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2018 Assembly polls will be fought under my leadership: Siddaramaiah
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said that the Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections in 2018 will be fought under his leadership and he is confident of the party returning to power. Listing out various achievements of the Congress government, which completed four years on Friday, the Chie
New chief for Karnataka Cong. this month
The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) is all set to get a new president later this month. The All-India Congress Committee (AICC) team led by K.C. Venugopal, general secretary in-charge of Karnataka, has held consultations with over 400 Congress leaders, legislators and Ministers, and f
ACB raid on four Karnataka officers
Officials of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) raided offices and residences of four senior government officials in and around the city on Wednesday morning and unearthed assets disproportionate to their known sources of income. The officials whose houses and offices were raided at 6 a.m. are Addi
Yeshwantpur-Karwar train on new line from June 1
The Yeshwantpur-Karwar day train will soon operate on the newly commissioned Bengaluru-Hassan line. When South Western Railway diverts Yeshwantpur-Karwar-Yeshwantpur Tri-Weekly Express via Shravanabelagola from June 1, the total services on the line will thus become six days a week, including the
Complaint against my son baseless, says CM
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday described as “baseless and totally false” the allegation that his son Yathindra was involved in benami property transactions. In a complaint to the Income Tax Department, a Varthur Kanaka Das has alleged that Mr. Yathindra, along with Matrix Imaging Solution
SBM and SBI data integrated
State Bank of Mysore was merged with State Bank of India over a month ago, but their database was integrated as recently as Saturday May 6. Customers, who have been facing problems with their transactions, can now heave a sigh of relief. On Monday, operations were carried out without any major hitch
Willing to surrender before minister: Bengaluru ex-corporator
Bengaluru: Bengaluru’s former independent corporator V. Nagaraj, evading arrest since April 14 after seizure of demonetised currency from his office-cum-residence, on Tuesday offered to surrender before Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara. “My (other) condition for surrender is that police
Five more Bangladeshis arrested
A day after the arrest of seven persons of Bangladesh origin on charges of staying without proper documents in the city, the Belagavi police on Sunday arrested five more persons. The arrested have been identifies as Habib- Ur-Sheikh, Rakib- Ul- Sheikh, Ikram Abul Kayar, Mohammad Mulla and Ibrahim Ya
‘BJP leaders should urge Centre to release funds’
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said here on Sunday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in the State should impress upon the Union government to release sufficient drought relief funds for the State instead of trying to politicise the drought issue. Speaking to presspersons here, Mr. Siddar
Bengaluru: Bellandur Lake catches fire again
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India]: Even as the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has been trying to clean the Bellandur Lake after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) rapped the former for its lax approach, the Bellandur Lake was again seen catching fire on Monday. As an aftermath, thick smog sur
Sand to be imported Phillipines and Indonesia to Karnataka: Minister
Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs T.B. Jayachandra has said that natural sand will be imported from the Phillippines and Indonesia to Karnataka. He said at a meeting at the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Tumakuru city on Saturday that the sand, including transportation, costs Rs.800-Rs.
Fake marks card racket busted; five arrested in Bengaluru
Police officials on Friday busted an inter-state group dealing with fake marks cards of several universities and colleges by arresting five people involved in the racket. Officials from the Central Crime Branch raided a consultancy firm located in Manipal Centre on MG Road and arrested Kunal Kumar M
BSY, KSE give each other the cold shoulder at BJP state executive meet
Mysuru: The rift between BJP state unit chief BS Yeddyurappa and the leader of opposition in the legislative council KS Eshwarappa became all the more apparent at the party's two-day executive meet that commenced here on Saturday. Despite sharing the dais, the two senior leaders remained indifferent
Complaint to Lokayukta against Siddaramaiah over 'Unlawful' police transfers
A complaint against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and 27 others was lodged on Thursday with the Lokayukta by the chief of the Karnataka Police Mahasangha alleging “unlawful” transfer of police personnel on requests from political leaders. A thorough investigation into the matter has been sought by
Elderly man faints after SI slaps him
In an incident that sparked off outrage among residents of Chintamani town, Chickballapur district, a police officer on Thursday slapped a 70-year-old man who immediately collapsed, and had to be rushed to hospital. According to his family members who filed a complaint with the police, the senior
Eshwarappa may skip BJP State executive meet
The rift within the State unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party seems to be only deepening with a defiant K.S. Eshwarappa, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council, likely to skip the State BJP executive meeting scheduled on May 6 and 7 in Mysuru. However, his close associates confirmed that
Karnataka: Only MBBS students under govt quota may have to do compulsory rural service
BENGALURU, May 1,2017 (TNN): From this academic year, only those medical graduates, who have availed seats under the government quota, may have to do one-year mandatory rural service in the state. Previously, this service rule applied to all quotas of medical seats, including NRI and management quo
Baby dies after being given polio drops
The death of a two-month-old baby hours after administering polio drops created tension at Ane Kannambadi village in Holenarasipur taluk on Sunday. While parents of the baby blame the vaccination as cause of death, the doctors say the death occurred due to other reasons. The baby was vaccinated a