Facing severe water shortage and high vegetable prices, restaurants/hotels serving South Indian meals are mulling ways to tackle the situation, including stopping lunch meals, said an official of a hotel association.
Written by Maya Sharma | Monday June 17, 2019, Bengaluru
A man was killed in central Bengaluru on Monday allegedly after an under construction water tank collapsed. Several others working at the site in the city's Jogupalya area were rescued from the debris by a team, including members of the NDRF and the fire service.
The Kerala Congress (M), a key partner of the Congress-led United Democratic Front government in Kerala, suffered a split on Sunday with a faction in the party electing Rajya Sabha MP Jose K Mani, son of its founder late KM Mani, as the Chairman.
Already reeling from the defection of 12 legislators to the TRS, the Congress received another jolt on Saturday when one of its legislators, Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy, criticised the party's leadership.
After one positive case and over 300 suspects, the scare of the second attack of Nipah virus in Kerala is over, state Health Minister K.K. Shailaja told the media on Saturday.
Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought central assistance to the state reeling under severe drought due to 45 per cent shortfall in the rainfall.
The BJP has alleged that the sale of 3,667 acres of land to JSW Steel for only Rs 1 lakh per acre, which they call "throwaway" prices, will provide the ruling Congress-JDS coalition with "kickbacks"
Written by Maya Sharma | Friday June 14, 2019, Bengaluru
The Janata Dal Secular-Congress coalition government in Karnataka on Friday inducted two independent lawmakers to its cabinet on Friday, apparently in an attempt to provide stability after the parties' dismal performance in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls.
Days after news of the disappearance of Mansoor Khan, the owner of a firm in Bengaluru in which thousands had invested, people are still approaching the police in the city with complaints over the money they fear they have lost forever.
The Left government in Kerala Friday asked a state-run akademi to review its decision honouring a cartoon depicting Bishop Franco Mullakal as a rooster and alluding to the charge of rape against him.
The TRS would give issue-based support to the BJP-led NDA government, a senior leader of the ruling party in Telangana said Friday, ahead of the commencement of the Lok Sabha session next week.
Edited by Stela Dey | Friday June 14, 2019, New Delhi
Andhra Pradesh's new chief minister Jagan Mohan Reddy met Union Home Minister Amit Shah this evening over the special status demand for his state, a day ahead of the NITI Aayog meet that will be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
An order issued to officials of the Southern Railway to communicate only in English or Hindi was struck down on Friday following a new controversy in Tamil Nadu less than two weeks after a widespread uproar over allegations of Hindi being imposed on South Indian states.
Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today expanded his cabinet by inducting two Independent MLAs into the ministry in an apparent move to give stability to his 13-month-old wobbly government.
The Delhi Police has arrested a Nigerian national, who was staying illegally in India, for allegedly duping several people to the tune of crores on the pretext of helping them export a herbal oil to Ghana.
