Karnataka

Bengaluru, Apr 27: The police on Friday late night arrested a 65-year-old ex-Army man on charges of making hoax call to Bengaluru police control room on Friday. In the phone call, the caller had claimed that major cities in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Pondicherry, Goa and Maharashtra will be hit by terror attacks. Accused Sundaramurthy had served in the Army for 20

Bengaluru, Apr 27: Karnataka BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa has requested the Election Commission to reconsider its decision to "relax" the model code of conduct for the state government and to direct it to strictly abide by the code. Stating that the decisions of the state government on various projects will have ramifications in other states where Lok Sabha elections are in progress, Yeddyurappa

Bengaluru, Apr 27: The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash a criminal case registered against Jignesh Mevani, Gujarat MLA, for allegedly giving provocative statement with an intent to cause riot during a programme in Chitradurga on April 6, 2018. Justice Aravind Kumar passed the order on a petition filed by Mr. Mevani, who had claimed that the contents of his speech did not indicate any

Wayanad, Apr 27: A man and a woman were killed in an explosion in a house at Naikatty, near Sulthan Bathery in Kerala’s Wayanad region on Friday. The police identified the deceased as Benny, 50, of Perinhathel, and Amla Nazar, 30, wife of Nazar, of Ilavana at Naikkatty in the district. The incident occurred around 1 p.m. when Nazar went to a nearby mosque for prayer. People rushed to the spot on

Mangaluru, Apr 26: Two elderly women died on the spot after their car collides with a KSRTC bus at Nehru Nagar of Narikombu village in Bantwal taluk on Friday. The Bantwal Traffic Police gave the names of the deceased as Rukmini (63) and Sarojini Shetty (65). Anusha (40) and car driver Umesh (45) were critically injured. The police said that Rukmini, Sarojini Shetty and Ms. Anusha, all from Bajal

Mangaluru, Apr 26: While speaking about how footage from CCTV cameras helped police in apprehending the accused in a theft in the city outskirts at Surathkal, Police Commissioner Sandeep Patil on Friday asked residents, especially those living in isolated areas, to install such cameras and other safety gadgets at their homes. At a function organised to return to owners the property recovered, Mr

Bengaluru, Apr 26: Amidst threat to the stability of the one-year-old JD(S)-Congress coalition government, Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has convened a meeting of the JDS Legislators here on April 28. In a statement, the JD(S) State President H Vishwanath said that a meeting of the party MLAs, had been called by Kumaraswamy on Sunday.

Karwar, Apr 26: A naval officer lost his life while endeavouring to bring down fire onboard the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya. The incident happended when the ship was entering the harbour in Karwar, Karnataka. The officer lost consciousness during the firefighting efforts. He was rushed to the hospital but could not be saved. "Lieutenant Commander DS Chauhan bravely led the firefighting

Bengaluru, Apr 26: A Criminal complaint has been lodged against Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, for not bringing to the notice of the Central Government about possible terrorists strike on Indian Defence forces at Pulwama in Kashmir. In a complaint, filed with Vidhana Soudha Police station, BJP SC Morcha National General Secretary C N Ramu has alleged that the Chief Minister, who claimed

Madikeri, Apr 26: The Kodgu District police have denied reports of a Maoist team appearing in Yavakapadi village in Napoklu police station limits on Thursday. Kodagu Superintendent of Police Dr Suman D Pennekar said on Friday that the district police conducted combing operation following a tip-off from the local residents, but no Naxal movement has been traced. Unconfirmed reports had been doing