Karnataka

Mandya, Jun 27: Farmers protested in front of a bank in Mandya on Thursday after it apparently announced the auctioning of pledged jewellery. This comes at a time when farmers in Mandya are protesting over diversion of Cauvery and Hemavati waters to their canals in order to save their produce. Today is the seventh day of their protest. "At this moment we are facing a deficit of water in our

Harirampur, Jun 27: Setting an example of communal harmony, a Muslim family in Uttar Pradesh's Harirampur village conducted 'terhvi', a post death ceremony, of a Hindu man as per custom. Terhvi is a ceremony held on the thirteenth day after the death is mourned. Morari Lal Srivastava (65) was a worker at a firm owned by Irfan Mohd Khan and Farid Khan, and he died after being bitten by a poisonous

Pune, Jun 27: The CBI Tuesday cited a "Forensic Psychological Analysis Statement" of accused Sharad Kalaskar and told a court here that he had admitted during the test that he and Sachin Andure killed rationalist Narendra Dabholkar. The prosecution cited the report while opposing the bail of lawyer Sanjeev Punalekar, and said that it was already part of the charge sheet against Kalaskar. The

Bengaluru, Jun 27: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Thursday said that the Central government has still not released Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) amount of about Rs 2,000 crore. Kumaraswamy also said that the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) amount has not been released yet. Earlier on March 9, Kumaraswamy met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and

Bengaluru, Jun 27: The Karnataka Government is contemplating to ban construction of Apartments in the City for next five years due to severe shortage of drinking water faced, Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwara said today. Speaking to newsmen here at his residence on Thursday, Dr Parameshwara alleged that the builders are selling the apartments without ensuring basic infrastructure including

Benagluru, Jun 27: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued draft regulations aiming to mandate packaged food companies to label high fat, sugar and salt contents in the front of the package itself in red colour. Alarmed by rising rates of obesity and diabetes, India has been planning rules from as early as two years ago, requiring food manufacturers to display fat

Raichur, Jun 27: Hundreds of people in Hyderabad-Karnataka region reached Karegudda villageearly Wednesday in the hope they could meet HD Kumaraswamy with their grievances at the Janata Darshan and return home by evening. However, their hope turned to despair when he didn’t turn up till 3pm, five hours late. And he started accepting petitions only after 5pm after a long speech. Those waiting

Vijayapura, Jun 27: The Karnataka Government has sounded a high alert throughout the State following arrest of suspected terrorist, a Bangladesh National allegedly having link with a terrorist organization, Home Minister M B Patil said today. Speaking to newsmen here on Thursday, he said that “following NIA team arresting a suspected terrorist Habibur Rehaman, a Bangladesh National, who is

Bengaluru, Jun 27: Primary and secondary education minister SR Srinivas on Wednesday said department officials will travel to Kerala and New Delhi to study the successful model of government schools there. “In the next 15 days, I will lead a team of education department experts and visit the two states for research ... We will study how government schools operate there, compile their best

Bengaluru, Jun 27: The Congress leadership on Wednesday heard angry remonstrances from senior figures and election candidates from Karnataka, who blamed their rout in the Lok Sabha polls on factionalism in the party and the ill-considered alliance with the JD(S). KC Venugopal, general secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) and Karnataka in-charge, held discussions with 16 of the 21