Sun, 21 May 2017 17:49:11
The victims of endosulfan pesticide in Dakshina Kannada district have decided to go on an indefinite fast if the government did not agree to their demands including permanent rehabilitation.
In a statement here, Samiti president K Shridhara Gowda said a dharna would be held by endosulfan victims at Kokkada in Puttur taluk of the district on May 27.
The Samiti had invited Chief Minister Sidd
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Sun, 21 May 2017 12:15:00
Less than a week after a tragic accident while returning from Velankanni claimed the lives of seven persons of a family from Kasargod, another family, this time from Kundapur, met with an accident while returning from the same pilgrimage centre.
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Sat, 20 May 2017 20:59:55
Accusing the Election Commission of working under political pressure, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday said it was "delaying the EVM hackathon".
The allegation came hours before the Election Commission's scheduled demonstration on the working of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and VVPATs to allay fears that these can be tampered with in favour of a particular candidate or party.
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Sat, 20 May 2017 20:56:07
Amidst reports linking IAS officer Anurag Tewari's mysterious death to the alleged corruption in the state food and civil supplies department, of which he was the commissioner, food and civil supplies minister U T Khader said that the state government in no way is connected to the officer's death.
"Tewari was with the food and civil supplies departmemnt for just 132 days and he worked for just
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Sat, 20 May 2017 20:30:17
The Congress will be carrying out a survey about the performance of its government and legislators to formalise its strategy in the run up to the 2018 Assembly election, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said today.
His remarks came after reports that the BJP reportedly is conducting a "secret survey" through a private agency in the 224 assembly constituencies in the state, based on which t
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Sat, 20 May 2017 20:28:01
The International Court of Justice has not given any order regarding consular access for Kulbhushan Jadhav who has been sentenced to death according to the laws of Pakistan, the country's top diplomat said today.
"The ICJ has only asked Pakistan to keep a stay on Jadhav's execution until it arrives at a decision," Pakistan PM's Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said.
Addressing a press
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Sat, 20 May 2017 20:22:55
After being granted bail in the much disputed 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case, former MP RV Vedanti on Saturday, in an explosive revelation, said the pulling down of the 'edifice' had the backing of the then government.
Vedanti said that the then prime minister PV Narasimha Rao had agreed to their request of not sending any forces in order to smoothen the process of demolition without any hin
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