Karnataka

Wayanad, Mar 16: A final notice has been issued by church authorities to the nun who took part in a protest against rape accused Franco Mullakal, former Bishop of the Jalandhar diocese, asking her to leave her congregation. In its final notice, the Franciscan Clarist Congregation accused Sister Lucy Kalapura, belonging to its St Mary’s province at Mananthavady, of leading a life which was against

Kasaragod, Mar 16: In connection with the case of disappearance of over a dozen people from Kasaragod (who are suspected to have joined terror groups abroad), the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday filed supplementary charge sheet against Nashidul Hamzafar who is accused of hatching a conspiracy along with others with the intention of joining and furthering the objective of proscribed

Bengaluru, Mar 16: Former Chief Minister and state BJP president B S Yeddyurappa, met former External Affairs minister and senior BJP leader, S M Krishna ahead of the crucial core meeting on selection of party’s nominees for the coming general elections, here on Saturday. Both the leaders are expected to discuss about fielding the BJP candidate or to extend support to the cine star, Sumalatha, the

Bengaluru, Mar 16: The Congress party, playing second fiddle to minor partner Janata Dal (S) in Karnataka and had failed to get minimum number of Lok Sabha seats in 2014 to be the recognised as Opposition party, has no issues to go before the people in the coming Lok Sabha elections, senior BJP leader and former Deputy Chief minister of Karnataka, K S Eshwarappa, opined here on Saturday. Speaking

Christchurch, Mat 16: New Zealand's stricken residents reached out to Muslims in their neighborhoods and around the country on Saturday (March 16), with a fierce determination to show kindness to a community in pain as a 28-year-old white supremacist stood silently before a judge, accused in mass shootings at two mosques that left 49 people dead. Brenton Harrison Tarrant appeared in court amid

San Francisco, Mar 16: To tackle the spread of fake news via its platform, WhatsApp’s new beta version shows a test feature that would run Google-powered web-checks on images being shared on the app to verify their legitimacy. Called “Search by Image”, the feature would search an image on the web that a user either sent or received in their chats using official Google application programming

Lucknow, Mar 16: Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) leader Danish Ali on Saturday joined the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party, ahead of the coming Lok Sabha elections. Danish Ali joined the BSP in the presence of the party's national general secretary Satish Mishra at the BSP office here. According to BSP sources, Ali, who was considered as a top leader in former Prime Minister H.D. Devegowda party, is

Christchurch, Mar 16: The main suspect in the shootings at two New Zealand mosques was charged with one count of murder, a day after the attacks that killed 49 people and wounded dozens, prompting the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to vow reform of the country's gun laws. Brenton Harrison Tarrant, a 28-year-old Australian citizen, appeared in the Christchurch District Court on Saturday and was

Udupi, Mar 16: In a major blow to Adani's Udupi Power Plant project at Yellur village of Udupi district, the Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal declared on 14" March 2019 that all the clearances granted to set up the power plant are illegal. It has also ordered the suspension of the Environmental Clearance dated 1.08.2017 granted to expand the plant by addition of 2x800MW units to

Kalaburagi, Mar 16: Former Karnataka Legislative Council member and senior BJP leader K B Shanappa on Saturday announced that he will resign to the primary membership of the party and may join Congress very shortly. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, he said that he has decided to quit BJP as the party senior leaders have neglected local leaders before admitting outsider. Dr Jadhav