Karnataka

Yadgir, Nov 7: Gurmitkal MLA Naganagouda Kandkur on Wednesday said that Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has not secured in the power as the BJP high command asked him to step down within two months and it is continued up to this December. Addressing a press conference here today Mr Kandkur said that the BJP high command for some internal reason has sanctioned Chief minister B S Yeddyurappa a two

Bengaluru, Nov 7: The Central Crime Branch sleuths today arrested two Karnataka cricketers in connection with the spot-fixing and betting racket in the Karnataka Premier League(KPL). KPL’s Bellary team captain CM Gautam and Abrar Kazi were arrested, said Sandeep Patil, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime). The two are important arrests in the case, he added. With the investigation into the scandal

Madikeri, Nov 7: The Kodagu District administration has asked the Non-Governmental Organisations and Donors to submit their proposals if they are willing to provide more assistance to flood affected. Deputy Commissioner Annies Kanmani acknowledged the assistance provided by the NGOs. “The District has incurred huge loss due to flash floods and landslides during the last two consecutive years. More

Bengaluru, Nov 7: The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) initiated insolvency proceedings against the Walmart-owned e-commerce company Flipkart for defaulting on Rs 18 crore payment to one of its suppliers. However, the NCLT order was stayed by the Karnataka High Court after Flipkart approached it. The Bengaluru bench of the NCLT initiated Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) against

Bengaluru, Nov 7: A slowing domestic economy will prevent India’s rupee from recouping this year’s losses against the dollar in 2020, with optimism around an easing in the US-China trade dispute not enough to give it a further boost, a Reuters poll showed. After falling nearly 9 per cent in 2018, the Indian currency has shed another 4 per cent this year to touch a 2019 trough of 72.40 per dollar

Mangaluru, Nov 7: The former chief minister Siddaramaiah and KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao released the manifesto for the MCC elections at the District Congress office, Mallikatta here on Wednesday. Speaking to newsmen Dinesh Gundu Rao said, "from past five years the Congress party had given priority for the development of the city. Mangaluru is a prime city after Bengaluru because it is a

New Delhi, Nov 6: Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind president Arshad Madani on Wednesday hoped the Supreme Court verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case will go in their favour but reiterated that even if it didn't, the organisation will accept it graciously. "Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind had decided to fight a legal battle for the Babri Masjid. We were the first to go to the Supreme Court. We are

Chitradurga, Nov 6: About 20 students fell ill after consuming mid-day meal in a state-run school in Karnataka's Chitradurga district, an official said on Wednesday. "The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon when about 20 students fell ill after consuming the meal served in the co-education school at Chennamma village in the district," Chitradurga Chief Executive Officer (CEO) C. Satyabhama told

Mangaluru, Nov 6: Continuing crackdown on drug peddlers in and around Mangaluru, the Anti Rowdy Squad has arrested four persons and seized 10-kg marijuana (ganja) from their possession at Thokkottu today. City police chief Dr P S Harsha said that it is an inter-state gang operating from Mumbai to Kerala that supplies drugs to the public. The value of the seized ganja is Rs 2 lakh. The police have

Bengaluru, Nov 6: Amid some reports that JD(S) patriarch H D Deve Gowda had rung him up recently assuring support, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Wednesday clarified that he has not had any phone conversation with the former Prime Minister. "There is no truth in this. Deve Gowda as a former Prime Minister has the capacity to decide what is right and what is wrong. I have never