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Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 1: Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said that the resolution passed by the Kerala Assembly is against the "unconstitutional Act passed by the Centre". "The resolution passed by Kerala Assembly is against the unconstitutional Act passed by the Centre. It has been noticed by the whole country," Vijayan said. The Kerala Assembly had on Tuesday passed a

Kalaburagi, Jan 1: Fighting penury and partial blindness in one eye, a 39-year-old part-time Kannada lecturer from Kalaburagi district is set to become a commercial tax officer after cracking the Karnataka Administrative Services. Ambadas Kamble, from Kotana Hipparaga village in Aland taluk, had to take a three-year gap during his school and college years - one-year break after completing Class

Bengaluru, Jan 1: Elaborate security arrangements have been made in view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's two-day visit to Karnataka on January 2 and 3, officials said. The Special Protection Group officials had a meeting with state government officials, especially the police regarding the security arrangements. During his stay in Tumakuru, drones will not be allowed and anybody violating the

Mangaluru, Dec 31: Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday appealed to the Muslim organisations, who were planning a protest and BJP, who were planning a Jan Jagruthi Sabha, to postpone their respective meets for at least 8 to 10 days, in order to ease the tense situation in this port city. Muslim organisations were planning a protest in Mangaluru against CAA on January 4 and BJP was planning

Mangaluru, Dec 31: A nine-month-old child died after he accidentally fell into a bucket filled with water at Surathkal here on Tuesday. Police said that the incident occurred while the mother was sleeping after her morning chores. The deceased child was identified as Yash.

Bengaluru, Dec 31: Two people were injured after a car in Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa’s convoy rammed into a truck before hitting an auto rickshaw on Tuesday. Police said the convoy was proceeding to Tumkur when the last car rammed into a goods vehicle. "The driver of the car lost control of the vehicle and crashed against the road divider before colliding with a truck and an auto

New Delhi, Dec 31: Shops, business firms or companies with an annual turnover of Rs 50 crore or more and required to provide digital payment facilities to customers as part of government's stride towards a less-cash economy, will not have to pay any penalty till January 31 for not installing the system. They would, however, be made to cough up Rs 5,000 per day as penalty for failing to accept

Bengaluru, Dec 31: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is admired for sending satellites and rockets into the space but a senior scientist from the premier organisation has enthralled the Internet by playing the flute at the end of a meeting with a Parlaimentary panel. The video of the flute performance was shared on Twitter by Congress Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh, who is a member of

Dubai, Dec 31: A group of Indian expats in the UAE have submitted a memorandum to the Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi expressing concerns over the contentious amended Citizenship Act which many claim is "discriminatory" on religious grounds, according to a media report. Around 30 people from the Indian community met with the embassy officials on Sunday to voice their opposition with the Citizenship

Bengaluru, Dec 31: The premises of two income-tax officers in Bengaluru were among eight places that the CBI searched in connection with the multi-billion IMA scam, officials said on Monday. The officers are Saurabh Nayak, then Deputy Commissioner, Income Tax (Investigation), and D Kumar, Assistant Commissioner, Income Tax (Assessment), they said. The officers are suspected to have favoured IMA