Karnataka

Although there has been emphasis and hype over affordable housing after Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government came to power over five years ago, an RBI survey released on Thursday shows that affordability in the country's housing sector has deteriorated in the last four years. "Housing affordability worsened over the past 4 years as the house price to income (HPTI) ratio increased from 56.1

Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 12: UAE Red Crescent Authority will provide Rs 20 crore aid to Kerala to build housing complexes for flood victims. An agreement in this regard was signed between Red Crescent Deputy Secretary-General for International Aid Affairs, Fahad Abdul Rahman Bin Sultan, and Kerala Chief Secretary Tom Jose here on Thursday. The Red Crescent extended its help following a visit of

Bengaluru, Jul 12: Even as her husband and Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy sought permission for facing a floor test in Karnataka Assembly, Anitha Kumaraswamy said that she is confident that JD(S)-Congress coalition will prove its majority on the floor of the House. "We are confident of proving majority and all those MLAs who have resigned will definitely come back. I know they will

Chikamagaluru, Jul 12: Three people were killed on the spot and three others injured when a car in which they were traveling rammed against a wayside tree at Uddeboraganahalli Village in the District today. Police said on Friday that the inmates were traveling to Ballari after pilgrimage to Dharmastala when due to rash driving by the driver the mishap took place. The injured were admitted to

Bengaluru, Jul 12: Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar today said that he has full respect to the judiciary and there is no reason for not following a Court order. His comments comes in the wake of the Congress-JDS Coalition government in the State facing a major crisis with 14 legislators tendering their resignation to their MLA seats and Supreme Court asking the Speaker to

Bengaluru, Jul 16: As his government teetered on the brink, Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Friday announced that he would seek a trust vote and sought time from Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar. The surprise announcement from the embattled chief minister came in the state Assembly, which met here for an 11-day session in the backdrop of the resignation of 16 ruling coalition MLAs

Mysuru, Jul 12: A woman lost her gold ornaments worth Rs 90,000 to a conman who pretended to be a cop. In her complaint to the KR Nagar police, R B Gowramma, 50, a resident of Mirle village under KR town police, said the incident occurred near KR Nagar government hospital on Wednesday. Gowramma said when she was walking near the hospital after getting down from the bus, a person, posing as a

Jul 12: A Karnataka Youth Congress leader moved the Supreme Court on Friday seeking to intervene in a case filed by 10 rebel Congress and JD(S) MLAs for a direction to the Assembly speaker to accept their resignations. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi was told by the counsel of Anil Chacko Joseph, the Youth Congress leader, that the resignations by the rebel MLAs were nothing but a

Bengaluru, Jul 12: Around 50 workers of the BJP on Thursday met party State president B S Yeddyurappa and opposed the proposed entry of Janata Dal (S) MLA for Mahalakshmi Layout K Gopalaiah into the party. Alleging that his role had been suspected in the death of a saffron activist some time ago, they expressed concern that his entry to the BJP would demoralize party workers. They also maintained

Bengaluru, Jul 11: Karnataka assembly speaker K R Ramesh Kumar on Thursday said he would have to examine if the resignations by the ruling coalition MLAs were voluntary and genuine. As per the Karnataka Legislature Rules, intended resignation should be "in perfect format," he told reporters after meeting the disgruntled legislators. "Unfortunately, eight of the 13 letters that reached my office