Bangalore: Karnataka is going to miss out on Aamir Khan's much anticipated TV debut, 'Satyamev Jayate', and this is because the film and TV industry has self enforced a ban on dubbing. It's perhaps one of the most anticipated television shows of the year. It's a ban that's self imposed and not written anywhere. The Kannada film industry allows remakes in Kannada but a dubbed version of any movie or...
08:22 AM, May 04, 2012
Bangalore: A 60-year-old man identified as Alageshan was brutally beaten to death by two teenagers. The victim had confronted them after they allegedly misbehaved with his niece. Life will never be the same again for his Alageshan's niece, a class 9 student. Fed up of being misbehaved with by two teenagers over the last several weeks, she had complained to her family on Monday night. "On the road, they used...
07:14 PM, May 02, 2012
Bangalore: While the creations of Mayilsamy Annadurai, ISRO's programme director and chief problem solver for remote sensing satellites like the RISAT 1, always soar through the skies, his own background is a lot more humble. Annadurai has had a hand in almost every remote sensing satellite made at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). One of India's foremost scientists, he began his studies in the humblest of places. "Till the...
09:40 AM, Apr 26, 2012
Challakere: The farmers in Karnataka are bearing the brunt of a twin crisis of drought and severe power scarcity this year. The state supplies just six hours of three-phased power to villages, and in a drought year, farmers in central Karnataka are a worried lot. The farmers have no other source of water and they solely depend on pumped-up underground water. No power could mean no water and no crop....
09:00 AM, Apr 21, 2012
Bangalore: A top official of the Child & Women Welfare Department has been charged with raping a woman who runs a school for mentally-challenged children, police said. The 38-year-old woman, who is the principal of a school for disabled children, alleged in her police complaint that the official had raped her at a hotel on April 12, promising release of medical grant to her institution. The victim was allegedly taken...
06:29 PM, Apr 14, 2012
Bangalore: As a result of a father's cruel, inhuman and shameful torture, a three-month-old baby is fighting for her life in a Bangalore hospital. The father, who has been arrested, battered his daughter as he wanted a son. Baby Afreen has a dislocated neck, cigarette burns on the face and a haemorrhage to the brain. The 3 months old has already seen the uglier side of life. On Sunday, she...
07:52 PM, Apr 09, 2012
Bangalore: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday ruled that the state government has no role in the appointment of Lokayukta or Upalokayuktas in the state. Pointing out that the Chief Justice of the High Court would have the final say in the appointment of the Lokayukta, the court ruled that if the state government and other constitutional authorities disagreed with the choice for the Lokayukta, then it could send it...
04:26 PM, Apr 03, 2012
Bangalore: The BJP's trouble continues in Karnataka, with former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa refusing to budge and demanding reinstatement. However, a temporary truce seems to have been worked out about not disrupting the budget presentation scheduled on Wednesday. "I'm presenting the budget tomorrow. We'll do the budget discussion on March 26 and 27 and vote on account on March 28," Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda said. A temporary compromise...
06:22 AM, Mar 21, 2012
Bangalore: The two local news channels who caught three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs watching porn inside the Karnataka Assembly have come under scrutiny for filming the incident. Ironically, media had to face questioning even before the tainted ministers, Krishna Palemar, Lakshman Savadi and CC Patil, were questioned. The legislature committee set up to inquire into it has begun its probe not by questioning the MLAs but instead the journalists...
06:48 AM, Mar 02, 2012
Bangalore: BS Yeddyurappa is sulking after BJP President Nitin Gadkari downplayed his rebellion on Friday against Karnataka Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda. Gadkarai said that there will be no leadership change in the state. "There is no change in leadership no question of it" With every meeting and every statement in the 15 hours that he spent in Bangalore on Friday, Gadkari ensured that he snubbed the man who was once...
09:30 PM, Feb 24, 2012
Bangalore: In Karnataka, the porn scandal continues to sting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The three tainted ministers are likely to submit their explanations to the Speaker on Thursday. Meanwhile, the state government is planning to ban news channels from covering Assembly proceedings from now on. An embarrassed BJP is now struggling to give itself an image boost. One of the first steps, it seems, will be to press the...
10:25 AM, Feb 16, 2012
Bangalore: Weeks after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa was forced to appear in front of trial court in Bangalore in a 1996 disproportionate assets case against her, a controversial twist in the tale. Special public prosecutor BV Acharya claims the BJP government in the state is trying to weaken the case against her and had tried to make him quit as prosecutor. Acharya claims that the...
11:39 PM, Feb 09, 2012
Bangalore: A day after three Karnataka BJP ministers were caught watching an obscene clip in the Assembly, the party has shown them the door. Three ministers, CC Patil, Lakshmana Savadi and Krishna Palemar, who were caught watching porn in the Karnataka Assembly have been barred from attending the Assembly till the probe into the matter is over. A six-member committee has been formed to look into the matter and the...
06:50 PM, Feb 08, 2012
Bangalore: In an embarrassment for the BJP, two Karnataka ministers were caught watching obscene content inside the state Assembly. The two ministers are Karnataka Co-operation Minister Laxman Savadi and Karnataka Women and Child Welfare Minister CC Patil. Speaker KG Bopaiah, though, refused to meet the media, saying he will take action on Wednesday when the House meets again. But the BJP will have a lot of explaining to do. BJP...
06:47 AM, Feb 08, 2012
Bangalore: The Antrix-Devas controversy has been showing no signs of blowing over. Portions from a report by a former chief vigilance commissioner have been made public. It says there are discrepancies in the way ISRO attempted to sell the precious radio wave spectrum to a private company. The offensive from the government continued. Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V Narayanasamy said, "Madhavan Nair also appeared personally before...
11:47 PM, Feb 06, 2012
displayed with permission. Use of the CNN name and/or logo on or as part of CNN-IBN does not derogate from the intellectual property rights of Cable News Network in respect of them.
Disclaimer: Network18 Media & Investments Limited is proposing, subject to market conditions and other considerations, an offer of its equity shares on rights basis and has filed a Draft Letter of Offer with the Securities and Exchange Board of India. The Draft Letter of Offer is available on the website of SEBI at www.sebi.gov.in and the websites of the Lead Managers at www.icicisecurities.com and www.rbs.in Investors should note that investment in equity shares involves a high degree of risk and are requested to refer to "Risk Factors" in the Draft Letter of Offer. The Equity Shares have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US Securities Act"), or any state securities laws in the United States and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, "U.S. persons" (as defined in Regulation S under the US Securities Act) except in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the US Securities Act and in accordance with any applicable U.S. state securities laws.
Disclaimer: TV18 Broadcast Limited is proposing, subject to market conditions and other considerations, an offer of its equity shares on rights basis and has filed a Draft Letter of Offer with the Securities and Exchange Board of India. The Draft Letter of Offer is available on the website of SEBI at www.sebi.gov.in and the websites of the Lead Managers at www.icicisecurities.com and www.rbs.in Investors should note that investment in equity shares involves a high degree of risk and are requested to refer to "Risk Factors" in the Draft Letter of Offer. The Equity Shares have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US Securities Act"), or any state securities laws in the United States and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, "U.S. persons" (as defined in Regulation S under the US Securities Act) except in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the US Securities Act and in accordance with any applicable U.S. state securities laws.
