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Sasikala visits husband Natarajan at hospital

Chennai: Sidelined AIADMK leader V K Sasikala, out of jail on a five-day parole, on Saturday visited her husband M Natarajan who is recovering at a hospital here after undergoing a liver and kidney transplant. Sasikala, who was removed from the AIADMK last month after the factions led by Chief Mi

Bengaluru to Set up Breastfeeding Rooms for Lactating Moms at Major Bus Stations

Lactating mothers no longer need to feel helpless listening to the cries of their hungry babies in public, at least at major bus stations in Bengaluru. Thanks to the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation’s (BMTC) plan to launch women’s lounges that aim to provide a separate space for lacta

All district headquarters to have Indira Canteens in three months

U.T. Khader, Minister for Food and Civil Supplies, has said that all district headquarters will have Indira Canteens to supply subsidised food within three months in the State. Addressing presspersons here on Saturday before chairing a review meeting at the Deputy Commissioner’s office, he said t

Australian schools will soon teach Kannada as second language, Telugu to soon follow suit

For the first time, schools run by the Victoria government in Australia are teaching Kannada, starting later this year. It is being implemented through Victoria School of Languages (VSL), Melbourne. The decision was taken after the Melbourne Kannada Sangha had submitted a report to the VSL, reque

Six killed by lightning in Karnataka village

Mysuru: Six persons, including two women, died and four others were injured on Thursday when lightning struck them in this Karnataka district, said police. “The incident occurred around 2 p.m. when a 10 member group rushed to take shelter under a tree near the temple in Hunaswadi village due to h

Rally marks one month of Lankesh’s murder

New Delhi: A cross-sectional rally, comprising hundreds of students and activists, was organised here on Thursday denouncing the RSS and allied groups for the death of journalist Gauri Lankesh. The protest was organised to mark one month of Lankesh’s murder who was shot dead outside her house in

Sasikala instructed to desist from any political activity, says Dinakaran

Bangalore: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader T.T.V. Dinakaran, after receiving expelled AIADMK general secretary V. K. Sasikala from the jail on Friday, said that she has been directed to keep away from all political activities during the parole period. Sasikala has been gr

Sasikala gets 5-day parole to visit husband, no visitors or media allowed

Jailed AIADMK leader VK Sasikala was granted parole on Friday for five days, from October 7 to 11, to visit her ailing husband in Chennai. The 60-year-old leader is serving a four-year-sentence at Bengaluru’s Parappana Agrahara prison for corruption. Her nephew and ousted AIADMK leader TTV Dinaka

Karnataka is draught free

After its wettest monsoon, state to revise list of drought-affected districts The year 2017 has been a happy one for Karnataka, which has been reeling under severe drought since 2011 and passing through the worst climatic phase in its history. Bounteous rains across the state spanning two months

Heavy rains lash Bengaluru again, cause traffic snarls across city

BENGALURU: Heavy rains returned to lash Bengaluru on Thursday causing traffic snarls across the city. Hundreds of vehicles are stranded at several traffic junctions and under-passes which are flooded with rain water. Most of the low-lying areas of the city are inundated leaving many drains overflow

Will ensure 70% reservation for SC/ST: Siddaramaiah

October 5, Bengaluru Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said that his government would seek a Constitution amendment to ensure 70% reservation for the SC/ST communities in education and public sector services. Reservation would be sought on the lines of Tamil Nadu model, he said

Gauri Lankesh to posthumously get Anna Politkovskaya Award

Bengaluru, Oct 5 (PTI) Activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh, who was gunned down outside her home in Bengaluru last month, will be posthumously given the Anna Politkovskaya Award this year, making her the first Indian to receive the honour, her family said today. Lankesh will share the annua

Sasikala's wait to secure parole drags on

The recently evicted AIADMK chief, VK Sasikala, who was seeking to secure a parole might have to wait a little longer. VK Sasikala, who left her husband decades ago to live with former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, was looking for the parole due to her husband's condition.

2018 polls will be the last I’ll contest: CM

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the 2018 polls to the Legislative Assembly will be the last election he will contest in his lifetime. Mr. Siddaramaiah had declared that he would be shifting from Varuna to Chamundeshwari constituency in the next Assembly polls. Addressing a party workers’ conv

RSS publicly criticises demand for religion status for Lingayats

After a long silence on the matter of religion status for Lingayats, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) now seems to have decided to up the ante against the demand. Prominent functionaries of the group chose the platform of Vijayadashami discourses to publicly criticise the demand in the Lingayat

Train runs over three selfie-clicking youths

Bengaluru: A train ran over three youths on Tuesday while they were reportedly clicking selfies on railway tracks near here, police said. The incident took place at around 8.30 a.m. between Hejjala and Bidadi stations. “The youths were run over by Golgumbaz Express going to Mysuru from Bengalu

Sasikala’s parole plea under consideration, says prison official

The prison authorities in Karnataka are considering a plea by jailed AIADMK leader V. K. Sasikala to release her on parole for 15 days to meet her ailing husband, who is awaiting a liver transplant at a Chennai hospital. “Yesterday, we received an application from Sasikala, urging us to release h

BJP will be routed in next LS polls, says Siddaramaiah

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said the BJP will be routed in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as the ‘illusions’ created by Prime Minister Narendra Modi have completely vanished. Speaking to reporters on his arrival at the Mysuru airport on Tuesday, Mr. Siddaramaiah said the BJP leaders themselves