State news

SSLC exams with separate question, answer papers begin tomorrow

Bangaluru, March 29,2017 (DH): The Class X Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examination conducted by the Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) will begin on Thursday, March 30. This year, 8,77,174 students across the state will write the examination at 2,770 centres.

Mangaluru airport gets e-tourist visa system

MANGALURU , Marxh 28,2017- The Mangaluru  International Airport will  become  one of the gateways for foreign tourists entering the country with e-tourist visas, an online visa issue system introduced by the Union government. The facility will be made available to foreign tourists from April 1, 2017

New train to Hassan named Gomateshwara Express

BENGALURU, March 26,2017: The Bengaluru-Hassan superfast train, which was flagged off by railway minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu at Yeshwantpur Railway Station on Sunday, has been named Gomateshwara Express. Prabhu chose the name after former prime minister H D Deve Gowda suggested that since it p

Cooperative banks still feel the pinch of note ban

The trauma of running from one closed ATM to another for cash may be over for most city dwellers, but the agrarian economy — dependent on cooperative banks — is yet to recover from the impact of demonetisation. The District Central Cooperative (DCC) banks, that are a federation of village-level c

CM promises hike in reservation quota

Ahead of the State Assembly elections scheduled to be held next year, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said that the government will take steps to increase the reservation quota in employment and education from the present 50% to 75%. The Chief Minister made the announcement at a programme o

ICSE class 10 Kannada question paper riddled with errors

Class 10 Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) students in the State who had opted for Kannada as their second language were stumped when they saw their question paper on Thursday. The paper was riddled with errors as some of the characters in the script were missing. Shobha G., whose

College girl trampled to death by elephant

A student, who was on her way to college with her brother, was trampled to death by a wild elephant near Devarapura in Kodagu district on Friday. The victim has been identified as P.M. Safana (20), a second-year B. Com. student of Cauvery College, Gonikoppal. She was the daughter of P.A. Mustafa,

Retirement at 60 yrs in private sector gets Karnataka Cabinet okay

BENGALURU, MARCH 26, 2017  - The Karnataka Cabinet on Friday approved a proposal to raise the retirement age for private sector employees to 60 years from the present 58 years. Schedule – 1 of Karnataka Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) rules 1961 will be amended to give effect to the

Congress petitions Election Commission against Yeddyurappa

The Congress on Saturday submitted a petition to the Election Commission of India seeking criminal proceedings against State BJP president B.S. Yeddyurappa for allegedly violating the poll code of conduct during a campaign in Gundlupet constituency. During the campaign, Mr. Yeddurappa allegedly said

CM flags off mobile medical units

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday flagged off 78 mobile medical units that will provide health services to people living in hilly remote areas, areas which are far-off from the health centres, areas with poor transport connectivity and areas which are mostly inhabited by Scheduled Castes and S

Saffron touch to protest against abattoir in Harohalli

A large procession, dominated by saffron, was taken out on the streets of Harohalli on the outskirts of Bengaluru against the construction of an abattoir in the area. Though the area has seen protests on and off for years citing environmental concerns, this time it was led by Raghaveshwara Bharathi,

Centre keen on waiving corporate tax but not farm loans: Yogendra Yadav

Psephologist and leader of Swaraj India Yogendra Yadav has accused the NDA government at the Centre of appeasing the corporate sector by waiving their taxes while not waiving debts of farmers who are victims of agrarian crisis. At a programme organised to merge 12-year-old Sarvodaya Karnataka Pak

Udupi among  four more districts in Karnataka to conduct  NEET

BENGALURU, March 24,2017 : Davanagere, Hubballi, Mysuru and Udupi districts are now among the places in Karnataka where aspiring doctors can take the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test. The Central Board of Secondary Education announced on Friday it was increasing the number of exam centres i

Retirement age in private sector to be 60 in Karnataka

Thousands of employees in the private sector who will be retiring this month-end will benefit from the State government’s decision to amend the Karnataka Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) (Amendment) Rules, 2009 to increase the retirement age from 58 to 60. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had p

Strike withdrawal is ‘conditional’, warn anganwadi workers

Anganwadi workers, who called off their four-day strike on Thursday have warned the government that their decision is conditional, subject to the outcome of the meeting scheduled on April 10, where they hope their demands will be met. The Karnataka State Anganwadi Workers’ Association said their

Political polarisation has begun in Karnataka: Krishna

Two days after joining the BJP, the former Chief Minister S.M. Krishna on Friday said political polarisation had begun in Karnataka. “A clear picture on the political polarisation in the State will emerge in five to six months from now,” he said after visiting the BJP State headquarters here for

Don’t be apathetic towards drought work, officials warned

Reviewing drought-relief measures here on Friday, District in-charge Secretary for Dharwad P. Manivannan issued a warning to officials that none would be spared if it was found that they had been apathetic towards problems pertaining to drinking water, fodder for cattle and creation of jobs under MN

Salary of guest lecturers increased

The State government has increased the remuneration of guest lecturers of first-grade colleges who have passed the national eligibility and the State eligibility tests and have Ph.D. degree, from ₹11,500 to ₹13,000. Announcing this in the Legislative Council on Friday, Higher Education Minister B