Bengaluru,  Even as Karnataka has been grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic, the ruling BJP government has been wooing farmers with financial support to minimise the impact of the virus on their livelihood, an official said on Saturday.

"As farmers' welfare is the state's first and primary concer

Kochi,  After expressing his inability to appear before the Enforcement Directorate officials, former principal secretary to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan - M. Sivasankar - changed his mind and presented himself before the officials at the ED office here on Saturday.

This is the second time that the ED offi

Bengaluru,  Seventeen coronavirus patients needed to be shifted from a city hospital to other medical facilities on the intervening night of August 14 and 15 after a short circuit disrupted oxygen supply, an official said on Saturday.

"There was a short circuit in the oxygen control panel, because of whi

Mumbai, Lending major ICICI Bank has raised nearly Rs 15,000 crore through the allotment of equity shares under its Qualified Institutions Placement (QIP).

Accordingly, the bank issued 4,18,994,413 equity shares at an issue price of Rs 358 per equity share.

"The issue price represents a 1.

Hyderabad,  With 1,863 new coronavirus cases reported on Saturday in Telangana, the state's total tally rose to 90,259 even as 10 more fatalities pushed the state's death toll to 684, the Public Health and Family Welfare Director said.

The state saw more recoveries than new cases during the last 24 ho

New Delhi, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has told tax officials that the responsibilities of the Income Tax Department have increased with the new faceless approach for appeals and assessments, sources said.

Sitharaman said that the department is setting an example for the world in the use of technology for