Karnataka

Bengaluru, Sept 21: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka has put on hold civic works worth Rs 642 crore across 139 local bodies, a move that came under attack from Congress and JD(S) which termed it as "partisan" politics. Funds have been put on hold in Arsikere, Holenarsipura and Belur, all of which are JD(S) constituencies. Interestingly, H D Revanna, the brother of former

Kalaburagi, Sep 21: Two government school teachers have been suspended for dereliction of duty in Gulbarga on Saturday. In an order issued by Kalaburagi Deputy Director of Public instruction (DDPI), Shantanagouda Patil today said that one was Higher primary school teacher Mahantesh was working as teacher at government higher primary school in Dandagunda of Chitapur. Another teacher was Suvarna who

Ballari, Sep 21: Karnataka's Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa's proposal of carving out a new district called 'Vijayanagara' on bifurcating Ballari district, was strongly opposed by Ballari district Horata Samiti here on Saturday. In a joint press meet called by the Ballari Horata Samiti leaders like Kuditini Srinivas, Tapal Ganesh Mekal Eashwar reddy, Siddram Kalamath said that the development is

Mysuru, Sept 21: Janata Dal (Secular) will field its own candidates for all the 15 assembly segments for upcoming by-elections without forging any alliance with Congress, according to former chief minister and party leader H D Kumaraswamy. Speaking to reporters here he expressed confidence on winning eight to 10 assembly segments and also predicted political changes in the state after the results

Mysuru, Sept 21: Janata Dal (Secular) leader and HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday said that there will be no coalition with Congress in the upcoming by-elections and these elections will decide the fate of the present government in the state. As Election Commission on Saturday announced the Assembly by-elections scheduled to take place in the state's 15 constituencies, Kumaraswamy during the wormers

Shivamogga, Sept 21: To encourage reading habits in students, a university here has created a Green library in the campus here to help students devote more time in reading books, journals. "This idea will help the students to read in an interactive environment. We have developed it with an idea that this will encourage students to interact with each other. They will learn more in a healthy

Bengaluru, Sept 21: The election commission today announced byelections to 15 out of 17 Karnataka assembly segments that fell vacant two months ago after 14 Congress and 3 JD(S) MLAs were disqualified by speaker K R Ramesh Kumar. The elections will be held on October 21 and results will be announced on October 24. The election commission has however not announced elections for R R Nagar and Maski

New Delhi, Sept 21: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday alleged that jailed Karnataka Congress leader D K Shivakumar is in the practice of influencing the witness. In a special court of Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar, ED while opposing the bail plea filed by Shivakumar in connection with a money laundering case, alleged that he was in the practice of influencing the witness, looking at the past

Bengaluru, Sept 21: Thousands of dead fishes on Saturday were reported to be floating in the Sheelavantanakere lake in Nallurahalli, Bengaluru. Many more fishes are on a verge of dying due to the contaminated water which has devastated the marine ecosystem lies in the heart of Whitefield area. Fishermen have cleared several tonnes of dead fish in three days and residents across the lake say they

Bengaluru, Sept 21: Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Saturday said that Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP's national working president JP Nadda will hold a meeting with him today through video conference to discuss plans for Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary celebrations. He further stated that the discussions on reducing traffic fines will also be held with the two leaders and added that "a