Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jun 12: Clearing a confusion over the disbursement of the farm loan availed by the farmers, from commercial banks, the Karnataka government had decided to clear it at one go. Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday announced the decision to waive off the farm loan availed from the commercial banks in one instalment, as against the original plan to do it in four years of time. With

Bengaluru, Jun 12: Shivappa, a farmer from Sagar village in Yadgir district, was elated when his bank credited Rs 43,553 into his account in April in tune with chief minister HD Kumaraswamy’s pre-poll farm loan waiver promise. On June 3, he found the money had been debited from his account without clarification. He was not alone. At least 13,988 farmers across Karnataka received a jolt after their

Bengaluru, Jun 12: The KarnatakaBJP on Tuesday took a dig at chief minister HD Kumaraswamy, accusing him of openly threatening and abusing journalists in the state. The BJP was reacting to Congress president Rahul Gandhi's tweet against Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath over the action against scribes in the northern state. It listed out incidents of police action against some

New Delhi, Jun 11: Physician-turned-Islamic preacher Dr Zakir Naik has that agencies under Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led union government of India are "desperately trying to pin fictitious charges" on him and are trying everything possible to put him behind the bars. Dr Naik also alleged that agencies are targeting him at the behest of their "political bosses". Yesterday, Malaysian Prime

Bengaluru, Jun 11: Karnataka State Government has ordered Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the alleged multi-billion fraud by IMA Jewelers, which had deceived several hundred people, who had invested their money in the company. According to official sources, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy ordered for a SIT probe into the money fraud, in which more than 5000 people, majority of them are

Mumbai/Kolhapur, Jun 11: A special team of the Maharashtra police Tuesday arrested right-wing activist Sharad Kalaskar in connection with the killing of veteran Communist leader Govind Pansare, an official said. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the state Crime Investigation Department (CID) arrested Kalaskar (25) from Mumbai and produced him before a court in Kolhapur which sent him in police

Kalaburagi, June 11: As many as 36 people from Gudur S A Tanda in Jewargi taluk fell ill after they drank contaminated water from bore well and were admitted to hospital on Tuesday. According to Hospital sources, more than 36 people were admitted to Jewrgi government hospital and some were treated as outpatients. The victims started vomiting and diarrohea on Monday night and were taken to the

Bengaluru, Jun 11: Two persons have been arrested, on Tuesday, for allegedly using abusive language against Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, former Prime Minister HD Devegowda and Nikhil Kumaraswamy on a Facebook Live post. The High Grounds police have arrested the two men identified as Siddaraju and Jaumaraju based on a complaint filed by Lokesh. The post was broadcasted live on May 23. Siddaraju

Aligarh, Jun 11: The exemplary bravery displayed by a Hindu girl, saved a Muslim family which was attacked by a gang of thugs belonging to a saffron outfit at Jattari area in Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh. The incident occurred on Sunday when the family members were travelling from Ballabhgarh in Haryana to Aligarh in a van to attend a function. The family’s close friend, Pooja Chauhan, a 24

Udupi, Jun 11: With all the houses in Amasebailu village in Kundapura taluk of Udupi district, connected with the Solar power, has the distinction of the first ever Solar Gram Panchayat in Karnataka. Speaking after inaugurating the Solar Village Project, a joint initiative of the Amasebailu Charitable Trust, Dharmasthala Rual Development Project, Karnataka Bank Limited, and Amasebailu Grama on