Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jan 4: An outbreak of Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), also known as monkey fever, has been reported in some villages of Shivamogga district following which authorities have taken measures, including vaccination, to combat it, an health official said Thursday. A team of doctors and para-medics had been deputed to the affected areas and a door-to-door verification was on to identify people

New Delhi, Jan 4: Proceedings in Lok Sabha were disrupted on Thursday by protesting AIADMK and TDP members, prompting Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to suspend 21 more MPs for unruly behaviour, which prevented continuation of the debate on Rafale deal which had started on Wednesday. The lower House was adjourned for the day amid protests from unrelenting AIADMK and TDP members who trooped into the Well

Kasaragod, Jan 3: Sporadic incidents of violence occurred in parts of Kasaragod district during the hartal on Thursday. Around 20 shops in Kasaragod, Kanhangad, Manjeswaram and Kumbla were vandalised by hartal supporters. The police fired tear gas shells and stun grenades to disperse a mob at Kanhangad. In anticipation of a tense situation, police officers asked traders not to open shops in

Bengaluru, Jan 3: Senior Karnataka minister D K Shivakumar was on Thursday grilled for about three hours by the Income Tax department for alleged tax evasion, officials said. Shivakumar, a frontline Congress leader in the state, was summoned for questioning as part of a "routine process" following searches at various properties linked to him on August 2, department sources said. The minister had

Udupi, Jan 3: Coastal Security Police and Coastal guard are on the toes to find seven fishermen and owner of 'Suvarna Tribuja' fishing boat who went missing on December 15 off Goa coast. The boat had left the Malpe Fisheries Harbour in Udupi district with about 20 other on December 13. According to a complaint filed with Coastal Security Police station, Malpe, Nithyananda, brother of Chandrashekar

Bengaluru, Jan 3: Congress leader and Legislative Council member Ivan D’Souza today condemned the Union Cabinet granting accord for merger of Vijaya Bank with Bank of Boroda along with the Dena Bank, saying that the decision would seriously affect farmers small traders in Karnataka and South India. He said Vijaya Bank set a benchmark in extending agriculture and lendings to MSME sector and had

Bengaluru, Jan 3: JD(S) National President and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda has advised the State President H Vishwanath to continue in the post till next Lok Sabha elections. Addressing a meeting of the party leaders here on Thursday, he asked Vishwanath not to press for accepting his resignation. “Vishwanath will continue as the State JD(S) President till May this year”. Former Minister

Mangaluru, Jan 3: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) today suspended services to Kerala in the view of hartal called by hardline Hindutva organisations over the entry of women in Sabarimalatemple. KSRTC officials said two buses from Mangaluru division were vandalized by the protesters in Kerala. “These buses were parked at Kasaragod bus stand were damaged due to stone pelting

Bengaluru, Jan 3: The Income Tax (IT) department officials on Thursday morning raided the houses of Sandalwood cine star and producers, including Shiva Rajkumar, Puneeth Rajkumar, Yash, Sudeep, CR Manohar, Rockline Venkatesh. Starting at 6 am, the sources in the IT department said, the raids on the houses of the Sandalwood stalwarts were conducted by 12 officials simultaneously. Fearing harassment

Mangaluru, Jan 3: An office of Communist Party of India (CPI) at Bantwal town in Dakshina Kannada was vandalised by protesters belonging to Hindutva organisations last night in protest against Kerala Government following Supreme Court order to allow women enter Sabarimala shrine. The CPI Bengaluru District Council held a protest demonstration in the city against the attack on its office in Bntwal