Karnataka

Bengaluru, Aug 13: The Karnatakagovernment has decided to celebrate the country's independence day in a "simple" way as most parts of the State had been affected by floods and incessant rains. With chief minister BS Yediyurappa heading a "one-man" cabinet with no ministers, senior government officials have been asked to hoist the national flag on August 15 at district and taluk level functions. In

Bengaluru, Aug 13: Questioning the Karnataka governor Vajubhai Vala's "silence" on the absence of council of ministers in the state, the Congress on Tuesday asked him to take cognisance of the matter and dismiss the BJP government led by B S Yediyurappa. "Its been 18 days ever since Yediyurappa took over. Yet there is no council of ministers formed whereas the Constitution says the governor has to

Thiruvalla, Aug 13: A social activist in Kerala landed in police custody for a Facebook post seeking contribution of undergarments for women at relief camps in flood-hit parts of the state. Raghu Eraviperoor, a known Dalit rights activist, was arrested on the basis of a complaint by woman councillor of the Thiruvalla municipality of Pathanamthitta district in Kerala. He was later released on bail

Shivamogga, Aug 13: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa today directed the concerned officer to release Rs 50 Crore immediately to restart airport works at Sogane Village in the District. The works were stopped due to technical problems faced. The Airport Authority of India (AAI) refused to permit runway construction as there are large number of smoke-emitting chimneys in the adjacent

Bengaluru, Aug 13: Air Force has rescued 500 stranded people in the flood ravaged districts of Karnataka in which 48 people have died in flood related incidents and lakhs of people lost their houses, Air Marshal S K Ghotia said today. Speaking to newsmen here on Tuesday, he said that the Indian Air Force pilots are 'trained for tough situations. The rescue operations have been conducted in a

New Delhi, Aug 13: The Supreme Court asked rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs from Karnataka on Tuesday to hand over to its registrar a memo seeking urgent listing of their plea challenging their disqualification from the state assembly. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra told senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the rebel MLAs, to give the memo to the registrar. Rohatgi told the bench that all

Mudigere, Aug 13: It was an emotional moment for the people of flood-hit villages in Mudigere taluk of Chikkamagaluru district as the Army jawans involved in rescue operations began to leave on Tuesday after the flood waters started receding and the situation improved. Learning that the Army personnel were leaving the village after extending help in rescue operations in the past few days, the

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 13: Rain-battered North Kerala is slowly limping back to normalcy, even as the toll in the monsoon fury in the state rose to 88 on Tuesday morning and 40 people were still missing. Over 2.52 lakh people have taken shelter in 1,332 relief camps across the state. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has left for the worst affected districts of Malappuram and Wayanad from where 41

Bengaluru, Aug 13: Leading off-road racer Aishwarya Pissay, who hails from Karnataka’s capital Bengaluru, has created history by becoming the first Indian to win a world title in motorsports as she won the FIM World Cup in women's category after the final round of the championship in Varpalota, Hungary, yesterday. The event was conducted by International Motorcycling Federation - the governing

New Delhi, Aug 13: The Supreme Court of India today declined the plea of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led union government and Assam state government to re-open the National Register of Citizens (NRC) process in Assam and conduct a sample re-verification of data collected, especially in the border districts of the State where Muslims are in majority. A Bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and