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Bengaluru, Dec 12: Two top state-level cricketers — CM Gautam, Abrar Kazi — arrested in the KPL match-fixing scandal obtained regular bail from the Karnataka high court on Wednesday. The owner of the Ballari Tuskers KPL team, Aravind Reddy, had also secured anticipatory bail. A single-judge bench of Justice K N Phaneendra that heard the criminal petitions filed by the accused players imposed

Mumbai, Dec 12: A Maharashtra cadre IPS officer on Wednesday said he has decided to resign from the service as protest against the "blatantly communal and unconstitutional" Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. Abdur Rahman, posted as special IGP in Mumbai, issued a statement saying he won't be attending office from Thursday. Rajya Sabha on Wednesday approved the Bill, which was passed by Lok Sabha on

Mangaluru: City-based St Agnes College (Autonomous) celebrated sports day with all grandeur on Tuesday, December 10. The sports day was inaugurated by former minister for Fisheries, Youth Empowerment and Sports in Government of Karnataka Pramod Madhwaraj. “Having served a society for 100 years is not a simple thing but is a great achievement,” he said appreciating St Agnes College for its service

Bengaluru, Dec 12: Former Karnataka chief minister and senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah was on Wednesday admitted to a hospital after he complained of chest pain. "My father has a heart problem. Dr Ramesh looked after him from the beginning. Earlier he had a similar angioplasty. Today doctor said that blood circulation to his heart is not proper. He underwent angioplasty on doctor's advice,"

New Delhi, Dec 11: The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was cleared in the Rajya Sabha with125 votes in favour and 105 votes against the Bill. The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill to be sent to a select Panel for review, earlier during the session. Rajya Sabha negated the motion for sending Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 to Select Committee. 124 members voted against it while 99 members voted in its

Bengaluru, Dec 11: Apparently in anticipation of nation-wide rollout of NRC (National Register of Citizens), mosques in Karnataka have given a call to Muslims to keep their documents up-to-date. Imams and Moulvis have been appealing them to set right their documents if there are any anomalies in them. The Jamia Masjid in Bengaluru even opened a 'Citizen Centre' three months ago to assist people to

Mangaluru, Dec 11: In a heartening corollary to the legal maxim ‘Justice delayed is justice denied’, the Supreme Court has effectively intervened to ensure justice to the citizens by instructing Mangaluru City Corporation to stop delay and comply with its earlier order to issue Occupancy Certificate to the residential building Solitaire situated at Hat Hill in the city. Flat owners in the building

Ahmedabad, Dec 11: The Gujarat government on Wednesday submitted the final part of Nanavati Commission's report on Gujarat carnage after the Godhra incident in 2002, giving "clean chit to the then chief minister Narendra Modi and all his then colleagues and entire state machinery." Minister of State for Home Pradipsinh Jadeja said, "The commission has found that there was no larger conspiracy

Mysuru, Dec 11: JD(S) MLA G T Devegowda on Wednesday said that JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy should be cautious before making any statement. Devegowda was speaking to reporters, at Jayapura village, here. He said, Kumaraswamy, who served as Chief Minister for two times, had a good number of followers. "No other CM had followers like him. But, he is losing popularity because of his irresponsible

Bengaluru, Dec 11: An experts’ committee constituted by the BJP government of Karnataka to look into the demand of its MLA Appachu Ranjan, who sought removal of content related to Tipu Sultan from textbooks, on Tuesday recommended against the demand by urging the government to retain the content on Tipu. The committee, comprising academicians and historians, had submitted the report to the