Karnataka

Hassan, Jan 11: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has lost the faith of the people of the country, has now resorted to dole-out 10 per cent reservation to the economically backward people in the country, former Prime Minister and JDS Supremo H D Deve Gowda said here on Friday. Speaking to newsmen, Mr Gowda said that “Union government is facing the erosion of its support base and in an

Mangaluru, Jan 11: The NITK Karavali Marathon to be held on the 13th of January 2019 has got high registrations and over 2000 enthusiastic runners are expected to participate in the run. The Marathon (42.2 kms) is fully organised by the NITK students with support of NITK Surathkal Alumni Association. The event also consists of half marathon (21.1 kms) as well as 10km, 5kms and 3km runs. The run is

New Delhi, Jan 11: Actor Prakash Raj, who recently announced his decision to contest the Lok Sabha elections as an Independent candidate from Bengaluru Central, met Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal here on Thursday. After the announcement last week, the AAP had offered support to Mr. Raj, who has been open in his criticism of the Narendra Modi government. In

Bengaluru, Jan 11: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, hinting at taking action against his cabinet colleague and Minister for Backward Classe Welfare Puttaranga Shetty, said that he need some more time to ascertain the facts. Mr Shetty had came under cloud after one of his office aid was arrested by the Vidhana Soudha Police, recently for carrying unaccounted cash of over Rs 25 lakhs. The

Bengaluru, Jan 11: The second runway of Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) will be operational from October 1 this year. The south parallel runway, with a length of 4,000 metres, is a CAT III B runway which helps operations of flights when there is poor visibility in winter. Every year, hundreds of flights get disrupted at KIA causing inconvenience to passengers. Yesterday, 48 flight

Bengaluru, Jan 11: The Higher Education Department has learnt that at least nine sexual harassment cases have been registered in State-run universities. The complainants include both students as well as staff members. University of Mysore has reported the highest number of three sexual harassment cases. Department officials, however, pointed out that they did not have records of when these cases

Kochi, Jan 11: Two women who made history by becoming the first in centuries to enter the Sabarimala hill temple in Kerala are in hiding after threats by protesters. The temple has been the site of tension since the Supreme Court ruled in late September to end a ban on women of menstruating age entering it. There have since been sporadic outbreaks of violence between the authorities and protesters

Bengaluru, Jan 11: The Karnataka cabinet Thursday approved the proposal to change the alignment of Metro Rail from KR Puram to the Kempegowda International Airport, which will increase its length by another eight kilometres. The cabinet also gave its nod to a feasibility study on the Rs 23,093 crore suburban rail project in the city. Briefing reporters, cooperation minister Baneppa Kashempur said

Manglauru, Jan 10: Activists of the Nagarika Hitarakshana Samithi, Jokatte, took out a procession holding broomsticks from the Clock Tower to the office of Deputy Commissioner here on Thursday to urge the government to drop the fourth-phase expansion of MRPL. Later they held a protest in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office holding broomsticks and demanded action against the company for, what

Bengaluru, Jan 10: K Gopalaiah, the Janata Dal (Secular) MLA from Mahalakshmi Layout in Bengaluru is reportedly under scanner following the murder of a 32-year-old man, who had eloped with former’s 18-year-old niece her two months ago. Manu R, who was a rowdy-sheeter, was found brutally murdered in Tumakuru district on Tuesday morning. He had posted several videos on social media days before his