Karnataka

Bengaluru, Mar 6: The Karnataka Government run hospitals are not only mandated to provide Health services across the state, but also given targets to earn profit, Karnataka Health minister Shivananda Patil informed here on Wednesday. Addressing newsmen here the minister said that "The state-run hospitals, which were equipped with good facilities, have started earning and during we have set a

Chennai, Mar 6: IndiGo airlines offloaded a passenger after he protested the tightened security and mentioned the word "bomb" to airline staff, amid tensions between India and Pakistan and a high-security alert for all airports and airlines in the country. "Am I carrying a bomb in my bag?" the passenger identified as Alex Mathew resident of Pathanamthitta, Kerala reportedly told the airline staff

Kalaburagi, Mar 3: Congress rebel MLA Umesh Jadhav joined the BJP at a rally here Wednesday, two days after he quit the Karnataka Assembly membership, and is tipped to take on Congress veteran Mallikarjun Kharge in the coming Lok Saba elections. Jadhav joined the BJP before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address at the rally, in the presence of state BJP president B S Yeddyurappa, former chief

New Delhi, Mar 6: The unemployment rate in India rose to 7.2 percent in February 2019, the highest since September 2016, and up from 5.9 percent in February 2018, according to data compiled by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) that was released on Tuesday. The unemployment rate has climbed despite a fall in the number of job seekers, Mahesh Vyas, head of the Mumbai-based think-tank

Bengaluru, Mar 6: Pledging to intensify the fight to reclaim the encroached wakf properties across Karnataka, the Social Democratic Party of India has launched a Wakf Bachao Andolan (Save Wakf Movement) in the state. Presiding over the inaugural function of the movement at Darusslam Auditorium here on Tuesday SDPI state president Ilyas Mohammed Thumbey said that his party would create awareness

Belagavi, Mar 6: Posting pro-Pakistan slogans Facebook wall of a Muslim man after hacking his account and subsequent protests by BJP and right-wing outfits in Ramdurg town were pre-planned according to former Ramdurg MLA Ashok Pattan. On Sunday night, police arrested Nagaraj Mali for hacking the Facebook account of Pattan’s supporter Mohammad Shafi Benne and posting pro-Pakistan slogans on Friday

Mangaluru, Mar 6: Six persons including former minister B Ramanath Rai have been booked by Bantwal Town Police following directions from a local magistrate court in connection with seizure of Rs 62 lakh during the Assembly elections last year. The other accused are Uday Hegde, proprietor of Nirman Constructions, Sudhakar Shetty, proprietor of Mugarodi Constructions, Varun and Preetam Devadiga

Bengaluru, Mar 6: Coming down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “lowering the dignity of PM post”, Janata Dal (Secular) supremo H D Deve Gowda has declared that he would support Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s claim for prime ministership. However, Gowda said there were too many prime ministerial aspirants in the Mahagathbandhan — the grand alliance of anti-BJP forces — and that

Udupi, Mar 6: A clash erupted in front of the Fisheries Department Office at the Malpe Fisheries Harbour here yesterday between the fishermen operating deep sea trawl boats and the fishermen operating purse seine boats. The deep sea trawl boat fishermen were staging a protest in front of the Fisheries Department Office after closing the gate of the harbour. They were protesting against what they

Managaluru, Mar 5: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping and water Resources Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for construction of fishing harbour project at Kulai and various road development projects in the district through video conferencing. The project is taken up at a cost of Rs 196 crore. The Union government has sanctioned 50 per cent of the total