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  Red Alert Sounded In South Karnataka As Heavy Rains Predicted

  The Indian meteorological department (IMD) sounded red alert in south Karnataka, as heavy rains set to pound Kodagu, Chikkamagluru and Dakshina Kannada districts on Thursday, while there was a respite from rains in the other regions of the state.

• Will punish those responsible for leak of papers: Karnataka Government

  Karnataka Government said it would "get to the root" of the leak of Mathematics and Physics question papers of the second year Pre-University Exam recently, but ruled out a CBI probe.

• Maldivian national held for drug peddling

  A Maldivian national has been arrested here on charges of drug peddling and 350 grams of heroin seized from him, customs department said today. Naseer Ahmed was caught at Bengaluru International Airport while he was trying to board a Sri Lankan airlines flight on March 19, a release from the department here said. He was produced before a local co...

• Congress terms Karnataka Budget as old wine in new bottle

  Congress in Karnataka today said the budget presented by Chief Minister D V Sadananada Gowda was not growth-oriented and there were no new programmes and schemes for the state. Talking to reporters, Siddaramaiah, Opposition Leader in the state assembly, claimed that the performance of the previous budget, presented by former Chief Minister B S Yed...

• Two arrested for betting on crick match

  Two persons have been arrested on charges of running an illegal betting racket on cricket matches near here, police said today. The two were engaged in accepting bets on the cricket match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh at Mirpur yesterday, police said. Police seized Rs five lakh, a mobile phone and laptop, a City Crime Branch police statement s...

• Karnataka to set up green energy fund

  A green energy fund to encourage rooftop grid connected solar projects would be set up in Karnataka by levying a surcharge of five paise per unit on industrial and commercial consumers, Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda said today. "The surcharge will be complemented by support of Rs 25 crore from the State Budget during 2012-13", he said in the ...

• CID probe ordered into question paper leak

  The Karnataka Government ordered a CID probe into the leakage of second year pre-university Mathematics Examination question paper.

• CID probe ordered into PUC question paper leak

  The Karnataka Government today ordered a CID probe into the leakage of second year pre-university Mathematics Examination question paper. The government will detect those 'anti-social elements' behind the leakage and punish them, Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Visweshwara Hegde Kageri said in a statement here. The Pre-University Boa...

• Make keeping money abroad without permission an offence: Hegde

  Key Team Anna member N Santosh Hegde has said India should make keeping money abroad without permission an offence to force other countries to share information on illegal wealth stashed abroad. Welcoming the Budget proposal on tackling the menace of black money, Justice (Retd) Hegde said, "...you got to make having money abroad without permission...

• Gowda seeks cooperation of lawyers, media to resolve impasse

  With the confrontation among lawyers, mediapersons and police over the violence in Bangalore city civil court complex continuing, Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda today called for restraint and sought their cooperation for an amicable settlement to the issue.

• Family members of police demand action against erring lawyers

  Members of Karnataka State Police Family Members' Association today staged a demonstration here demanding stringent action against the advocates who recently assaulted police and mediapersons.

• Karnataka seeks increased coal supply

  Karnataka urged the Centre to step up coal supply from public sector companies to its thermal power stations to help it overcome the power crisis faced by the state.

• Fishermen killing: Law will take its own course, says Krishna

  External Affairs Minister S M Krishna today said the law of the country would take its own course in fishermen killing case in which the crew of an Italian ship fired at and killed two Indians off Kollam coast in Kerala. "The law of the land will take its own course in the incident where the crew of an Italian ship Enrica Lexie fired at and killed...

• Rowdy, 3 others arrested

  A history sheeter and his three aides have been arrested here for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to kill a rival gangster police said. Acting on a tip off, City Crime Branch officials arrested Jaraganahalli Mahesha, M S Harish, L Mahesha and K B Vinod Kumar recently, CCB police said in a release today.

• 26 held for duping women; jewellery worth Rs 65 lakh recovered

  City police have uncovered a racket by a gang in duping gullible women under the guise of police personnel and relieving them of gold ornaments with the arrest of 26 persons in Bidar recently and recovered jewellery valued at Rs 65 lakh from them. The gang members posing themselves as policemen, officials from CCB or CID used to target lone women ...