Confirming that he has decided to contest from one of the Assembly constituencies in north Karnataka in the upcoming Assembly elections, BJP State president B.S. Yeddyurappa on Monday said he would “welcome” it if Chief Minister Siddaramaiah were to do the same. At the same time in Chickballapur,

You may think Ballari is all about high day temperatures and humidity. But head towards Sandur in September, and you will be proved wrong. The cool environs of Sandur, an erstwhile princely State in the district, now abounds with nature’s beauty, with the hill ranges covered with greenery. To top

Former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa’s counsel argued in the High Court of Karnataka on Monday that the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) had no power to commence probe against him without prior sanction from its appointing authority. Sanction is required according to conditions laid down by the gov

After initial plans of hosting India in December for the Boxing Day Test, South Africa’s plans were foiled with India arriving in the last week of December in the country and wanting some time to get used to the conditions including by playing a practice match. With that in mind, India’s Test series

Hardik Pandya’s cricket is visceral in nature. His primal instincts take centre-stage. He can be brutal with the bat, bowls with pace, doesn’t hold anything back on the field. Negativity doesn’t cloud his thinking even during adversity; with him, it’s pure, unbridled aggression. Hardik’s ex

AHMEDABAD: It looks like that BJP president Amit Shah almost saved Maya Kodnani, one of the prime accused in 2002 riots of Gujarat, as he appeared in the court today. Kodnani, who served as Gujarat’s minister for Women and Child Development till she was arrested in 2009, is one of 79 people facing t

Kerala [India]: The Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) on Monday filed an appeal against the Kerala High Court against lifting lifetime ban imposed on tainted pacer S. Sreesanth. While filing the appeal, the BCCI said that that the High Court’s decision was contrary to the existing norms. In

Manchester: Jose Mourinho believes star striker Wayne Rooney will one day return to Manchester United. Rooney’s return to Old Trafford ended in a dismal defeat as Manchester United thrashed Everton 4-0 to move joint top of the Premier League on Sunday evening. The former England skipper return

New Delhi: A new feature in WhatsApp with the beta version of WhatsApp on Android platform will allow users to free up space on your phone without deleting essential things. The feature has been available on iOS for some time. To put it in use, WhatsApp has included a new storage management secti

New Delhi: State Bank of India (SBI) expects to collect Rs 2,000 crore as penalty on savings bank accounts which have failed to maintain a minimum balance, a sum which may be used to partly cover the costs incurred on the linking of accounts with Aadhaar. The recent directive of the government to

Washington: Six young undocumented migrants filed suit in San Francisco federal court against President Donald Trump for committing an “unprecedented violation” of their rights by abruptly ending the so-called DACA immigration program. In the lawsuit on Monday, the undocumented migrants, known as

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]: The Thane anti-extortion cell (AEC) on Monday apprehended younger brother of wanted criminal Dawood Ibrahim. According to reports, Iqbal Kaskar, Dawood’s sibling was arrested by former encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma following charges of extortion. Reportedly,

Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh: Rohingya Muslims fleeing a Myanmar military offensive arrived in Bangladesh on Monday with fresh accounts of violence and arson as a rights group called for sanctions and an arms embargo to stop what the United Nations has branded ethnic cleansing. The latest wave of viol

Friday, 15 September 2017: Two thousand women in the Sudanese capital Khartoum have taken to the streets riding bicycles, breaking the norms and customs of the conservative society they are part of and promoting eco-friendly healthy living. Launched In February of this year, the initiat

10,000 toilets were built in ten days in Abahanpur development block of Chhattisgarh’s Raipur district under the Swachh Bharat Mission. Union minister of information and broadcasting Smriti Irani took part in ‘Swachhta hi Sewa’ programs in Kendri (Abhanpur development block) and Mandir Hasaud (Ar

Many Rohingya refugees have links with the global terror outfit Islamic State as well as Pakistan’s spy agency ISI and allowing them to stay in India would pose a security threat to the country, the government told the Supreme Court on Monday. The Centre also said the plan to deport Roh

Lucknow, 18 September 2017: A one-and-a-half month old girl child died at a Lucknow hospital on Wednesday, hours after being vaccinated against polio and other diseases, the Hindustan Times reported. The child’s family said that she had no illness when she was taken to the Veerangana Avantibai Ho

Bhatkallys News Bureau Bhatkal 19 Sept 2017: Abdul Latif Shaikh, a grade X student of Shams English Medium School Bhatkal secured first place at the district level chess competition and eventually is selected to play at the state level chess championship, dates of which is expected to be out soon