New Delhi: In a shocking disclosure, gold medal boxer Rishu Mittal from Haryana has been forced to work as a maid in order to pay her school fees. Despite Indian sport slowly improving with better infrastructure and greater funding, the plight of Mittal is truly shocking. Mittal won a gold medal at state level championship […]
Bengaluru : Sudhir Reddy, the husband of IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri, has taken strong objection to the State government stating that she had shared more than cordial relationship with her batchmate D K Ravi, who died under mysterious circumstances on March 16. In his objections, Reddy, the petitioner, has said the statement was uncalled for, wholly […]
Bengaluru : Liquor and tobacco products are set to become more expensive as CM Siddaramaiah increased the VAT on them from between 17 to 24 percent, while presenting his 10th state budget on Friday. He also announced 1 percent hike in tax on petrol and diesel in the state budget for 2015-16. There was a […]
Bengaluru : A man, said to be a Tamil Nadu police sub-inspector, allegedly beat up his daughter on a street in Bengaluru with about 50 people simply watching it with pictures of the incident posted on a Facebook page by a techie going viral. A city-based programme manager at a tech firm has posted pictures […]
Bengaluru : The State government is making preparations to launch a dedicated channel to broadcast the State legislature proceedings, said Minister for Infrastructure Development, Information and Haj R Roshan Baig on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters at the KPCC office here, he said the presiding officers of both the Assembly and the Council had already approved […]
New Delhi: Finance minister Arun Jaitley has focused more on reforms and less on populism in his first full year Budget. Corporate class can cheer over the reforms and cut in corporate tax but middle class seems to be disappointed by the budget as income-tax slab remains unchanged. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had informed his […]
New Delhi: Keeping passenger fares unchanged, Minister Suresh Prabhu presented his maiden budget for Indian Railways Thursday, promising to balance passenger needs and long-term interests of the organisation to benchmark it globally on quality, safety and reach. Nine more high-speed trains, faster speed of existing trains, Wi-Fi in 400 stations, user-friendly ladders to mount upper […]
Mysuru : Slogans were rented in the air soon after Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, the adopted son of Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, began his procession in the historical silver chariot from the Aane Bagilu of the Amba Vilas Palace, on Monday evening. Though the procession was delayed by over an hour, people waited to catch a glimpse of […]
Vadodara: Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP may gain control of a taluka (tehsil) panchayat in Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as eight rebel BJP members on Monday said they wanted to join it. Savli taluka panchayat, with a total of 17 members, was controlled by BJP, which had 10 members. Congress has six […]
New Delhi : AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal today took oath as the eighth Chief Minister of Delhi at the historic Ramlila Ground here, exactly a year after he quit from the post on the Lokpal issue. Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung administered the oath of office and secrecy to Kejriwal and six other ministers as a […]
