Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jan 30: For the first time a consolation meet of Gulf returnees, especially those who lost their jobs in Saudi Arabia in the wake of Nitaqat or Saudization drive was held in Mangaluru under the aegis of the Karnataka unit of the Gulf-based India Social Forum. Dozens of Gulf returnees from across coastal Karnataka had taken part in the meet held at Jamiyyatul Falah auditorium on Tuesday

Mangaluru, Jan 30: A pickup vehicle rammed into a schoolboy who was waiting for a bus on the roadside killing him near Boliyar on the outskirts of the city yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Pratyush (7), son of Shankar of Boliyar Ammemmar. He was a Class 2 student at Kalladka school. Pratyush’s mother had accompanied him to the bus stop on Tuesday morning. The bus driver reportedly

Bengaluru, Jan 29: Plum cakes from city's famed Koshys Mechanised Bakery was George Fernandes Christmas goodies to jawans posted at forward areas, during his tenure as the Defence Minister. He used to order cakes from us and send it to jawans posted at the border areas. For some years he did this, I don't exactly remember now for how many years... we have sent, Koshy's head Prem Koshy told PTI. He

The Indian business diaspora across the globe convenes at the annual International Congress of NRI’s of Indian Origin conclave on the eve of the Republic Day to honor the best businessman of the year. Continuing on that tradition the 70th Republic Day saw a new Hind Ratan Mohammed Mansoor, Managing Director of Exelon industries, Bahrain being felicitated in New Delhi. Mansoor, who originally hails

Bengaluru, Jan 29: The central government has approved Rs 949.49-crore aid to drought-hit Karnataka, said Union Minister for Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh on Tuesday. "The central government has approved Rs 949.49-crore assistance to drought-hit Karnataka for Kharif 2018-19 season," Singh tweeted. Karnataka in October 2018 sought drought relief aid of Rs 2,434-crore to compensate for the crop

Bengaluru, Jan 29: The probe into the incident of Congress MLA J N Ganesh attacking fellow legislator Anand Singh, when the Congress party MLAs were taken to a city resort early this month, is in progress, KPCC President Dinesh Gundurao said on Tuesday. A group of Ballari Congress MLAs were involved in a violent squable in the Eagleton Resort on the outskirts of the city following threat of

Mandya, Jan 29: As many as eighteen buffaloes that were being illegally transported to slaughterhouses in Kerala were rescued near Pandavapura in the district. According to the Pandavapura police, two persons were transporting the animals in a container goods carrier from Arsikere in Hassan to Kerala through Mandya and Mysuru. Some animal rights activists waylaid the vehicle on the Channarayaptna

Belagavi, Jan 29: Karnataka Minister for Revenue R V Deshpande today said that the State government has been taking all necessary and precautionary steps to tackle the drought situation in 156 drought affected taluks. Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, after reviewing the steps taken in the District, the Minister appealed to the Union Government to release Rs 1500 crore towards amount

Bengaluru, Jan 29: A 55-year-old-woman marching towards the city from Chitradurga, demanding a ban on liquor, died after a speeding motorbike hit her near Kuluvanahalli, Nelamangala, on NH 48 on Sunday evening. Renukamma, a resident of Khairavadagi village in Lingasugur taluk, Raichur district, was among the 2,500 women who are marching towards Bengaluru from various parts of the state. Around

Bengaluru, Jan 29: Police registered a cheating and criminal conspiracy case against ready-to-eat food pioneer Sadananda Maiya, his wife and son and two others on Monday for allegedly cheating a private equity investor firm, Peepul Capital, of over Rs 140 crore. K Annamalai, DCP (south), said the case follows a complaint by Deepak Mittal, a representative of Peepul Capital. Calls to Maiya’s son