Bengaluru: CREDAI on Friday said Bengaluru is one of the least affected cities due to the demonetisation move as the market here has been predominantly transparent with cash transactions almost being negligible. “Bengaluru is one of the least affected cities, the reason being the market here has

Bengaluru: Karnataka will use national optic fibre network to provide last mile connectivity in all villages across the state for digital inclusion, said Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday. “We will bank on the national optic fibre network to provide last mile connectivity in all villages, as

Bengaluru: Days after the driver of a logistics agency fled with a van with Rs 1.37 crore cash collected from banks, police today arrested his wife Elvin here. “We have arrested the absconding driver’s wife and are interrogating, but cannot give more details as she is being questioned,” police sa

Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council K.S. Eshwarappa accused the Congress government of failing to protect the lives of RSS workers in the State. During the question hour on Thursday, Mr. Eshwarappa said the government had done nothing so far though three RSS workers had been killed i

India has reported an outbreak of a highly contagious bird flu virus in Karnataka, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Friday, citing a report from the Indian agriculture ministry. The H5N8 virus was confirmed among birds in the village of Itagi, and all 1,593 of the birds at r

Belagavi (Karnataka): Reeling under severe drought, Karnataka on Thursday urged the Centre to waive off 50 per cent of the farm loans, as the state government is ready to write off the rest. “We will write off 50 per cent of the loans if the central government waives off 50 per cent of the money

Belagavi (Karnataka): Karnataka government today said it has not been able to provide state-run bus transport service to 257 villages due to bad roads. This was stated in the Legislative Assembly by Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy in response to a question on rural bus connectivity through sta

Bengaluru: The Indian Air Force (IAF) has accorded initial operational clearance (IOC) to the upgraded Jaguar after its deputy chief flew the attack aircraft here, the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) said on Wednesday. “Deputy Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal R.K.S. Bhadauria gave the IOC

Bengaluru: In a daring daylight heist, the driver of a logistic agency today fled with a van laden with Rs 1.37 crore cash, collected from banks here, police said. Dominic, hired by Logicash, an outsourcing agency, drove away the van with the cash when two other employees had gone to a bank in th

BENGALURU: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday chargesheeted Abdul Wahid Siddibapa alias Abdul Wahid alias Khan alias Hafeez, 35, who hailed from Bhatkal and stayed in Dubai.This is in connection with a case where top Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives have been accused of planning to

Within days after G Janardhan Reddy's daughter's lavish wedding grabbed headlines for its uber splendour, Income Tax Department has raided the mining baron's offices in Bellari.  According to a report in OneIndia, a team of five I-T Department officials raided the former BJP lawmaker's Obulapuram M

The Karnataka High Court on Friday ordered winding up of the now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines Ltd for failing to pay $6 million (Rs 41 crore) dues to a British firm that supplied aircraft components to it. Pronouncing the order, Justice Vineet Kothari directed the official liquidator to take posse

Bengaluru: More than 100 students of Visvesvaraya Technical University (VTU) sat on a hunger strike on Saturday alleging a cock-up in the checking of their papers by the examiners, resulting in an unusual number of students failing. The students demanded that those failed be advanced to the next

Bhatkallys News Service/ Ismail Zaorez Shabab Mangaluru: Heavy protest came in against the Tipu Jayanti Celebration in Mangaluru by right wing organizations like Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal activists. The District administration celebrated Tipu Jayanthi at Zilla Panchayath auditorium on

Leading private carrier Jet Airways will operate a daily service to Singapore from here from December 14 to expand its connectivity in the Asean region, the airline said on Monday. “The new flight is introduced to meet the demand for a direct flight to Singapore from business travellers across sout

Bengaluru, 9 Nov 2016: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday urged British Prime Minister Theresa May to review the new immigration policy and relax visa rules for Indian techies and students pursuing higher studies in Britain. “I request you to review the new policy and restore the 20,8

Bengaluru: Upping the ante against Congress government over the celebrations of “Tipu Jayanti”, Karnataka BJP President B S Yeddyurappa today asked the party cadre to scale up the protests against it on November 10 when the event will be held. Speaking at an “anti-Tipu Jayanti” rally here, as the

Mysuru: Former revenue minister V Srinivas Prasad launched a scathing attack on the chief minister at Swabhimana Samavesha in Nanjangud on Tuesday. Prasad, who was dropped in June's cabinet reshuffle, compared Siddaramaiah with the 14th century Delhi sultan, Mohammad-Bin-Tughluq, and said he's the m