Karnataka

Bengaluru, Sept 19: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday flew in the Tejas fighter aircraft from the HAL airport in Bengaluru, becoming the first defence minister to fly in the indigenously-built light combat aircraft (LCA). He was accompanied by Air Vice Marshal N Tiwari, who is also the Project Director, National Flight Test Centre, ADA (Aeronautical Development Agency) in Bengaluru. The

Mangaluru, Sept 19: Mangalore University (‘Mangala Yojane’ - Village Adoption Programme), under the auspices of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education – Govt of India, has organized a public awareness campaign against plastic pollution. The programme was conducted to observe ‘Swachhata Pakhwada’, an initiative of Swachh Bharat Mission, in Konaje and Phajeer Grama

Modi 2.0 has emerged as a very powerful Government. It has not only the numerical majority; it is also facing a weak and divided opposition. That is one of the reasons for it stream rolling over people’s opinions and imposing the agenda of RSS-BJP of Hindu nationalism in a blatant way. On one side it has brought in a law banning triple talaq, on the other it has revoked article 370. Encouraged by

New Delhi, Sept 18: Senior Congress leader D K Shivakumar on Wednesday sought bail from a Delhi court, contending that the Enforcement Directorate miscalculated the assets inherited by him and his daughter to make out a money laundering case against him. Senior advocate A M Singhvi, representing the Karnataka’s strongman, submitted before Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar that the seven-time MLA had

Bengaluru, Sept 18: Slamming Congress on their demand for relief funds, State Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said Congress has no moral rights to ask for more relief funds. "Congress has no right to protest. In 2009 when floods occurred in the state, they did not do anything. Congress was at the centre but still, in the initial months, no steps were taken. They don't have any moral

Bengaluru, Sept 18: A fire broke out in a UCO Bank branch situated on MG Road here on Wednesday. Fire tenders have reached the spot and are trying to douse the fire. Further details are awaited.

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 18: After their success in dishing out delicious and cost-effective food items, prisoners in Kerala are now gearing up to manage fuel stations, thanks to an innovative government initiative. Drawing inspiration from their counterparts in Tamil Nadu and Punjab, the Prison Department is all set to open petrol pumps in the outer campuses of three central jails in the state

Tirupur, Jul 18: When over a billion Indians are still eagerly waiting for Rs 15 lakh promised by Bharatiya Janata Party during 2014 Lok Sabha poll campaign, a couple in Tirupur is now jailed for spending Rs 40 lakh it had received from the local government. It all began in 2012, when Rs 40 lakh was mistakenly credited to the bank account of Tirupur-based LIC agent V Gunasekaran. Without trying to

Bengaluru, Sept 18: A section of faculty and students of the state-run Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to order a fresh inquiry into the death of 24-year-old Tabrez Ansari on June 22 due to alleged mob lynching on June 17 in Jharkhand's Kharsawan district village. "We the faculty, staff and students of IIM-B express shock and dismay over how the

Hassan, Sept 18: Former minister HD Revanna on Tuesday said, quite sarcastically, that he’s all right with former chief minister and Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah becoming the chief minister again. He, however, said the party was working towards making former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy regain the post and ensure that he completes a five-year term. Revanna played down the