Karnataka

New Delhi, Aug 27: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the registrar will look into the urgent listing of the petition filed by 15 disqualified Congress-JD(S) MLAs against their ouster under the anti-defection law from the Karnataka Assembly. Senior advocate V Giri mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Justice NV Ramana for the urgent listing. In the petition, the legislators of the

Kolkata, Aug 27: Indians have an average resting heart rate of 80 beats per minute which is higher than the desired rate of 72, Indian Heart Study (IHS) has found. The IHS also highlighted that unlike people of other countries, Indians have higher blood pressure in the evenings than in mornings. The study was conducted on 18,918 participants, both men and women, across 355 cities in 15 states over

Bengaluru, Aug 27: Barely hours after the distribution of cabinet berths in Karnataka, signs of rebellion within the BJP have emerged, with Vokkaliga leader and Chikmagalur MLA CT Ravi posting a series of tweets late on Monday indicative of dissent in the party ranks. The B S Yediyurappa-led government has appointed three deputy chief ministers among the 17 ministers inducted. Leaders like KS

Bengaluru, Aug 26: It took more than three weeks for the Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa - who took oath on July 26 -- to name his cabinet members. It took another six days to decide on the portfolios for the 16 men and one woman who joined the cabinet. The list of ministers announced on Monday evening showed that the state will have no fewer than three deputy chief ministers -- Govind

Biarritz, Aug 26: Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks very good English, but he just doesn't want to talk, US President Donald Trump said jokingly on Monday before the two leaders met for formal talks on the sidelines of the G-7 Summit. The two leaders held 40-minute discussions in Biarritz, the French town which is hosting the meeting of the world's most industrialized nations. #WATCH France: US

Bengaluru, Aug 26: Brushing aside reports on the discontent brewing in the state BJP over the induction of Lakshman Savadi, into the state cabinet, the BJP minister, Ashwath Narayan, said “All in BJP family in Karnataka are united and respect the decision of the party central leadership on all issues”. Addressing newsmen here on Monday, Dr Ashwathnarayan, the minister, who is yet to be allocated a

Bengaluru, Aug 26: Chief minister B S Yediyurappa has issued directions to the Officials to withdraw cases filed against the Farmers, facing criminal charges for having participated in various agitations against the State Government in the recent past. The Chief Minister, who had met a delegation of the various organisations of the Karnataka Farmers Associations here on Monday, issued directions

Madikeri, Aug 26: The district administration has been finding it a difficult task to select suitable land for construction of houses for the victims of floods and rain havoc as entire landscape of Kodagu District was damaged in the fury for the second consecutive year. Hundreds of houses were damaged in the fury both last year and this year, leaving many people homeless. Though efforts to explore

Belagavi, Aug 26: Hundreds of farmers staged protest in front of Deputy Commissioner's Office under banner of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and Hasiru Sene (Green Brigade) for their various demands including immediate release of compensation and Rehabilitation of those affected in the recent flood and rain fury. Leading the agitators Farmers leader Kodihalli Chandrashekar said that

Ballari, Aug 26: Three people of a family, including a three year-old boy were killed on the spot when the roof of their house collapsed while asleep in Nadanga village of Siraguppa Taluk in the District on Monday Police said that the deceased were identified as Immam ((45), Hasina (25) and Three year-old boy Imran . The house was old and due to recent floods and rain havoc it was damaged more and