Of the 65,000 H-1B visas the USCIS issues for October 1-September 30 period every year, about 40,000 are bagged by Indian firms, mostly in the services sector.

Bengaluru: KPCC President Dr G Parameshwara clarified that there was no proposal before the government to ban Popular Front of India.

Mysuru: A huge explosion sound heard in and around Kuvempu Nagar created panic among residents in Mysuru today.

Bengaluru: Congress Leader Narayan Swami, who threw petrol inside BBMP office, surrendered at Ram Murthy Nagar police station.

Bengaluru: In a bid to provide free health checkup and treatment, JDS State President KD Kumaraswamy flagged off a free health checkup and treatment vehicle.

Mandya: Unable to bear the death of K. S. Puttannaiah, who died on Sunday due to cardiac arrest, his fan allegedly committed suicide on Thursday.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday dubbed the NDA government a '90 per cent commission sarkar', retaliating to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's taunt that the ruling Congress government in the state was a '10 per cent commission sarkar'.

Mandya: K.S. Puttannaiah, Melkote MLA and senior Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) leader, who passed away on February 18 due to cardiac arrest, was laid to rest with full state honours at his farm in his native village Kyathanahalli, this afternoon.