Bengaluru: Indira Canteens, the pet project of the previous Congress government to provide highly subsidised food to the urban poor, is on the verge of closure as neither the state government nor the Bengaluru corporation (BBMP) have made any budgetary allocations.

Mangaluru: District Court on Tuesday sentenced two people of seven year rigorous imprisonment after convicted them in robbery case. The court also fined the duo of Rs. 10,000 each.

Huballi: Former Karnataka CM and cabinet minister Jagadish Shettar on Tuesday said that the position of Deputy CM is not a constitutional position and is only created for the sake of respect. The Large and Medium Industries Ministers also added that he would not have accepted the post had it been offered to him.

Mumbai/Dehradun: Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya, the country's first woman DGP and whose inspiring true life story was adapted into a popular tele-serial 'Udaan' aired on Doordarshan in late 80s, died in a Mumbai hospital after prolonged illness.

Kolkata: West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh has courted controversy by advising his party workers to beat up Trinamool Congress activists and police personnel if they attack them and the consequences would be "managed".

Bengaluru: The PRS Legislative Research, which is an independent, not – for – profit institution looking into Legislative and Policies issues, has arranged a two and half a day comprehensive National Workshop for Karnataka Legislators on Education Challenges and Opportunities at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy from August 28 to 31 in New Delhi.

Bengaluru: The one-month-old B S Yediyurappa government has come under attack from senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah for making Laxman Savadi, who was caught on camera watching porn on his mobile phone during Assembly proceedings in 2012, as deputy Chief Minister.

Mangaluru: With the final forensic report confirming Cafe Coffee Day founder V G Siddhartha's death was suicide, the city police investigating the case has begun the second phase of the probe to find out the exact reason that forced the business magnate to take the extreme step.