The New Indian Express Mangaluru - December 20, 2024
The New Indian Express Mangaluru - December 20, 2024
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In this issue
December 20, 2024
Dy chair rejects notice to impeach Dhankhar
RAJYA Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh on Thursday dismissed the impeachment notice against Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar.
1 min
5 Hizbul terrorists killed in J&K encounter
SECURITY forces on Thursday killed five Hizbul Mujahideen militants, including its operations commander Farooq Ahmed Bhat alias Farooq Nali, in a six-hour-long encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district.
1 min
UNPRECEDENTED FRACAS
THE ongoing political face-off took an ugly turn on Thursday after the Opposition and the ruling BJP got into a \"pitched battle\" outside Parliament over Union home minister Amit Shah's remarks on B.R. Ambedkar.
1 min
Gandhi Bhavan awaits funds for completion
TO commemorate the visit of Mahatma Gandhi to Kodagu in 1934, the now Gandhi Maidan alongside the installation of the statue of the Mahatma was established at Madikeri in 1956.
1 min
UK honour for palliative care specialist from KMC
Dr Naveen Salins, a specialist in palliative care, has been awarded the alumni award during the December graduation ceremonies by the Lancaster University, UK.
1 min
Priyank to Kundapur MLA: 119 of 125 JJM works completed
KUNDAPUR MLA Kiran Kumar Kodgi questioned the slow progress of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), a rural household tap connection scheme in his constituency during the winter session of the state legislature in Belagavi.
1 min
DC to industries: Set up disaster management committees
Says the panels should include representatives from industries and nearby govt hospitals
1 min
Codava National Council hosts 15th Gun Carnival in Madikeri
THE need to demand for rights by introducing and practicing the culture of the Kodava community was highlighted during the 15th annual Gun Carnival event organised by Codava National Council (CNC).
1 min
ALL SHOULD TAKE A CUE FROM LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST: BISHOP
REV Hemachandra Kumar, Bishop, CSI, Karnataka Southern Diocese, speaking at the 'Christmas Get Together with Media Fraternity' programme organised by Diocese of Udupi at Ave Maria Hall, Mother of Sorrows Church here on Thursday, said that there is a need for all to take a cue from the life of Jesus Christ to embody values such as peace, selflessness and courage.
1 min
MP REQUESTS CENTRE TO GRANT POINT OF CALL STATUS TO MIA
DAKSHINA Kannada MP Capt. Brijesh Chowta has written a letter to Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu requesting Point of Call Status to Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) under the bilateral air service agreements.
1 min
PMAY Urban 2.0 struggles to make an impact in M'luru
Limited availability of affordable properties is the key reason
1 min
Revenue inspector caught taking ₹4 lakh bribe
A revenue inspector from Mulki has been trapped by Lokayukta police while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 4 lakh on Thursday for changing the name of the heirs in the property documents.
1 min
Dalits to protest dumping of trash near SC/ST Colony
KARNATAKA Dalit Horata Samiti has warned of aggressive protests over the dumping of tonnes of garbage into a 20-ft deep pit near SC/ST Colony at Kukkudakatte in Balepuni gram panchayath in Bantwal taluk.
1 min
Kodagu police unearth fake gold jewellery loan scam, arrest 12
AS many as 12 accused have been arrested by Kodagu police in a fake gold jewellery loan scam reported across various banks in Kodagu.
1 min
KRRS to hold 'Farmer Adalats'
WITH an aim to support farmers facing threats from SARFAESI Act of bank loan recoveries, the Kodagu unit of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha has initiated Farmer Adalat aka Raitha Adalat sessions across the district.
1 min
Caretakers of patients at Government Wenlock Hospital to get free meals
PHILANTHROPIST Joseph Menezes and his family launched the 'Trinity Mannah Service', a charitable initiative aimed at providing midday meals to the caretakers of patients at Wenlock Government Hospital, Mangaluru, in collaboration with Snehalaya Charitable Trust.
1 min
READY FOR JUDICIAL PROBE: DINESH
Minister says govt not shielding anyone and he's ready to face any action if found guilty
2 mins
₹6,000 crore to develop roads: Siddaramaiah
CHIEF Minister Siddaramaiah announced an allocation of Rs 6,000 crore for the redevelopment of roads under the Public Works Department, as well as the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department.
1 min
Don't misuse Ambedkar's name, pave way for a Dalit CM, BYV tells Siddu
KARNATAKA BJP president and Shikaripura MLA BY Vijayendra on Thursday suggested Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to stop \"misusing the name of Dr BR Ambedkar\" and pave the way for a Dalit to become the state's CM.
1 min
AHINDA communities up in arms, to protest against Shah, Centre
DALIT organisations are planning to stage protests against Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his remarks on Dr BR Ambedkar. A protest will be staged at Freedom Park in Bengaluru on December 23.
