Karnataka

Udupi, May 17: A 40 year-old Fisherman Subhraya Kharvi of Hosadu village near Gangoli in Kundapur taluk allegedly commited suicide as he was unable to repay the loan availed form the financial institutions. The victim was distressed due to poor catch of fish in the last few days, family sources said on Friday. The deceased was hospitalised for illness recently and reportedly committed suicide

New Delhi, May 17: With two BJP lawmakers fuelling further a raging controversy, BJP President Amit Shah on Friday stepped into do some fire fighting and hinted at disciplinary action after Union Minister Ananthkumar Hegde and another party MP from Karnataka Nalinkumar Kateel backed Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse. Though both Hegde and Kateel, who are not new to stoking controversies

Bengaluru, May 17: The board of software company Infosys on Thursday approved allotting performance-based shares to its techies, linking employee incentives with shareholder value creation. "The board of directors approved expanded stock ownership programme 2019, linking long-term employee incentives with shareholder value creation," the city-based IT major in a statement. On shareholders'

Kasaragod, May 17: With the Election Commission ordering repolling in polling booths where bogus voting has been confirmed, a repeat campaign has been underway with door-to-door visits and to canvass to secure maximum votes. Voters in three booths in Kasaragod and one in Kannur Lok Sabha constituencies will recast their votes on May 19. Repolling has been ordered in booth nos. 69 and 70 of

Mangaluru, Apr 17: One person was arrested and Rs 1 crore unaccounted cash was seized from him in the city today. According to police sources the arrested Manjunath, a resident of Bengaluru, was carrying a huge bag and roaming in the city. The police on patrolling, on suspicion detained Manjunath and found him carrying a huge cash without any related documents. The arrested person is not giving

Bengaluru, May 17: As threat looming at large about Opposition BJP launching its Operation Lotus to woo the ruling party legislators, the coalition government partners in Karnataka are moving their MLAs to resorts to ensure that they will not fall prey and to maintain unity. According to party sources, both the Congress and the JD(S) leaders have decided to shift their MLAs to safe heavens

Bengaluru, May 17: Union Minister Anantkumar Hegde on Friday stoked a controversy by calling Congress President Rahul Gandhi a moron for his tweet that ‘Modilies’ is a new word in the English dictionary. Further, amid reports of his controversial remarks on Twitter about Nathuram Godse, Mr. Hegde claimed his account was “hacked.” He, however, added there was no question of justifying Mahatma

Bengaluru, May 17: After a lull during Summer, the Bengaluru Summer Meeting-2019 races will commence from May 18 as thoroughbreds are prepared to the prime and ready to enthrall the railbirds at BTC race cource here. The season that last 26 racing days will be the first in the racing season of the Indian calender and will end on August 9. Speaking to reporters BTC Chairman V Harimohan Naidu said

Bengaluru, May 17: Taking strong objection to BJP unit president B S Yeddyurappa’s call to Veerashaiva Lingayath community people not to vote for the Congress in the May 19 by-elections in the state, the KPCC has decided to register a complaint with the Election Commission, Prakash Rathod, Congress spokesperson said here on Thursday. Addressing newsmen here, the Congress MLC, charged that

Bengaluru, May 17: Senior IAS officer Mohammed Mohsin transgressed his authority by ordering officials to search PM Narendra Modi's helicopter on April 16 in Odisha, the Election Commission told the Karnatakahigh court on Thursday. The Karnataka cadre officer was deputed to Sambalpur constituency in Odisha on Lok Sabha election duty as a general observer. In a petition filed before the high court