Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jun 28: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Friday clarified that his upcoming trip to the United States is unofficial and he will be travelling on personal expenses. The statement comes amidst criticism the Janata Dal (Secular) leader is facing regarding the alleged expenditure of taxpayers' money for unofficial purposes. "I am travelling to New Jersey to participate in a

Osaka, Jun 28: In a significant step, Saudi Arabia has increased India's Haj quota from 170,000 to 200,000, paving the way for 30,000 more Indians to go for the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in the kingdom. The issue of India's Haj quota was discussed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's bilateral talks with Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman here. Modi, who is in Japan for the

Bantwal, Jun 28: The police have arrested a person on charge of raping and impregnating his own daughter in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. The victim, who is a minor girl, lived with her father, mother and a sister in Bantwal. In her complaint, she stated that at 11.45pm on February 8, when everyone was asleep at home, her father raped her for the first time. Then she continued the

Mangaluru, Jun 28: The state rank list of NEET (UG) 2019 has been released and the students of Expert PU College, Mangaluru have secured 12 of the top 50 ranks. A single PU College securing 12 of the top 50 ranks, i.e., 24% of the top ranks in the state and garnering all the ranks of the undivided Dakshina Kannada district is a rare achievement, said the Chairman of the Institution, Prof. Narendra

Bengaluru, Jun 28: Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Thursday flayed the people of Badami, his assembly constituency, for voting for the BJP in the Lok Sabha election and ignoring those who "believe in development". Siddaramaiah said the Congress government carried out several development works in the constituency but the people still voted for the Bharatiya Janata Party. Badami comes under the

Bengaluru, Jun 28: Chief minister HD Kumaraswamy, in a defiant stand, insisted he will not give up the plush rooms at the Taj West End in Bengaluru where he operates from, despite heavy criticism, especially in the context of his village stay programme. Although he normally stays at his home in JP Nagar, Kumaraswamy has been operating from a set of suites at the five-star hotel since becoming

Mandya, Jun 27: Farmers protested in front of a bank in Mandya on Thursday after it apparently announced the auctioning of pledged jewellery. This comes at a time when farmers in Mandya are protesting over diversion of Cauvery and Hemavati waters to their canals in order to save their produce. Today is the seventh day of their protest. "At this moment we are facing a deficit of water in our

Harirampur, Jun 27: Setting an example of communal harmony, a Muslim family in Uttar Pradesh's Harirampur village conducted 'terhvi', a post death ceremony, of a Hindu man as per custom. Terhvi is a ceremony held on the thirteenth day after the death is mourned. Morari Lal Srivastava (65) was a worker at a firm owned by Irfan Mohd Khan and Farid Khan, and he died after being bitten by a poisonous

Pune, Jun 27: The CBI Tuesday cited a "Forensic Psychological Analysis Statement" of accused Sharad Kalaskar and told a court here that he had admitted during the test that he and Sachin Andure killed rationalist Narendra Dabholkar. The prosecution cited the report while opposing the bail of lawyer Sanjeev Punalekar, and said that it was already part of the charge sheet against Kalaskar. The

Bengaluru, Jun 27: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Thursday said that the Central government has still not released Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) amount of about Rs 2,000 crore. Kumaraswamy also said that the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) amount has not been released yet. Earlier on March 9, Kumaraswamy met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and