1 min
Illegal Bangla immigrants a menace, STF will track them
HOME Minister Dr G Parameshwara on Thursday said that illegal Bangladeshi immigrants are a menace, and a special task force has been created to identify and deport illegal Bangladeshis.
1 min
SIDDU TO OPEN 87TH SAHITYA SAMMELANA IN MANDYA TODAY
MANDYA city has been decked up for the three-day 87th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana to be held behind Sanjo Hospital on Bengaluru-Mysuru highway.
1 min
CLEAR MEDICAL WASTE IN TN WITHIN 3 DAYS, KERALA TOLD
THE southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday directed the Kerala Government and its pollution control board to remove biomedical waste and mixed solid waste illegally dumped at multiple points bordering Tirunelveli district within three days, and file a compliance report on December 23.
1 min
HC extends deadline for Lokayukta to submit report on MUDA scam
THE Karnataka High Court on Thursday extended the December 24 deadline to January 28, for submission of the investigation report by Lokayukta police into alleged irregularities in the allotment of 14 compensatory sites to BM Parvathy, wife of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, by Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA).
1 min
FOR GRACE IN LEGAL EVOLUTION
HE recent decision of a nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court, in Property Owners Association vs State of Maharashtra, which interprets Article 39(b) of the Constitution, represents a noteworthy development in the complex and often contentious history of property rights in India.
3 mins
Tremors From The Long Night Of December 3
South Korea has clawed back most of the economic losses caused by the shocking declaration of martial law. Its next president is likely to be colder to the West, warmer to China
4 mins
BJP tears into Rahul, says doesn't deserve to be LoP...
ACCUSING Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of pushing and shoving its MPs on the Parliament premises, the BJP on Thursday said he does not deserve to be the Leader of Opposition after such \"indecent and shameful\" conduct.
1 min
Cross complaints: Case registered against Rahul for 'injuring' 2 BJP MPs
TENSIONS erupted on Thursday when members of the BJP and the Congress involved in a physical altercation, prompting both the parties to file cross-complaints at Parliament Street police station.
1 min
Yuge Yugeen Bharat Museum in North, South blocks to have over 25K artefacts
YUGE Yugeen Bharat Museum (YYBM) to be set up in North and South blocks will have about 25,000 artefacts—depicting the history of 5,000 years of India's civilization—on display in eight thematic galleries.
1 min
Shah vows dominance over J&K terrorism
UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting to review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
1 min
Meanwhile, Cong slams BJP's 'distraction politics'
HOURS after the Parliament showdown, Congress on Thursday launched a blistering attack on the BJP, accusing it of diverting attention from Home Minister Amit Shah's \"insult\" to BR Ambedkar.
2 mins
I was physically pushed by BJP MPs, lost my balance & forced to sit down: Kharge
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, saying that BJP MPs pushed him on Parliament premises, and he lost his balance.
1 min
BJP MP writes to RS Chair, says LoP 'misbehaved' with her during House protest
BJP MP from Nagaland S Phangnon Konyak on Thursday alleged in the Rajya Sabha that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi came in her \"close proximity\" and shouted at her during a protest outside the Parliament's Makar Dwar which made her feel \"extremely uncomfortable\".
1 min
Assam STF nabs 8 Bangla terror outfit operatives
THE Special Task Force (STF) of Assam Police arrested eight operatives of terror outfit, Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), during simultaneous operations carried out in Kerala, West Bengal and Assam on the intervening night of December 17 and 18.
1 min
'Ideology remains same': Jogi's wife writes to Cong, proposes merger of party
THE regional outfit Janta Congress Chhattisgarh-J (JCC-J), floated by the first chief minister late Ajit Jogi in June 2016, owing to the declining political footprint across the state, has approached the Congress seeking a merger with the latter.
1 min
R-G Kar victim's parents in HC for fresh probe
THE parents of the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder victim moved Calcutta High Court on Thursday seeking a fresh investigation into the horrific crime.
1 min
Mumbai ferry tragedy toll 14, search on for kid
THE body of a 43-year-old man, who was among the two missing passengers after a Navy craft rammed into their ferry off the Mumbai coast, was found on Thursday.
1 min
U'khand records tiger death decline, 8 this yr
UTTARAKHAND has witnessed a significant decrease in tiger mortality cases this year.
1 min
SP's Sambhal MP booked for power theft at residence
THE troubles for Samajwadi Party's Sambhal MP Zia-ur-Rehman Barq seem to be deepening as a fresh FIR in connection with power theft lodged against him on Thursday.
1 min
MP's Take Home Ration scheme: CAG flags ₹428 cr irregularities from '18-'21
IRREGULARITIES worth around ₹428 crore have been detected by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in the Take Home Ration (THR) scheme in Madhya Pradesh between 2018-2021.
1 min
Grim reality belies development plank, Gujarat schools lack toilets
DESPITE Gujarat's government championing its development narrative, unsettling data presented in the Lok Sabha on Thursday revealed glaring shortcomings in the state's basic infrastructure.
