We expected protests if SC order was against us: Home Minister
Home Minister G Parameshwara on Monday said videos of attacks on Kannada speaking people in various parts of Tamil Nadu triggered violent protests in Bengaluru, Mysuru and Mandya. He said while...
View ArticleLinkedIn unveils 3 new products for India market
Even though LinkedIn continues to close its $26.2 billion acquisition by Microsoft, the US-based professional network, with over 37 million members in India, unveiled three products for the country on...
View ArticleRiding ahead of maiden launch, Tork evolves electric charging ecosystem
Homegrown electric motorcycle manufacturer Tork has announced plans to unveil its first commercial product — T6X — within the next couple of months, even as it charts a unique...
View ArticleTata Steel losses increase 10-fold in Q1 at Rs 3,183 cr
Tata Steel has reported over a ten-fold increase in consolidated net losses for the quarter ended June 30, 2016, at Rs 3183.07 crore, compared with a loss of Rs 316.91 crore in the same quarter...
View ArticleCauvery Kutumba acknowledges crisis in both states
Protests being staged in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have come as a blow to the Cauvery Kutumba (family), which has been striving to resolve the Cauvery river water sharing issue peacefully. The Kutumba...
View ArticleDon't politicise issue: Sadananda Gowda
Union Minister for Programme Implementation and Statistics D V Sadananda Gowda on Monday appealed to all political parties and various organisations not to politicise the Cauvery water issue.Appealing...
View ArticleMinisters to meet today to discuss SC order
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has convened a special meeting of the Council of Ministers on Tuesday to discuss the fallout of the modified order of the Supreme Court.Monday's order not only extends the...
View ArticleNitin, Swetha emerge comfortable winners
Nitin T and Swetha K clinched titles in the men's and women's categories respectively in the Vishwanath Bhusnoor memorial State-ranking table tennis tournament here on Monday.In the men's final, Nitin...
View ArticleAjinkya to take on Chinmaya
Top seed Ajinkya Joshi will take on Chinmaya Venkatesh, seeded fourth, in the boys' under-15 final of the R Subbanna memorial and Yonex State badminton championship here.Joshi overcame Bhuvan Rajesh...
View ArticleSand mining activities: Protest rally planned
The people affected following a stay order on sand mining activities in the district have condemned the lackadaisical approach of the district administration in representing the stance at National...
View ArticleCall to educate people on water conservation
Zilla Panchayat PISrividya said learning to read and write is not enough, one must be able to sensibly address to the country's problems. She was speaking at World Literacy Day programme organised by...
View ArticleStaff accused of sexual harassment can be transferred
Central government employees accused of sexual harassment can be transferred to ensure they don't influence victims.An order to this effect was issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT)...
View ArticleMamata to distribute cheques to farmers
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday she will return land to over 9,000 farmers in Singur by September 14. After a high-powered meeting at the state secretariat, Mamata announced she will also...
View ArticleBeaten naked for turning on geyser, housewife hangs herself
Unable to digest her husband's inhuman treatment before his family members, a home-maker and mother of two allegedly committed suicide here on Sunday morning.The case that came to light on Monday has...
View ArticleHC stays Amaravati Swiss Challenge model
The High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad on Monday stayed the Swiss Challenge model adopted by Andhra Pradesh to select a developer for its proposed new capital city of Amaravati. The court, which...
View ArticleWorld Group the target: Nadal
The anticipated arrival of Spain's Davis Cup team had stiffened the security measures at the RK Khanna stadium on Monday. The retinue of the visitors was slow to trickle in, even as the likes of Rafael...
View ArticlePresident sacks Arunachal Governor Rajkhowa
Arunachal Pradesh Governor J P Rajkhowa was sacked on Monday, two months after the Supreme Court's sharp rebuke for his decision that led to President's Rule in the state, which subsequently led to the...
View ArticleCabinet clears higher education fund agency
In its effort to raise capital from the marketplace to fund infrastructure uplift of higher institutions, the Cabinet on Monday approved creation of non-banking higher education financing agency...
View ArticleDalit activist asks Bachchan to smell stinking Gujarat
Una Dalit Atyachar Sangharsh Samiti, the organisation spearheading the Dalit struggle in Gujarat has asked actor Amitabh Bachchan to smell the state's stink after they refused to remove carcases of the...
View ArticleGovt invokes rare law to restrict foreign aid to Zakir Naik's NGO
The government on Monday invoked a rarely used provision under the law to issue a gazette notification to restrict controversial preacher Zakir Naik's NGO from receiving foreign funds.The notification,...
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