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Mysuru, June 12: A prominent farmers’ organisation in Karnataka has asked chief minister Siddaramaiah to repeal the anti-cow slaughter Act saying it is anti-farmer. Speaking to reporters here, Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) president Badagalapura Nagendra asked the government to withdraw all the farm reforms acts, including APMC Act and changes made to the land reforms act. Nagendra said,

Chitradurga, June 12: Three persons of a family from Bengaluru, including a three-month old baby girl, died in a collision between a car and a lorry near Vijayapura village on NH-48, on Monday. According to the police, the deceased have been identified as Zakir Ahmed (60), Tabassum (28) and Hayat Fathima - the three-month-old baby girl, all residents of HSR layout in Bengaluru. Nayaz (22), Imran

Mangaluru, June 12: The family of IndiGo's co-founder Rakesh Gangwal was likely to sell between 5%-8% stake in the Indian airline's parent InterGlobe Aviation Ltd, worth up to Rs 7,500 crore ($909.58 million), CNBC Awaaz said in a report, citing sources. Rakesh Gangwal and his wife, Shobha Gangwal, hold 13.23% and 2.99% respectively in InterGlobe as of March 31, while their Chinkerpoo Family Trust

Mangaluru, June 12: The Mangaluru city police and Dakshina Kannada district police have conducted surprise raids on houses of 231 history sheeters in their jurisdictions and searched for weapons. Mangaluru Police Commissioner said that searches were conducted at the premises of 148 rowdy sheeters and other accused in the commissionerate limits in the past 2 days. Meanwhile, the Dakshina Kananda

Foreign ministers of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have strongly condemned Israel's plans to build new settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, urging international action to stop such plans. The foreign ministers voiced the condemnation during the body's 156th ministerial meeting in the Saudi Arabia's capital city of Riyadh on Sunday. The ministers rejected the regime's

London, June 11: Australia beat India by 209 runs to win its maiden ICC World Test Championship title at the Kennington Oval in London on Sunday. Pat Cummins’ men set a massive 444-run target for India to pursue on Saturday. India started the final day with 280 runs to win and seven wickets in hand. However, Virat Kohli fell early on 49, adding just five runs to his overnight score before

Udupi, Jun 11: Two teachers lost their lives and two others including the driver suffered critical injuries when the car in which they were travelling collided head-on with a bus near Sitanadi Jakkanamakki in Hebri talluk of Udupi district in the wee hours of Sunday. The teachers were returning to Udupi after attending a wedding in Channagiri and the bus was heading to Agumbe from Udupi. The

Udupi, June 11: Karnataka Minister for Women and Child Development Laxmi Hebbalkar visited the famous Sri Krishna Mutt in Udupi on Sunday. Hebbalkar, who has been appointed as the Udupi district-in-charge minister, offered prayers at the temple during special rituals. The minister was in Udupi to inaugurate the district-level programme in connection with the launch of Shakti scheme providing free

Mangaluru, June 11: Dinesh Gundu Rao, the new District-in-Charge Minister of Dakshina Kannada has said that the development works and maintenance of law and order for peace and communal harmony in Dakshina Kannada district would now be prioritised. Rao, who is also the Minister for Health and Family Welfare said that officials should take people into confidence and implement development works.

Bengaluru, June 11: The Congress-led Karnataka government on Sunday launched its first of the five poll guarantees, the ‘Shakti' scheme, which offers free travel to women in government buses in the state. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his Deputy D K Shivakumar, and Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy attended the event and also launched the logo of the scheme. "The free bus travel scheme