1 min
Thailand hosts regional talks to find solution to Myanmar's bloody war
TWO days of meetings on Myanmar's violent political crisis began on Thursday in the Thai capital Bangkok, the latest in a long series of regional talks that have made no headway in restoring peace to the war-torn Southeast Asian nation.
1 min
Ex-husband gets 20 yrs in jail for letting 50 rape his spouse
A court in France on Thursday sentenced the ex-husband of Gisèle Pelicot to a maximum 20 years of imprisonment for drugging and raping her and allowing other men to rape her while she was knocked out, in abuse that lasted a decade.
1 min
US urges SC to dismiss 26/11 convict's petition against extradition to India
THE United States government urged the Supreme Court to dismiss a petition filed by Mumbai-attack convict Tahawwur Rana, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, to avoid his extradition to India.
1 min
Putin says war boosted military, economy
Regrets not invading Ukraine earlier; denies ouster of Assad hurt his image; year-end conference lasts 4.5 hours
2 mins
Israel hits back after missile attack from Yemen
ISRAELI airstrikes shook Yemen's rebel-held capital and a port city early on Thursday and killed at least nine people, officials said, shortly after a Houthi missile targeted central Israel.
1 min
US sanctions 4 Pakistan aerospace, defence firms
THE United States on Wednesday slapped sanctions on four Pakistani entities, including the state-owned flagship aerospace and defence agency - National Development Complex (NDC) - on charges of them contributing to Pakistan's ballistic missile programme.
1 min
Trump brings budget chaos back with help from Musk
PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump delivered a likely death blow to bipartisan congressional budget negotiations on Wednesday, rejecting the measure as full of giveaways to Democrats as billionaire ally Elon Musk whipped up outrage toward the bill and cheered on Republican lawmakers who announced their opposition.
1 min
INR hits all-time low, breaches 85 mark against USD
Indian currency falls as US Federal Reserves scaled back rate cut projections for 2025
2 mins
IT sector to drive 15% growth in hiring in 2025, followed by retail
WITH the expansion of Global Capability Centers (GCCs) and multi-cloud adoption, the IT sector will drive 15% growth in hiring in 2025, as per the latest data from jobs platform foundit.
1 min
Kia sees 20% sales growth vs industry's 5-10%
KOREAN carmaker Kia aims to achieve a 20% growth in sales volume in India next year, targeting sales of nearly 3 lakh passenger vehicles (PVs).
1 min
Accenture posts $17.7 bn revenue, beats Street view
IT service provider Accenture has beat Street estimates and posted $17.7 billion revenues in the first quarter ended November 2024. This is an increase of 9% in US dollars and 8% in local currency compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2024.
1 min
Govt proposes new legislation to curb proliferation of illegal lending apps
THE government is planning a comprehensive legislature to curb the proliferation of illegal lending apps.
1 min
Start-up funding up 6% YoY at $11.3 bn in 2024
IN 2024, the start-up ecosystem saw a marginal 6% increase in funding at $11.3 billion compared to $10.7 billion in 2023.
1 min
Mkt falls as Fed indicates lower rate cut in 2025
DOMESTIC equity market declined sharply on Thursday following a cautious Federal Reserve commentary and weak global cues.
2 mins
Bharti Airtel prepays ₹3,626 crore spectrum purchase dues to govt
TELECOM service provider Bharti Airtel has made a prepayment of ₹3,626 crore to the government for the spectrum it purchased in 2016.
1 min
Dubai may host India matches in 2025 Champions Trophy
EXPECTEDLY, the International Cricket Council on Thursday announced that India will play their 2025 Champions Trophy matches at a neutral venue.
2 mins
Ashwin gets hero's welcome at home from family and friends
RAVICHANDRAN Ashwin, who took the cricketing world by surprise with his sudden retirement from international cricket, arrived in Chennai early morning on Thursday.
2 mins
Day of records for Richa & India as hosts win series 2-1
RICHA Ghosh (54) equalled the world record for the fastest fifty in women's T20Is (18 balls) after Smriti Mandhana's (77) fireworks as India registered 217 for 4 in the series-deciding third and final match against the West Indies here on Thursday.
1 min
AFTER ASHWIN, WHO? THE LAST OF OGS IN FINAL STRETCH
Post offie's retirement, focus is on senior players like Rohit, Kohli and India's transition phase
4 mins
Liverpool & Arsenal reach semifinals
LIVERPOOL moved into the League Cup semifinals as the holders won 2-1 against managerless Southampton, while Gabriel Jesus ended his goal drought with a hat-trick in Arsenal's 3-2 victory over Crystal Palace on Wednesday.
1 min
Chip designing skills, ecosystem give India edge in semiconductor manufacturing
India has set an ambitious target of becoming a semiconductor manufacturing hub. What are the main challenges India faces in achieving this target?
2 mins
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