at around 8:30 a.m. The Maruti Omni car, bearing register number KA-19, Z-7962 was parked at a makeshift shed adjacent to a house. Sandhya Raj, the owner of the car said that he had never imagined that the compound

Mangalore, Jun 2: Two women, who came to a jewellery showroom in Mangalore in guise of customers managed to steal diamond ornaments worth Rs 7.60 lakh. According to the sources two women entered Tanishq showroom, at Balmatta in Mangalore on Saturday afternoon and requested the salesmen to show them some bangles. Citing that they did not like any design shown to them,the two kept pestering the

Mangalore, Jun 2: Dakshina Kannada district-in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai has confirmed that Assistant Commissioner of Police T R Jagannath has been transferred from Mangalore to Bangalore. The transfer comes after constituting an inquiry committee to probe the sexual harassment case filed by Assistant Sub Inspector Shrikala against Mr Jagannath. Meanwhile, the ongoing probe into this case has

Mangalore, Jun 2: Vittal Police in Dakshina Kannada district have successfully nabbed three inter-state vehicle lifters and drug peddlers at Kanyana. Arrested are Mohammad Rafiq alias Kalia Rafiq (39) of Bappaithota of Uppal, Shamsuddin (34), resident of Bagodu Thalangara and Mohammad Mukhtar (22) from Tumkur. Rafiq, Shamsuddin, Mukhtar On Friday night, the trio was seen roaming in Kanyana area in

Udupi, Jun 2: Amidst the increasing number of dengue cases across Karnataka, three more children lost their lives to vector-borne disease. A 15-year-old girlfrom Davanagere succumbed to dengue fever at KMC Hospital in Manipal on Saturday, officials said. The girl was admitted in KMC on May 25. Two children died due to fever at Kudlur village in Tarikere on Saturday. The deceased have been

Jeddah, Jun 2: Saudi authorities have rejected requests by embassies, public and private sectors to extend the grace period to legalize the status of workers violating labor regulations. According to a source, a request was submitted last week to extend the grace period, but the Saudi government has rejected it. “The government refused to extend the period that will end on July 3. The government