Karnataka

New Delhi, Jul 5: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said there will be a comprehensive restructuring of National Highways Programme to ensure the creation of National Highways Grid of desirable capacity. Presenting the Budget for 2019-20, she said the government has already approved Rs 10,000 crore for FAME II scheme on April 1, 2019, to encourage faster adoption of electric vehicles

New Delhi, Jul 5: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday proposed to issue Aadhaar cards to non-resident Indians holding Indian passport on their arrival in the country. Under the present rule, NRIs with Indian passport are required to wait for 180 days to get the Aadhaar card. "I propose to consider issuing Aadhaar cards for NRIs with Indian Passports after their arrival in India without

Bengaluru, Jul 5: Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar took a dim view of legislators resigning from the state assembly at the drop of a hat, remarking that “only those who have no workwill quitting”. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Kumar indicated Congress MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi had not resigned and that only Anand Singh had quit. “I have been in my chamber, but no MLA has come [to see me] so far,” Kumar

Belagavi, Jul 5: Sri Ram Sene will organise a Belagavi Chalo on July 8, against what it calls the State government’s tacit support to illicit cattle trade. Founder-president of the sene Pramod Mutalik said here on Thursday that illegal beef trade and cattle transport was rampant in the State and it had the tacit support of the State government. He told journalists that the sene will organise a

Mangaluru, Jul 5: Former Karkala MLA Hutturke Gopal Bhandary, who was about to celebrate his 67th birthday this weekend, died of heart attack on board a bus last night. The end came when he was travelling alone in a KSRTC multi-axle bus from Bengaluru to Mangaluru. The bus driver found the two-time Congress MLA slumped on the bus seat when it reached the main KSRTC bus station at Bejai around 10

Mangaluru, Jul 4: As many as eight persons have been arrested by the Dakshina Kannada district police on charge of circulating a video clip of the alleged gang rape of a student of a private college in Puttur. Superintendent of Police BM Laxmi Prasad had set up two teams – one to probe the gang rape and the other to probe how the video went viral on social media. Based on a suo motu complaint

Bengaluru, Jul 4: Former President Pranab Mukherjee Thursday said universal humanity needs to be "preserved and protected," as he called on youngsters to expand their horizons. He also stressed on the need for research, pointing out that Indian universities for centuries have attracted minds towards innovation. "Research is very fundamental to the spread of education, to the enlightenment of mind

Bengaluru, Jul 4: A bitter war of words broke out between Congress leader Siddaramaiah and the outgoing JD(S) state president A H Vishwanath on Thursday, However, the latter stepped down. While Siddaramaiah ridiculed him for his failure to do 'Adhyakshagiri' (presidency) for even six months, Vishwanath slammed him for his "inability" to coordinate well despite being the coordination committee

Mysuru, Jul 4: Congress Legislative Party leader in Karnataka and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, reiterating that there is no trouble for the coalition Government, said "it is strong like a rock". Speaking newsmen here on Tuesday, he said it was only BJP which has been making unwanted statements and even trying to topple the government which is possible at any cost. Siddaramaiah ridiculed

Bantwal, Jul 4: With the collective efforts of students and staff, a government lower primary school in Ojala village of Bantwal city grew jasmine to raise funds for its two guest teachers. "As we are unable to pay a sufficient amount to our guest teachers due to lack of funds, we started planting jasmine in 2013. We sell jasmine flowers to raise funds for the two guest teachers," said the