State news

SM Krishna's BJP induction postponed by a week due to sister's passing

Bangaluru, March 15,2017 (FP):After a thumping victory in Uttar Pradesh and with an eye on next year's Assembly election in Karnataka, the BJP was all set to induct former external affairs minister and a seasoned politician, who quit the Congress in January this year. In fact

NRI Forum Karnataka gears up for big plans

Mangaluru, March 15, --Budgetary allocation of Rs 10 crore sought, says its deputy chairperson In what bodes a good sign for non-resident Indians from Karnataka, the non-resident Indians (NRI) forum has planned a slew of programmes for the benefit of the diaspora outside the country. Addressin

Bengaluru to get Namma Canteens

Bangaluru, March 15,2017: Chief Mminister Siddaramaiah has announced “Namma Canteen” for Bengaluru city, on the lines of Amma Canteens in Tamil Nadu, in his State budget presentation. The budget has announced that the subsidised canteens will provide breakfast, lunch and dinner to the common man at

Karnataka State Budget Highlights

Bangaluru, March 15 2017 :Siddaramaiah presented state budget 2017-18. The highlights are as follows Pay commission to be set up for benefit of state government employees Construction of 3-D mini planetarium at Madikeri and Gadag at an estimated cost of Rs 5.75 crore each Free Wi-fi facil

Airport for Karwar in State Budget 2017-18

Bhatkallys News Service | March 15, 2017 BANGALORE -  Karwar is among three places in Karnataka identified to construct a new airport. This was revealed by  Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who also holds Finance portfolio,  presenting  the State budget for 2017-18 in the State Legislative As

Recruitment rally in Karwar by Navy

KARWAR - The Indian Navy will hold a special recruitment rally for the posts of sailors (entry level) and senior secondary  recruits at INS Kadamba Naval Base in Karwar onMarch 22. Candidates should report at 7am on March 22. To know about eligibility conditions, selection criteria, selection p

Karnataka: Toll employee swipes Rs 4 lakh instead of Rs 40 from doctor's card

Mangaluru: An attendant at Gundmi toll gate on the Kochi-Mumbai National Highway on Saturday swiped Rs 4 lakh instead of Rs 40 from a doctor’s debit card. According to a report, the incident took place on Saturday night when the doctor from Mysuru, Karnataka, was heading to Mumbai in his car. The

Legalising Manual Scavenging on the Cards for Karnataka Minister

Bengaluru: A week after three manual scavengers died in a manhole while trying to clear a clogged drain, a senior Karnataka Minister said he may consider legalising manual scavenging in “inevitable” circumstances. This statement came from H Anjaneya, the Minister for Social Welfare, the man who i

Former Congress leader SM Krishna set to join BJP this week

India’s former External Affairs Minister and former Karnataka Chief Minister SM Krishna is set to join the BJP this week in New Delhi, said a party official on Monday. “Krishna will join our party in New Delhi on March 15 or 16 after meeting party’s national President Amit Shah. He will also call on

BJP COUNCILLOR HACKED TO DEATH NEAR BENGALURU

Bengaluru: A BJP councillor was today hacked to death by unidentified assailants at Anekal in Bengaluru rural district, police said. “BJP councillor and Dalit leader Srinivas Prasad, popularly known as Kithaganahalli Vasu, was stabbed with sharp weapons around 5 AM,” Bengaluru Rural Superintend

Delta Eye Care hospital, Mangalore  to open on Sunday

Bhatkallys News | March 14,2017 MANGALORE - A new eye care centre is coming up in Mangalore. The Delta Eye Care hospital is slated to open  at 10:30AM on Sunday, March 19, 2017 at the  hands of   U.T. Khader, Minister for Food and Civil Supplies, Government of Karnataka. Located

4 Muslims stripped, thrashed, paraded by saffron activists in Gadag

Gadag, Mar 13: In a shocking incident, four persons belonging to Muslim community including two minors were stripped and assaulted in Nargund town of Gadag district on Saturday by a group of Hindutva activist for allegedly circulating an ‘incendiary’ video clipping. Police sources said that, as m

INS TILLANCHANG COMMISSIONED AT KARWAR

Karwar : The Indian Navy Ship (INS) Tillanchang, a Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC) was commissioned into the Indian Navy by Vice Admiral Girish Luthra, the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command, on Thursday. INS Tillanchang is the third ship of four follow-on WJFAC built by t

POLICE SMELL A RAT IN DEATHS OF 3 STUDENTS DUE TO POISON AT HULIYAR HOSTEL

Bengaluru: The test conducted following the death of three students of a private international residential school in Karnataka’s Tumakuru district, revealed that the food was poisoned. This points the needle of suspicion towards hostel staff. Dr. Dinesh, district doctor of Tumakuru, who conduct

Mangaluru: Training camp to encourage youth to join Army

In order to encourage the youth to enlist as soldiers, the district administration is organising a training camp and awareness programme here. The Indian Army will hold a recruitment rally for five categories of soldiers at Sainik School in Vijayapura from May 12 to 18. In 2015, 64 candidates app

Kavita Sanil elected Mayor of Mangaluru

Kavita Sanil of the Congress was elected Mayor of Mangaluru in the elections here on Thursday. Rajaneesh K. of the same party was elected unopposed Deputy Mayor. Both of them are Commerce graduates and their term would end on March 8 next. Ms. Sanil defeated Poornima of the BJP by 38-20 votes. Th

B'luru-Mysuru track doubling to be completed in a month

Bhatkallys News Service | March 10,2017 Srirangapatna (Mandya district) -- The travel time by trains from Bengaluru to Mysuru is expected to be reduced by another 10 minutes, in a couple of months, once the gap of 500 metres between the two pairs of bridges, across the two branches of the River Cau

Fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya tweets he's ready to talk to banks for 'one-time settlement'

Liquor baron Vijay Mallya -- Indian fugitive in the UK wanted for wilful tax evasion and loan defaults -- took to Twitter on Friday, saying he was ready to negotiate with banks to pay a "one-time settlement" charge on his Rs 9,000 crore loan default. "Public sector banks have policies for one-tim