Karnataka

Mysuru, Mar 1: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and JDS-Congress Coalition Government Coordination Committee Chairman Siddaramaiah on Friday said that no one should take political advantage from country's security and there should be no politics involved and political parties should not involve or try to take mileage. Speaking to reporters here, he welcomed Pakistan's move to release IAF wing

Kalaburagi, Mar 1: Former Karnataka Minister and BJP leader Baburao Chinchansur today said that Dr Umesh Jadhav will be the BJP candidate against Congress leader in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge from Kalaburagi constituency in the General Elecction. Addressing a Press Conference here on Friday, he said that "the platform is ready for Jadhav's victory . The people from Koli Community should support

Abu Dhabi, Mar 1: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday raised the issue of terrorism at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting and said the menace is caused by "distortion of religion" and "misguided belief" Swaraj, who attended the inaugural plenary of the two-day meeting here as the guest of honour, said the fight against terrorism is not a confrontation against any

Udupi, Mar 1: An elderly man breathed his last today at Kasturba Medical College Hospital in Manipal, Udupi where he had been undergoing treatment for the suspected Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) also known as monkey fever. The deceased has been identified as Pashwanath Jain (60), a resident of Kargal in Sagar taluk in Shivamogga district. District Health Officer Rajesh Suragihalli said it is said

Mumbai, Mar 1: The Adani group, which has just won the mandate to run all the six government-owned airports that were put up for privatisation recently, will become the third largest private operator in passenger volume after the GMR group and GVK group. The diversified Adani group is marking its entry into the airports space after bagging a 50-year contract for operation, management and

Chamarajanagara, Mar 1: One person was arrested by Karnataka forest department in connection with the wildfire in Gopalaswamy Betta range of forests under Bandipur National Park and Tiger Reserve. Forest officials said on Friday that the accused has been identified as Arun Kumar, a resident of Kallipura, on the fringes of the forest. The people of the village said that he was absconding after the

Madikeri, Mar 1: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy handed over newly constructed houses to the Diddali evacuees at Basavanahalli near Kushalanagara in Kodagu district on Thursday. Speaking on the occasion, he said the project taken up by the previous government, has been finally implemented. Out of 528 houses, 300 are ready for handing over to the Diddalli evacuees. The work on 164 houses

Bengaluru, Mar 1: Even as the State government is scrambling to prevent the spread of monkey fever (KFD), there has been a sudden increase in the number of H1N1 (avian flu) cases across Karnataka in last one month. According to official sources, a total of 603 H1N1 positive cases were reported from January 1 to February 28 across Karnataka this year. In the month of February alone nearly 400

Hassan, Mar 1: Former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda has hit out at the BJP for politicizing India’s air strikes against alleged terror camps across the LoC in Kashmir, saying the saffron party is using it to promote itself. “If wars could have won elections, the Vajpayee government should have come back to power after the Kargil war,” Gowda stated, while asking PM Narendra Modinot

Kolar, Mar 1: The police have arrested the parents of a 3-year-old boy for inflicting burn injuries on him with a cigarette butt to drive the “devil” out of him, which led to his death. The accused are Harish, a private vehicle driver and his wife Renuka from Malur. HM Ranganaswamy, police sub-inspector, Malur, said Harish had tied the knot with Renuka four years ago. Harish, a drunkard, would