Bengaluru, May 25 (IANS) The BJP on Monday alleged that the Karnataka government was earning an additional Rs 6,000 crore annually through the hike in petrol taxes while blaming the Centre over rising fuel costs.Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru, Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly, R. Ashoka, alleged that the state government had increased VAT on petrol and was misleading the public by targeting the Union government instead of reducing state taxes.He claimed that petrol pric…
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Karwar (Karnataka), May 25 (IANS) Karnataka’s communally sensitive coastal town of Bhatkal remained tense on Monday following protests over the relocation of the Hindu religious site ‘Moorin Katte’.Authorities have imposed prohibitory orders for three days, while the police have registered four FIRs and arrested six persons in connection with the incident.Security has been tightened at all sensitive locations in the region, and police have launched a further investigation into the matter. Nine…
Karwar (Karnataka), May 25 (IANS) The death toll in the shellfish tragedy, in which members of a family drowned while collecting shellfish in a river in Karnataka’s Karwar district, has risen to 11 on Monday.The body of Mahadev Nayak, who had gone missing while collecting shellfish at Alvekodi in Bhatkal, has been recovered, taking the total death toll in the tragedy to 11, said officials.The body was recovered during a joint operation carried out by the NDRF team and the team led by Eshwar Ma…
Karwar (Karnataka), May 24 (IANS) The death toll in the shellfish tragedy, in which members of a family drowned while collecting shellfish in a river in Karnataka’s Karwar district on Sunday, has risen to 10. Locals rescued three people, while a search is underway for another missing family member.The identities of two other persons are yet to be ascertained. Further details are awaited.Condoling the deaths, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has announced Rs 5 lakh compensation each for the families…
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu and Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan on Sunday expressed sorrow over the reported deaths of at least eight members of a family due to drowning in Karnataka’s Uttar Kannada district.The family was on its way to collect black clams on the Tatthehakalu beach near Bhatkal in Uttar Kannada.In a post on X, President Droupadi Murmu said: “The news of the tragic loss of lives in an accident in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka is very distressing…