The law department has been asked to prepare a draft to annul Section 30, Sub-sec (3) and Column 25 of the 1961 Act in order to promulgate an ordinance to permit women to work in night shifts
The AFC Cup quarter-final between Bengaluru FC and Singapore's Tampines Rovers will be played behind closed doors in Bengaluru on Wednesday after incidents of street violence and vandalism in the city owing to the Cauvery water dispute.
The Karnataka government has withdrawn its ban on the sale of 12 soft drinks, including Pepsi and Coca-Cola, in and around educational institutions, hospitals and government offices.
The newly-appointed chairman of the commission, Justice S R Naik, said that the need of the hour is a strong and unambiguous policy to tackle terrorism.
In 2009, ArcelorMittal had picked up a stake in Uttam Galva Steels. A new Section 29A of the IBC prohibits promoters of companies with NPAs of more than a year from bidding for these companies.
M P Prakash, the strongman of the JD-S, in an interview with rediff.com correspondent Vicky Nanjappa, bares his heart about the fate of Karnataka politics, the future of the JD-S and the influence of the Gowda clan on the entire political mess that Karnataka is in at present.
The Assam government has taken the initiative to pay workers their wages electronically and has asked banks to open branches adjacent to tea gardens and install ATMs in estates.
The government on Wednesday granted approval to Nokia, Wipro, Hewlett Packard, Reliance, Biocon, Ranbaxy Laboratories, Mahindra and Mahindra, Reliance energy and Adani Group's to set up Special Economic zones.
The sketches have reportedly been drawn based on the inputs from CCTV footage and description by eyewitnesses.
Director Kavitha Lankesh talks about her upcoming Tananam Tananam.
Four teams have been formed by police as part of its probe into the murder of noted Kannada progressive thinker and scholar M M Kalburgi, who was shot dead at his residence at Dharwad in north Karnataka on Sunday.
'Tipu Sultan was no doubt a valiant fighter who vigorously opposed the British, but that cannot mitigate the fact that he was also by all accounts a religious bigot -- a figure incompatible with modern secular times,' says Vivek Gumaste.
A six-time member of Parliament, Kumar had climbed the political ladder steadily from being an Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh worker to be the Union minister in his thirties.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has been persuaded to agree to a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into IAS officer D K Ravi's death.
The SC on Monday sought responses from former Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa seeking removal of public prosecutor.
After its image took a beating thanks to the UK terror plot, Bangalore city will now try and regain its image as the top IT city in the region by portraying itself as the IT Gateway to Asia.
Starting from next week several US business delegations would visit Bangalore to interact with Karnataka government to explore investment opportunities and at least Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion) investment would be flowing soon.
The Karnataka government on Monday cleared IT major Tata Consultancy Services' proposal for special economic zones at four locations in the state with a combined investment of Rs 1,150 crore.
Siddaramaiah asked "If Bengaluru people don't want, why do we want it?"
The fresh ban came after the government informed the high court last week that it had withdrawn its August 14 ban on the sale of soft drinks.
The tier II city of Mysore will have its first MNC when the IT department of a US retail chain, Target, opens its shop on a 21-acre land at Koorgahalli, close to Infosys Technologies.
The Karnataka government has re-imposed a ban on the sale and distribution of soft drinks within schools, colleges and hostels with immediate effect.
'If price was the driver in 1st year, it was convenience in the 2nd.'
Under the new rules, Karnataka has mandated ride hailing start-ups to provide digital printers, install panic buttons and have taxi signage on their vehicles.
The all-important Supreme Court verdict, which will decide the future of AIADMK supremo VK Sasikala, locked in a battle for chief ministership with O Pannerselvam, is set to be pronounced on Tuesday.
'What one experiences is the soft scented breeze from the Kabini river and sounds of invisible insects strumming their guitars,' says Rajesh Karkera.
The Bangalore Metro Rail project is finally set to take off with the Centre giving the go-ahead to the Rs 6,395-crore (Rs 63.95 billion) venture.
The process of filing the appeal in the Supreme Court against the acquittal of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in the disproportionate assets case might take at least two weeks or more.
This Kannada film is a treat for movie buffs.
The project will take five years to be completed.
The state government had in the first week of June banned Maggi sale in the state after the product failed the food safety test.
He said it should not be allowed to continue 'even for a minute'.
The body of Lance Naik Hanamanthappa Koppad was laid to rest with full state honours, after thousands of people bid an emotional farewell to the Siachen braveheart at his native village of Betadur in Dharwad district of north Karnataka on Friday.
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