Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jan 31: Amid reports of cracks in the Congress-JD(S) alliance in Karnataka, state Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has asked everyone to have trust in him. Kumaraswamy had earlier threatened to step down from the Chief Minister's post as he got infuriated over certain remarks made by some legislators of the ally Congress. He had said that they were 'crossing the line. 'I'm telling you all

Bengaluru, Jan 31: Gearing up for its maiden manned space mission ''Gaganyaan'', ISRO unveiled its Human Space Flight Centre in Bengaluru on Wednesday. The space agency is gearing up for the human spaceflight programme by 2021-end that is likely to include a woman astronaut. Gaganyaan is the "highest priority" for ISRO in 2019, according to the space agency, and the plan is to have the first

Bengaluru, Jan 31: The HD Kumaraswamy cabinet on Wednesday decided to implement the reservations in promotions Act, despite the Supreme Court directing the government to maintain “status quo” on the issue. This effectively means the government will go against the SC directive not to carry out any changes to the present seniority scale of the government employees. Krishna Byregowda, rural

Bengaluru, Jan 31: A day after his son, chief minister HD Kumaraswamy, threatened to step down in exasperation, JD(S) supremo Deve Gowda asked the Congress leadership to rein in its state leaders who were not allowing the CM to work. Gowda said Siddaramaiahhas been holding a grudge against him for over two decades for failing to become CM and was behind the current tension between the coalition

Bengaluru, Jan 31: The government informed the high court on Wednesday that the July 2017 order, virtually reserving the chairman’s post of Karnataka State Minorities Commission(KSMC) to the Muslim community, has been withdrawn. The order had been issued by the secretary to minority welfare, Haj and wakfs department. Taking the communication on record, a division bench headed by Justice Ravi

Bengaluru, Jan 30: Hundreds of women walked over 400 kms to reach the state capital Wednesday demanding a blanket ban on the sale and consumption of liquor in Karnataka. Beginning their march from Raichur on January 19, the women under the banner of Madya Nishedha Andolana converged to the city via Peenya and gathered at the Malleswaram ground here. The police, however, prevented them from going

Kannur, Jan 30: The police on Wednesday confirmed that four persons belonging to Kannur were killed in Syria. According to police, four out of the 10-member group, including women and children of two families here, who joined the banned IS late last year, were killed in an encounter in Syria recently. Police said, according to information received from the Central Agencies, two young women and

Kochi, Jan 30: Budget airline GoAir on Tuesday said that it will commence direct flight operations on Kannur-Abu Dhabi-Kannur route from March 2019. According to the company, Abu Dhabi will become the airline's fourth international destination and 28th overall. "GoAir will operate 4 direct flight services per week between Kannur-Abu Dhabi-Kannur and bookings are now open at an ... all-inclusive

Bengaluru, Jan 30: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today alleged that the Union government is showing step motherly attitude towards the State Government by releasing only Rs 950 crores towards drought relief works. "The State had asked for Rs 2,500 Crore under Natural Disaster Relief Fund, but the Centre has allotted only Rs 950 Crore, while Maharashtra has been given Rs 4500 Crore

Bengaluru, Jan 30: The formula adopted by the ruling Congress-JDS coalition in Karnatakaduring its cabinet formation and appointments to boards and corporations would be the basis of the discussion on seat-sharing for the coming Lok Sabha elections, the JD(S) said on Tuesday. The party also expressed confidence about the coalition government under HD Kumaraswamy completing its five-year term. JD(S