Karnataka

Udupi, Apr 6: A leopard, which had attacked a calf a couple of days ago at Heskethur village of Kundapur taluk in Udupi district, was trapped by the Forest Department on Friday. The department kept a cage to trap the leopard with a dog as bait in a separate compartment of the cage. The leopard got trapped at around 2 a.m. The department staff then took away the cage from the village at around 7 a

Mangaluru, Apr 6: Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd. (MRPL) on Thursday conducted an on-site mock exercise in the refinery to check preparedness to handle emergencies. The drill was conducted in the presence of District Disaster Management group including Narendra Babu, Deputy Director of Factories, Mangaluru. The mock drill was conducted in Oil Movement and Storage area FB7004D ATF tank

Mysuru, Apr 6: The former Minister and Congress MLA Tanveer Sait on Friday alleged that pro-Modi slogans raised at a Congress meeting in Channarayapatna of Hassan district were part of a ‘conspiracy’ of the BJP. “Those who raised slogans were not Congress workers,” he claimed. Speaking to reporters after releasing the Kannada version of Congress Manifesto at the Congress Bhavan here, he refuted

Mangaluru, Apr 5: Congress leader V.R. Sudarshan on Friday said the priority of the party is to undo the fear psychosis and hatred created by the NDA government in the country and the same has been brought out in its Lok Sabha poll manifesto. Introducing the party manifesto in Mangaluru, Mr. Sudarshan told reporters that the NDA government has just created animosity between communities. As such

Bengaluru, Apr 5: Lashing out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi while reacting to Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy's complaints of alleged harassment by Income Tax officials, senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said that Modi was behind it to demoralise the Opposition. "This is going on for a while. In the past, he used CBI, ED and Income Tax departments. He is doing

Bengaluru Apr 5: The BJP strongman in Karnataka B S Yeddyurappa today said he will work as an ordinary worker, and he will not rest until he ensures victory in at least 22 seats for the party out of the total number 28 in the state in the coming elections. Unperturbed with the denial of party ticket to former BJP stalwarts including L K Advani, Murali Manohar Joshi, and Sumitra Mahajan, to contest

Madikeri, Apr 5: Excise Department sleuths on Friday seized nine kilograms of ganja and arrested three persons from Kootupuzha check post on the Kerala-Karnataka border. The arrested peddlers are K Ranjith (34) of Machery, Vipin (41) of Kannothumchal and K V Saneesh (32) of Kottali. Excise special squad Circle Inspector P K Satheesh Kumar led team seized the ganja during vehicle checking at the

Bengaluru, Apr 5: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two Income Tax (I-T) officials in an alleged Rs 14 lakh bribery case and recovered Rs 1.65 crore in cash from them, the premier probe agency said on Thursday. "The I-T officers were arrested in Koramangala in the city's upscale southwest suburb on a complaint from a private firm's Managing Director after a case was registered

Bengaluru, Apr 5: As many as 317 candidates have filed nominations in 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in coastal and northern Karnataka for the second phase of polling on April 23, said an official on Thursday. "With the last day of nominations for the second phase ending on Thursday, 317 candidates have filed 457 nominations as some of them have submitted more than one set of papers to the Returning

Bengaluru, Apr 5: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Friday accused coalition partner Congress and others of hatching a 'chakravyuha', a deadly formation in epic Mahabharata, to defeat his son and JDS nominee Nikhil in Mandya Lok Sabha seat. Bringing to fore again deep fissures in the ruling front, the JDS leader lashed out at Congress and others for 'colluding' with independent candidate