Karnataka

Mangaluru, Dec 14: The state government has decided to develop seven water bodies in the limits of Mangaluru South constituency at an estimated cost of Rs 3.65 crore, said Mangaluru South MLA D Vedavyasa Kamath. Speaking to presspersons here on Saturday he said that a total of nine water bodies will be developed in the city to address the concern of depleting groundwater table. “Barring the

Mangaluru, Dec 14: Amid stiff opposition to the new Citizenship law, Karnataka BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel on Saturday said the bill has been introduced to protect 1.5 crore Hindus. Addressing party workers in the city, Mr Kateel asked them to strive towards making the district Congress 'Mukt'. Expressing his gratitude to the electorate for showing faith in Narendra Modi-led BJP

Mangaluru, Dec 14: The central government is bringing out a policy to encourage group fishing by fishermen after cancelling permissions given to foreign fishing vessels to fish in India’s exclusive economic zone, said Praveen Puthran, Assistant Director-General of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) on Friday. He was speaking after inaugurating a stakeholders’ meeting organised by

Mangaluru, Dec 14: A Person of Indian Origin (PIO), holding a United States passport, has been for submitting fake documents when he applied for an Indian passport. According to police, 49-year-old Vinod Devasia, a native of Mangaluru, did not disclose that his United States passport had been impounded. Devasia, who had worked as a software engineer in Houston, US, held an American passport and

Mangaluru, Dec 14: St Anthony’s Ashram Jeppu held ‘Christa Namana 2019’ a Christmas programme on 13th at St Anthony’s Ashram Jeppu. Dr Sreevarma Heggade of Annapoorna Dasa, Mangalore was the chief guest. In his message he highlighted the value of ‘live and let live’ preached and practiced by Jesus. He appreciated the teachings of Jesus in ‘the sermon of the mount’ which advocate non-violence and

Bengaluru, Dec 14: Under pressure from the party’s old guard, chief minister BS Yediyurappa is said to have dropped the idea of appointing two more deputy chief ministers (DyCMs). He is also thinking of sacking at least two ministers from his cabinet to accommodate some upset loyalists besides the 11 victorious Congress-JD(S) rebel MLAs. If Yediyurappa keeps his promise and allots cabinet berths

Bengaluru, Dec 14: A 39-year-old techie allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself here on Friday at his apartment purportedly because he was fed up with his wife's 'extravagance' and 'harassment'. The deceased, identified as Srinad, was employed at a software company and so is his wife Rekha. He reportedly took loans to buy a flat and meet other expenses, however, his wife Rekha used to spend

Bengaluru, Dec 14: A management student and two of his aides who were growing ganja plants inside their flat have been arrested by Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths. Preliminary investigation revealed they had sourced seeds from the Netherlands through darknet. The arrested are Amatya Jyothikumar Rishi, 23, from Patna, Bihar, Aditya Nandakumar Rao, 21, of Hosakerehalli and Mangal Mukya, 30, of

Kalaburagi, Dec 13: Prohibitory orders under CrPC section 144 were imposed in the city excluding the locations of Friday prayers and premises of deputy commissioner's (DC) office till 6 pm on Friday. This prohibition is imposed in order to ensure the maintenance of law and order in the city a day after the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 became an Act after Presidential assent on Thursday

Bengaluru, Dec 13: The All India Congress Committee (AICC) is yet to approve the resignations of Karnataka opposition leader Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Dinesh Gundu Rao, a party spokesperson said on Friday. "There is no communication from Delhi or AICC whether the resignations have been accepted or whether the high command is thinking of appointing