"Today is special for one more reason. It's the birthday of Karnataka's popular leader BS Yediyurappa. I pray for his long life. He dedicated his life to the poor and farmers' welfare. His speech at the Karnataka Assembly last week was an inspiration for everyone in public life," PM Modi
On the 80th birthday of BJP leader and former CM Yediyurappa, his bastion Shivamogga is all set to get a big gift. This is from the Narendra Modi-led central government in form of a world-class airport. On February 27, PM Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the Shivamogga Airport in Yediyurappa'
The greenfield domestic airport at Sogane in Shivamogga district has been constructed under the Centre's UDAN scheme aimed to make air travel affordable to all.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said that a suggestion to rename Shivamogga Airport after Rashtrakavi Kuvempu will be forwarded to the Centre.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday carried out searches at multiple locations in Mumbai and Bengaluru against some suspects having links with global terror outfit ISIS and Al-Qaeda, sources said.
Searches are being conducted at the houses of suspected terrorists, including Mohammed Shariq, the main accused in the November 19 pressure cooker blast in an autorickshaw in Mangaluru, Home Minister Araga Jnanendra said on Wednesday.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) said on Wednesday that it has arrested two terror operatives in connection with the Shivamogga ISIS conspiracy case.
The BJP MLA noted that Thajuddin, father of the arrested Reshaan Sheikh, is an active worker of Congress and is close to Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President D K Shivakumar.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted searches at six locations in Karnataka and arrested two accused in connection with Shivamogga ISIS Conspiracy Case, the NIA officials said.