Karnataka

Bengaluru, Feb 26: The Janata Dal (Secular), which is holding talks with coalition partner Congress on sharing of seats for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka, has made its intent clear that it was willing to contest a dozen seats including one in coastal Karnataka. According to sources, the JD(S) leaders said they were keen on contesting from Mandya, Hassan, Bangalore North, Mysuru

Bengaluru, Feb 26: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has said that law and order has been under control in Karnataka with effective policing and no major incidents of communal clashes have been reported from coastal Karnataka. Speaking to the media after a meeting with senior police officers, he said the State police were ready for the upcoming general elections. “The police have been asked to take

Mangaluru, Feb 26: At least two coaches of the Chennai-Mangaluru Superfast Express derailed near Shoranur in Kerala today morning, disrupting rail traffic. Railway sources said there were no casualties. The accident occurred around 6.30 am near the Shoranur station. Two coaches -- a luggage-cum-brake van and parcel van -- behind the engine derailed. One of the derailed coaches hit an electric post

Bengaluru, Feb 26: The Congress has decided to allow Janata Dal (Secular) to field candidate in the contentious Mandya constituency, according to Water Resources Minister D K Shivakumar. “The JD(S) has won in Mandya. Hence, the regional party itself will contest from the constituency,” Shivakumar told reporters in Bengaluru. Shivakumar’s announcement caught many by surprise, especially the local

Bengaluru, Feb 26: The police have arrested a software engineer who allegedly made a threat call to the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru, saying a bomb had been placed in the aircraft. Preliminary investigation revealed that the 49-year-old to delay the Air India flight from Bengaluru to Surat on Monday evening after he missed the boarding. But Air India staff and CISF officials

New Delhi, Feb 26: The Adani group has won the bid to operate five out of six airports put up for privatisation by the government, a senior official of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) said on Monday. The Adanis were the highest bidder for the Ahmedabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Lucknow, Mangaluru and Jaipur airports, the official said, adding that the bid for the Guwahati airport will be opened

New Delhi, Feb 26: The Centre on Monday approved over 5.6 lakh houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana for urban poor, taking the total number of houses being funded by the government to more than 79 lakh. According to the Union housing and urban affairs ministry, which is mandated to implement the PMAY (U), Uttar Pradesh has been sanctioned 1,79, 215 houses, followed by Andhra Pradesh with 1

Bengaluru, Feb 25: In a shocking incident, a 7-year-old boy died of electrocution after he tripped on a live wire while playing in a park in Banaswadi area of Bengaluru last evening. The victim, identified as Uday Kumar, had gone to play in Rajkumar Park situated near Kullappa circle along with his friends. While playing, he accidentally stepped on the wire and got electrocuted, the police said

Bengaluru, Feb 25: Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Monday asserted that he did not know in what capacity did Deputy Chief Minister G Paramaeshwara made the statement that he was "denied the chief Minister's post because he was a Dalit" "It is the Congress party which is taking care of Dalits and other neglected sections of society. I do not know in what context he (G Paramaeshwara

Bengaluru, Feb 25: Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) Monday said it has received export orders valued at about USD 33 million from Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop Ltd (ELOP), a subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd, Israel. The export order for the manufacture and supply of state-of-the-art next generation EOIR payloads (CoMPASS Rev III, Trade Mark of ELOP) and another variant of EOIR