Karnataka

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday lost his cool when employees of the Yermarus Thermal Power Station (YTPS) in Raichur district blocked his convoy to submit a list of their grievances. Kumaraswamy shouted at a group of workers who approached him. The Chief Minister was in Raichur for his 'Grama Vastavya' (village stay) programme. "You voted for Narendra Modi and want

Bengaluru, Jun 26: The Karnataka government appointed a Cabinet sub-commttee to look into the controversial grant of over 3667 acres of land to the steel giant Jindal Steel Works (JSW). Home Minister M B Patil will head the Committee, which also included Minister for Co-operation Bandeppa Kashampur, Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Krishna Byregowda and Minister for Social Welfare

South 24 Parganas, Jun 26: Three Muslim men were allegedly pushed off a moving train for refusing to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' on Tuesday. Mannah Mullah, one of the victims, was traveling with six people from Canning in South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal to Hooghly. A group of men entered their compartment and began forcing them to chant Jai Shri Ram. When refused, the men started beating Mullah

Ayodhya, Jun 26: In a gesture that could ease tension between Hindus and Muslim, Hindus in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya district have donated land to Muslims for a burial ground. The land has been donated in Belarikhan village under the Gosaiganj Assembly constituency. The land had been a bone of contention between the two communities for years until now. Surya Kumar Jhinkan Maharaj, a local seer, and

Bidar, Jun 26: All the six members of a family were killed on Wednesday when the roof of their house in Bidar district in Karnataka collapsed. The police said that the mud roof of the house collapsed over them while the family was asleep. According to police sources, the victims had been identified as Nadeem Sheikh, his wife and four children. Congress MLA from Basavakalyana constituency Narayana

Bengaluru, June 26: The Special Investigation Team, appointed to investigate Multi-Crore IMA fraud case, have seized Rs 83.26 Lakhs worth Gold ornaments and Silver articles during raid at two places including IMA Gold Yeswantpur and IMA Gold Tilak Nagar in the City. According to a press release by the Police here on Wednesday, while 1 kg 300 gram gold ornaments worth about Rs 41.60 lakhs, 5.5 kg

Udupi, Jun 26: The sleuths of the Cyber Crime, Economic Offences and Narcotics (CEN) Police arrested a man from near Vidyaratna Enclave Apartments on the charge of being in illegal possession of 5 kg and 280 grams of ganja vauled at ₹ 1.3 lakh at Shivally here on Tuesday. A press release issued here said that the man arrested had been identified as Prakhar Srivastava. Besides ganja, the police

Saraikela, Jun 26: Distraught and inconsolable, yet Shehnaz Begum, mother-in-law of 24-year-old Tabrez Ansari, victim of Jharkhand mob lynching, could gather all her strength to speak. “My son-in-law would have been alive had the administration showed a little bit of sympathy and given the minimum medical attention,” said Ms. Begum holding her teenage widowed daughter tight. “First it was the

Bengaluru, Jun 26: A five-year-old boy was killed by a pack of street dogs at Hejjegowdana Palya in Soladevanahalli on the outskirts of Bengaluru city, on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Durgesh. His parents Mallappa and Mallamma who work as daily wage labourers are natives of Sedam in Kalaburagi. Mallappa told reporters his son was returning home after purchasing a packet of biscuits

Bantwal, Jun 25: Several groups of miscreants, said to be supporters and activists of Bajrang Dal, threw stones and damaged nine buses, including a few from Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation and Kerala State Road Transport Corporation, in the limits of Vitla and Bantwal police stations of Dakshina Kannada district on Tuesday morning. It is said to be the reaction for case registered