Karnataka

Bengaluru, Oct 22: Nine Nepalese men have been saved from possible human trafficking to the Maldives and other countries, police said here on Tuesday. The police have arrested a person named Shambu Babu Giri in this regard. According to the police, he was locally assisted by few more brokers. The nine victims have been rescued. A case has been registered at Chikkajala Police Station.

Hubballi, Oct 22: In a scathing attack on the Union government, former chief minister and leader of the opposition Siddaramiah alleged that the BJP led government using all independent institutions including Election Commission of India for their political gains. Speaking to newsmen here on Tuesday he said the institution like CBI, ED, and Election Commission are playing in the hands of union

Bengaluru, Oct 22: Former Congress Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka, K C Ramamurthy joined BJP here on Tuesday in New Delhi. The 67-year-old joined the saffron party, in the presence of BJP National General Secretary Arun Singh and Parliamentary Affairs and Coal Minister Prahlad Joshi, at the BJP national headquarters, a statement said here. Last week, Mr Ramamurthy had quit his Rajya Sabha

Hassan, Oct 22: Former chief minister and senior JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy on Tuesday said that he was neither under any pressure, nor afraid of IT raid in his house. Speaking to newspersons, he said, 'I have not done anything wrong, nor have I looted anything. I am waiting for the IT department to raid me. I will show them the documents related to Chief Minister Yediyurappa. 'It is difficult to

Kasaragod, Oct 22: The Southern Railways’ Palakkad Division on Monday recognised the timely action taken by Kasaragod-native Abdul Hameed for his timely intervention in helping the Railways. A press note of Southern Railway said Mr Hameed had on October 11 informed about the weld failure found in Kasaragod-Kumbla down line near Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI), Kudlu near here

Bengaluru, Oct 22: The indefinite strike by the workers of the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) for wage revision continued on the 8th day, with the trade unions and management hardening their positions, an official said on Monday. "There Bengais a production loss as nearly 20,000 workers are on strike since October 14 despite 8,000 officers and 11,000 contract employees reporting to duty

Bengaluru, Oct 22: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy on Monday met former Karnataka Minister and senior Congress leader DK Shivakumar at Tihar Jail in New Delhi. Speaking to the reporters after meeting Shivakumar who is in judicial custody for alleged money laundering scam, Kumaraswamy said that it was a courtesy visit and ruled out any political angle. He said, “It

Bengaluru, Oct 22: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday said that the state police department would have a cyber crime cell in each district of the state. The units will be established soon and will be made operational to cap the increasing number of cyber crimes in state. Speaking on the occasion of Police Commemoration Day also known as Police Martyrs’ Day in the city the CM assured of

Mangaluru, Oct 22: Interior parts of Dakshina Kannada (DK) and Udupi districts experienced moderate to heavy rains in the last three days even as north interior Karnataka including Belagavi and Shivamogga were badly affected by flooding, Met department sources said on Tuesday. Good showers were reported from a few areas along the coast and in the district during night on Sunday and Monday. Areas

New Delhi, Oct 22: Congress party on Monday approved the proposal for appointment of five party functionaries as District Congress Presidents in Karnataka. As per fresh appointments, SG Nanjaina Math has been appointed as district president for Bagalkot, HR Algur for Bijapur, Amshumanth KP for Chikmagalur, MK Tajpeer for Chitradurga and BV Naik for Raichur. The appointments come days after