Sanjay Manjrekar launches debut Rabindra Sangeet album
Ace cricketer-turned-commentator, Sanjay Manjrekar, has taken up a lot of tough tasks as part of the Indian cricket squad for years. This festive season, however, he has hit a high note in a completely...
View ArticleSink your differences, BJP top brass tells state leaders
Bickering between BJPleaders BSYeddyurappa and KSEshwarappa has made the party central leadership sit up and take stock of the situation.BJPNational General Secretary (Organisation)Ramlal, who is...
View ArticleHIV & AIDS Bill: cabinet okays amendments
More than two years after it was introduced in Parliament, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a set of amendments to the HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Bill, 2014, aiming to secure the...
View ArticleNow, Sidhu's outfit mulls over alliance with Congress
Reports of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and former BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu meeting in New Delhi recently have fueled talks of an alliance between the Congress and Sidhu's newly formed...
View ArticleRain brings respite to Gujarat farmers
After a dry spell for the best part of the monsoon season, Gujarat has been getting good rain in the last three days with the total levels reaching 88% of its average.Saurashtra has already received...
View ArticleSword still hanging on state's head, says chief minister
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that the drinking water situation in the state hinges on the Supreme Court judgement in the petition challenging the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes...
View ArticleAct promptly on drought: SC to Centre
The Supreme Court on Wednesday told the Union government to change its mindset to act promptly on tackling the drought situation in various parts of the country."Don't dig the well when the house is on...
View ArticleCongress planning Ahinda push
Not willing to be left behind in the race to garner support of Ahinda communities, the state Congress is planning a series of conventions across the state in November.Ahinda is the Kannada acronym for...
View ArticleDrugs racket: Air Force officer sent to judicial custody
Wing Commander G Rajasekhar Reddy of the Indian Air Force (IAF), the mastermind in the drugs ring busted here and Bengaluru was produced before the Ranga Reddy district court at LB Nagar here on...
View ArticleIf terror not addressed, Saarc has no future: Lanka
Sri Lanka on Wednesday said the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) has "no future" unless it could address the issue of "cross-border terrorism"."If we don't do it (address the...
View ArticleBelagavi, Davangere get Rs 388 cr each for Smart City mission
The cities of Belagavi and Davangere have received Rs 388 crore each, 10 months after being selected for the Smart City initiative, to execute their planned projects. The Centre and state governments...
View ArticleTerror plot convict gets life imprisonment
A Bengaluru court on Wednesday sentenced Bilal Ahmed Kota alias Imran Jalal, a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative, to life imprisonment. He is convicted for hatching a criminal conspiracy to attack...
View ArticleCong in a bind over Nirupam's remarks
The Congress appears to be reserving its fire power against the Modi government on its Pakistan policy even as it is grappling with a perception problem caused by statements by leaders such as Sanjay...
View ArticleSupreme Court approves HUDA's land acquisition
The Supreme Court has put its seal of approval to Hubli-Dharwad Urban Development Authoritys acquisition of 54 acres and 39 guntas of land for a housing project.A bench of Justices Anil R Dave and L...
View ArticleDrifting Pak boats keep BSF on tenterhooks
Drifting of Pakistani boats into Indian waters on the western coast is giving the BSF anxious moments with the third such case in the last four days reported on Wednesday.The interception of the...
View ArticleCID gives clean chit to Handibag
The CID, which was tasked with the probe into the kidnap that led to the suicide of DySPKallappaHandibag, is learnt to have given a clean chit to the deceased officer.In its final report submitted to...
View ArticleSurveyor caught taking bribe
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials on Wednesday arrested a land surveyor while he was receiving a bribe. The accused is Boregowda, the Ramanagaram taluk land surveyor. The complainant had bought...
View ArticleIndia dismisses Sharif's comment
India on Wednesday dismissed Pakistan Prime Minister M Nawaz Sharif's speech to his country's parliament, stating that it once again betrayed Islamabad's links with terrorists.After Sharif referred to...
View ArticleSeparate C&R rules for food safety inspectors on cards
The state Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to come out with a separate cadre and recruitment rules for appointing food safety inspectors in the state.The Cabinet not only gave its approval to...
View ArticleMehbooba discusses J&K security situation with Modi
Amid heightened tensions between India and Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday discussed the prevailing security situation in the state with Prime Minister Narendra...
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