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New Delhi, Dec 13: A day after Opposition members in Lok Sabha raised the issue of lotus being printed on new passports, the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said it was part of the enhanced security features to identify fake passports and involves using other national symbols as well on rotation. Raising this issue of lotus being printed on new passports brought for distribution in

Bengaluru, Dec 13: The Karnataka cabinet on Thursday gave administrative approval for procurement and distribution of laptops free of cost to Schedule Caste trainees (Final Year) of government aided and private ITI's for 2019-20, at an outlay of about Rs 17 crores. "5,331 laptops will be procured at an estimated cost of Rs 16.98 crores," Law and Parliamentary Affairs MInister J C Madhuswamy said

Bengaluru, Dec 13: Setting aside their political rivalry, Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa called on senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah and wished him speedy recovery from illness, an official said on Thursday. "Yediyurappa met Siddaramaiah at a private hospital in the city's northwest suburb where he is recovering from a heart treatment (angioplasty) and wished him to recover soon and

Bengaluru, Dec 12: Karnataka Rural Development Minister K S Eshwarappa on Thursday said that all 12 rebel MLAs who won in the state by-polls on BJP ticket will get a ministerial berth in BS Yediyurappa-led government. "All our legislators (Ex MLAs of Congress-JDS) who won in the by-polls will be accommodated in ministership as the Chief Minister had promised them so," said Eshwarappa while

Bengaluru, Dec 12: A conman who was running a private institution and was giving fake degree certificates using the names of well-known open universities, was arrested by the Central Crime Branch (CCB). The accused has been identified as G Srinivasa Reddy (42), a resident of Rajajinagar.

Bengaluru, Dec 12: Hinting at delay in his cabinet expansion, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Thursday said he may not go to New Delhi within a week time to discuss the matter with the BJP high command. After his government retained majority in the Assembly by sweeping the December 5 bypolls, Mr Yediyurappa had said he would be travelling to Delhi soon to hold discussions with the BJP

Belagavi, Dec 12: A six-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by a 26-year-old man at Kadoli village in Belagavi taluk of Karnataka yesterday in the pretext of playing. The accused, Sunil Balu Balnayak, lured the survivor to agriculture lands near his house in the pretext of playing and committed the heinous act. The victim's father noticed the act while he was searching for her daughter

New Delhi, Dec 12: WhatsApp will take legal action against businesses engaged in or assisting others in abusing automated or bulk messaging on its platform. The company has built two tools -- the WhatsApp Business app and the WhatsApp Business API -- to help companies manage customer interactions. The company said that its products are not intended for bulk or automated messaging, both of which

Bengaluru, Dec 12: The Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has settled the wage revision demand of its employees' unions nearly two months after they went on strike since October 14 but resumed work a week later in compliance with the Karnataka High Court directive, the state-run defence behemoth said on Wednesday. "The management and the trade unions of the workforce signed an agreement on wage

Bengaluru, Dec 12: The two sisters who have gone missing from the ashram of absconding godman Nithyananda in Ahmedabad told the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday that they are ready to depose before the court through video conference from the Indian High Commission in either West Indies or USA. The court, however, coming down heavily on the counsels of the state and the women insisted on a personal