Karnataka

Bengaluru, Nov 7: The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) initiated insolvency proceedings against the Walmart-owned e-commerce company Flipkart for defaulting on Rs 18 crore payment to one of its suppliers. However, the NCLT order was stayed by the Karnataka High Court after Flipkart approached it. The Bengaluru bench of the NCLT initiated Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) against

Bengaluru, Nov 7: A slowing domestic economy will prevent India’s rupee from recouping this year’s losses against the dollar in 2020, with optimism around an easing in the US-China trade dispute not enough to give it a further boost, a Reuters poll showed. After falling nearly 9 per cent in 2018, the Indian currency has shed another 4 per cent this year to touch a 2019 trough of 72.40 per dollar

Mangaluru, Nov 7: The former chief minister Siddaramaiah and KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao released the manifesto for the MCC elections at the District Congress office, Mallikatta here on Wednesday. Speaking to newsmen Dinesh Gundu Rao said, "from past five years the Congress party had given priority for the development of the city. Mangaluru is a prime city after Bengaluru because it is a

New Delhi, Nov 6: Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind president Arshad Madani on Wednesday hoped the Supreme Court verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case will go in their favour but reiterated that even if it didn't, the organisation will accept it graciously. "Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind had decided to fight a legal battle for the Babri Masjid. We were the first to go to the Supreme Court. We are

Chitradurga, Nov 6: About 20 students fell ill after consuming mid-day meal in a state-run school in Karnataka's Chitradurga district, an official said on Wednesday. "The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon when about 20 students fell ill after consuming the meal served in the co-education school at Chennamma village in the district," Chitradurga Chief Executive Officer (CEO) C. Satyabhama told

Mangaluru, Nov 6: Continuing crackdown on drug peddlers in and around Mangaluru, the Anti Rowdy Squad has arrested four persons and seized 10-kg marijuana (ganja) from their possession at Thokkottu today. City police chief Dr P S Harsha said that it is an inter-state gang operating from Mumbai to Kerala that supplies drugs to the public. The value of the seized ganja is Rs 2 lakh. The police have

Bengaluru, Nov 6: Amid some reports that JD(S) patriarch H D Deve Gowda had rung him up recently assuring support, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Wednesday clarified that he has not had any phone conversation with the former Prime Minister. "There is no truth in this. Deve Gowda as a former Prime Minister has the capacity to decide what is right and what is wrong. I have never

Hubballi, Nov 5: Rejecting the videotape on Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi on Tuesday said that Congress leader and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is expert in creating Videos and it is his habit to make baseless allegations. Addressing the media persons here on Tuesday, Savadi denied the allegation that he was behind the leakage of any audio and said 'Siddaramaiah has a habit

Bengaluru, Nov 6: Bowing to the pressure of former Prime Minister and JD (S) National President HD Deve Gowda, the state government has sent a Police Inspector on leave, for allegedly assaulting a JD (S) worker in Yadgir district. According to official sources, the decision to punish Inspector Bapugowda Patil followed the threat given by former Prime minister H D Deve Gowda, who had visited the

Bengaluru, Nov 6: Acting on information by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) about the possibility of a terrorist group being active in Karnataka, the state government has created a specific Anti-Terrorism Cell under the Central Crime Branch (CCB) in the city. ATC is one of the three new wings added to the special branch of city police, two other squads being Anti-Narcotics Wing and the