Karnataka

Hyderabad, Aug 22: Nowhera Shaik, the lady boss of the Heera Group of Companies has appealed to the High Court to release her from prison so that she could pay the dues to the depositors of the Heera Group. Senior advocate P Venugopal, appearing for Shaik on Wednesday told the Telangana High Court that his client would clear all dues to the depositors concerned in three months if she was enlarged

Bengaluru, Aug 22: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Wednesday said the newly-appointed ministers will be allocated portfolios in a couple of days. "It will be done by tomorrow or the day after," he told reporters in response to a question about portfolio allocation to new ministers. More than three weeks after he was sworn in as the Chief Minister, Yediyurappa on Tuesday expanded his

Kochi, Aug 21: Gone are the days when the post of a driver in Kerala state government departments and state owned public sector undertakings could be filled only by a male. The state cabinet, on Wednesday, decided to open this post for women also. After the weekly cabinet meeting held here, the office of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan intimated that it's no longer a male domain. "Directions have

Bengaluru, Aug 21: Former Karnataka Minister and senior Congress leader H K Patil today demanded that the terms of the Phone Tapping issue which is now referred to CBI for investigation, should also include Media and Common man if their telephone was also tapped. In a letter to Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, he urged inclusion of Media and common man if their telephone also tapped. " It is not

Mysuru, Aug 21: Former Karnataka Minister and Janata Dal(Secular) leader Sa Ra Mahesh today alleged that the BJP Government instead of listening to the grievances of flood affected people first, busy in handing over the phone tapping case to CBI and Ministry formation. Speaking to newsmen here on Wednesday, he said during the floods in Kodagu last year the Congress-JDS coalition government led by

Bengaluru, Aug 21: Parle Products Pvt Ltd, the country's largest biscuit maker, might lay off up to 10,000 workers as slowing economic growth and falling demand in the rural heartland could cause production cuts, a company executive said on Wednesday. A downturn in Asia's third-largest economy is denting sales of everything from cars to clothing, forcing companies to curtail production and raising

Mangaluru, Aug 21: Little did former Australian cricketer Brad Hogg know that the south Indian state of Karnataka too has a city called Mangalore until he met Star Sports' polyglot sports presenter Madhu Mailankdoy, who happens to be a Mangalorean. The left-hander, who is currently in Karnataka as a commentator for the ongoing Karnataka Premiere League (KPL Season 8), had posted his photograph

Bengaluru, Aug 21: Dissonance came to the fore with several BJP legislators making no secret of their discontent after failing to secure ministerial berth in the B S Yediyurappa Cabinet on Tuesday. More than three weeks after he was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Karnataka and running a "one-man" Cabinet since then, Yediyurappa inducted 17 Ministers. While many legislators have openly expressed

New Delhi, Aug 21: In a bid to stop "unethical" deep discounting practices of online food aggregators amid nationwide #logout campaign, the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) on Tuesday told the platforms to realign their offerings to create a restaurant-friendly ecosystem, thus ending freebies and detox the consumers from discount addiction. In a meeting with the five top players --

Bengaluru, Aug 21: The newly inducted 17 Ministers in Karnataka may have to wait for a couple of days more to know the portfolios allotted to them. This was indicated by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, who expanded his cabinet by inducting 17 legislators as Cabinet Ministers yesterday. Speaking to newsmen after visiting Adichunchanagiri Muti here, Yediyurappa said that "the portfolios to newly