Karnataka

Tirupur, Jul 18: When over a billion Indians are still eagerly waiting for Rs 15 lakh promised by Bharatiya Janata Party during 2014 Lok Sabha poll campaign, a couple in Tirupur is now jailed for spending Rs 40 lakh it had received from the local government. It all began in 2012, when Rs 40 lakh was mistakenly credited to the bank account of Tirupur-based LIC agent V Gunasekaran. Without trying to

Bengaluru, Sept 18: A section of faculty and students of the state-run Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to order a fresh inquiry into the death of 24-year-old Tabrez Ansari on June 22 due to alleged mob lynching on June 17 in Jharkhand's Kharsawan district village. "We the faculty, staff and students of IIM-B express shock and dismay over how the

Hassan, Sept 18: Former minister HD Revanna on Tuesday said, quite sarcastically, that he’s all right with former chief minister and Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah becoming the chief minister again. He, however, said the party was working towards making former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy regain the post and ensure that he completes a five-year term. Revanna played down the

Mangaluru, Sept 18: The Indian Coast Guards today rescued as many as 23 crew members on board a fishing vessel which had gone adrift due to engine failure. 23 fishermen, who had set sail from Bhatkal, were drifting in the high seas after their engine developed a technical snag. Karnataka state Coastal Security police who picked up the distress signals from the adrift fishermen, contacted Indian

Bengaluru, Sept 18: A division bench of the Karnataka high court on Tuesday dismissed as not maintainable a batch of writ appeals filed by former minister DK Shivakumar and four others in relation to summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate in a money-laundering case. The bench, headed by chief justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, granted interim protection from arrest for four weeks to four aides

Bengaluru, Sept 17: Fulfilling a long standing demand of the people of Hyderabad Karnataka region, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday announced that it has been renamed as 'Kalyana Karnataka' and a separate secretariat would be established for its development. Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday announced that the Hyderabad-Karnataka region has been renamed as 'Kalyana

Bengaluru, Sept 17: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa participated in a tree-day celebration here on Tuesday, which had been organised to mark the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Chief Minister Yediyurappa was accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Ashwath Narayan in the programme. Speaking to ANI, Narayan said: "It is a day to celebrate Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday. He is

Bengaluru, Sept 17: Karnataka Revenue Minister R Ashoka Tuesday said the state has reduced its flood damage estimate by Rs 3,290 crore RPT Rs 3,290 crore after the union government objected to inclusion of private buildings that were affected. "We had sent estimates, including private building losses...like private hospitals, schools. So today we are sending (flood damage estimate) after revising

Kozhikode, Sep 17: Noted Mappilapattu singer and lyricist M Kunhimoosa died here early on Tuesday. He was 91. A popular singer of Mappila songs of the erstwhile Malabar region, the veteran artist came into the limelight of the music world with the support of the popular Malayalam music director K Raghavan Master. He was an artist of the All India Radio. One among his eight children, Thajudheen

Bengaluru, Sept 17: The winter session of the Karnataka legislature will be held here at 'Vidhana Soudha', the state secretariat and not in Belagavi, as is the practice, as most parts of the district have been ravaged by floods, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said here on Tuesday. He said the Belagavi Deputy Commissioner and the district administration had informed him that they were not in a