Karnataka

Bengaluru, Nov 20: In order to encourage electric vehicles in the state, Karnataka Government was mulling on providing vehicle registration on priority for electric vehicles after 2020, Principal Secretary, Commerce and Industries, Government of Karnataka Gaurav Gupta said on Wednesday. He was speaking at ''Electric Vehicle and Changing Landscape on Mobility'', a session organised at Bangalore

Kollam (Kerala), Nov 20: Age is merely a number for 105-year-old Bageerathi Amma who scripted history when she appeared for her fourth standard exam becoming the oldest learner of the Kerala State Literacy Mission. This grandmother from Parakulam in Kollam district of Kerala Bageerathi Amma has six children and 16 grandchildren. Bageerathi had to stop her education at the age of nine when she was

Newsroom, Nov 20: Home Minister Amit Sha today declared in Rajya Sabha that the National Register for Citizens (NRC) would be implemented pan-India. He asserted that no one from ant religion would be persecuted. He stated that the NRC was a process to get everyone on the citizens’ list. He also said that the NRC would be carried out again in Assam along with the rest of India. More details are

Udupi, Nov 20: A prominent Hindu seer of south India thinks that India will be a terrorism-free country if the cow becomes national animal instead of tiger. Speaking at the 'Santa Samagam' a congregation of saints in Udupi on Tuesday, Vishwesha Teertha Swamiji, the chief pontiff of Pejavar Mutt, compared India’s national animal tiger with terrorists and indirectly held it responsible for "the

Bengaluru, Nov 20: The Chief Electoral Officer rejected 54 nominations filed by 30 candidates for the 15 Karnataka Assembly by-elections, scheduled on December 5, after a day-long scrutiny of 355 candidatures received till Monday, an official said here on Tuesday. "In all, 301 nominations have been accepted," a poll official told told media persons. Of the 248 candidates, 218 nominations

Mysuru, Nov 20: Demanding stringent action against those behind attack on former minister and sitting Congress MLA Tanveer Sait, the Social Democratic Party of India has urged the political parties not to politicise the issue. Addressing a press meet here today, Abdul Majeed, National Gen. Secretary, SDPI, said attack on a peoples’ representative in front of the public shows that how dreadful the

Bengaluru, Nov 20: Senior JD(S) leader Basavaraj Horatti on Tuesday reaffirmed that there are "all chances" that his party may support the B S Yediyurappa-led BJP government, if it falls short of numbers after the December 5 bypoll results. The MLC who met the chief minister felt that MLAs across political parties do not want mid-term polls. "Kumaraswamy and Deve Gowda have said they will not let

Mysore, Nov 20: Just days ahead of the Karnataka bypolls, Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said that it did not matter whether H D Kumaraswamy supported his party or not. "Our agenda is to make sure that all the disqualified MLAs lose the election. Whether JD(S) supports BJP or not, is not the issue to talk about at this point of time," he said while speaking to media. "They have to win

Puttur, Nov 20: Within a day after the shocking incident of double murder came to light in Puttur taluk of Dakshina Kannada, the local police have managed to crack the case and arrested the lone accused. Kareem Khan, 39, a resident of Kuttattar area of Kuriya village, reportedly confessed to the crime soon after his arrest. Sameeha, 16, and her grandfather Koglu Saheb, 62, were found dead in their

Bengaluru, Dec 20: Sidelined by all political parties after his disqualification as Shivajinagar MLA, R Roshan Baig, has decided become a social activist. Baig, who faced rejection from BJP after being sacked by Congress, justified his decision to not contest as an independent candidate to retain his seat in upcoming bypolls. “I don’t want to contest just for ego’s sake. I will be a social