Karnataka

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 3: A young journalist of a local newspaper was killed early Saturday when a car driven by an IAS officer, allegedly in an inebriated state, mowed him down. The 33-year-old IAS officer, Sreeram Venkitaraman, who was appointed Survey Director by the state cabinet on Thursday, was behind the wheel when the accident occurred, a senior police officer said. Venkitaraman, also a

Bengaluru, Aug 3: Dr K Sudhakar, one of the MLAs who were recently disqualified from Karnataka assembly after they resigned from Congress met with state Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Saturday and stated that he has faith in the latter that he will release grants for pending programs. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, MLA Sudhakar said, "As I was absent on the day of Chief Minister's oath

New Delhi, Aug 3: With his Cabinet yet to be constituted fully, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa will be visiting Delhi for discussions with Prime Minister Narendra Mod on August 6. As per official schedule, he will also call on Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu. He is also slated to meet union ministers and Members of Parliament (MPs) from Karnataka. Yediyurappa was sworn-in as the 25th chief

Bengaluru, Aug 2: An internal fight is going on within the Congress party in Karnataka over the Leader of Opposition post in the state Assembly, said a senior Congress leader on condition of anonymity. Senior party leaders Siddaramaiah, G. Parameshwara and DK Shivakumar are said to be playing their cards with central leaders to be the opposition leader in the Assembly. Siddaramaiah, as Chief

Bengaluru, Aug 3: The Karnataka government on Friday announced that it will soon deposit the first instalment of an additional sum of Rs 2,000 under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana in the bank accounts of farmers. "As many as 43.75 lakh declarations of farmers have been sent to Government of India under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana. Out of this, Rs 634.50 crore has been

Bengaluru, Aug 3: After failing to secure his government in the state, former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy is now planning to field his son Nikhil Kumaraswamy for Krishnaraja Pete assembly constituency's by-poll. The JDS leader is trying to strengthen his party in the Mysore region. In the recent Lok Sabha elections, his son Nikhil was defeated from Mandya despite having a stronghold with seven

Mangaluru, Aug 3: An LPG gas tanker toppled on National Highway-75 between Mangaluru and Bengaluru at Rekya village near Nelyadi on Friday, bringing traffic to a halt, for close to five hours. The incident took place around 12pm, when the gas-laden vehicle was moving towards Bengaluru from Mangaluru. Traffic on the national highway was hit for nearly five hours, due to the accident, and the

Bengaluru, Aug 2: In a major reshuffle of IPS officers in Karnataka, Bhaskar Rao has been appointed as the Additional General of Police (ADGP) and Commissioner of Bengaluru city Police here on Friday. "Bhaskar Rao, Karnataka cadre IPS officer of batch 1990, is transferred with immediate effected and posted until further orders as ADGP and Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru City vice Alok Kumar, IPS

Bengaluru, Aug 2: The Karnataka State unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), after assuming power in the state again last week, has targeted to enlist as many as 50 lakh new party members, and ten per cent of them will be from Minority communities, a top party leader said on Friday. Speaking to newsmen here, BJP State General Secretary, N Ravikumar, who is also in-charge for BJP’s membership

Bengaluru, Aug 2 Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa today exhorted the Senior officials to address the grievances of the common people and discharge their duties on humaneterian ground. Addressing a meeting of the Deputy Commissioners, Chief Executive Officers and Secretaries, Principal Secretaries and Additional Chief Secretaries, here on Friday, the new Chief Minister warned stating that