Karnataka

Bengaluru, Feb 22: Congress MLA JN Ganesh, arrested on Wednesday from Somnath in Gujarat, was on Thursday remanded in judicial custody till March 6 by the chief judicial magistrate’s court in Ramanagara. Bidadi police, who arrested the Kampli MLA for allegedly attempting to murder his colleague, Hospet MLA Anand Singh in a resort in Ramanagara district late January 20 night, did not seek his

Udupi, Feb 21: Nisha James has been appointed as the Superintendent of Police of Udupi district. Ms. James, an IPS officer of 2013 batch, is presently serving as Commandant, 4th Battalion, KSRP, Bengaluru. Laxman Nimbargi, who is presently the Superintendent of Police, Udupi District, has been transferred as Superintendent of Police, Wireless, Bengaluru. Ms. James served as Assistant

Kalaburagi, Feb 21: Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikurjun Kharge today underlined that he will not change his Kalaburagi Lok Sabha constituency and reports appearing in a section of the press of contesting from Kolar is far from truth. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, Mr Kharge termed as false the news appearing in a section of the press that he has faced anti-incumbency

Mangaluru, Feb 21: Muslim Sanghatenagala Okkoota, an unofficial umbrella body of a section of Muslim organisations in Dakshina Kannada (DK) has warned the Congress party against fielding former minister Vinay Kumar Sorake from the DK Lok Sabha constituency in looming general elections. A two-time MLA from Puttur, and a former MP from Udupi, Mr Sorake lost the assembly election from Kaup in 2018

Kasaragod, Feb 21: The involvement of senior leaders of the CPI(M), including the Uduma MLA K Kunhiraman, has been alleged by the family of the two victims of the Periya double murder case. Two youth congress workers - Kripesh and Sarath Lal, were hacked to death on Thursday last in Periya near here. Pointing his accusing fingers at the Uduma MLA K Kunhiraman, Sathyanarayanan, father of Sarath Lal

Ramanagara, Feb 21: Suspended Congress MLA J N Ganesh was remanded to 14 days Judicial custody by CJM Court Judge M Anitha on his production on Thursday on charges of brutally assaulting another Congress MLA Anand Singh last month. Kampli Legislator Ganesh, who was absconding since last one month after allegedly assaulting Congress MLA Anand Singh at a Resort near Bengaluru on Jan 20, was nabbed

Mangaluru, Feb 21: A 60 year old man got a fresh lease of life after one of the rarest heart valve replacements (Valve in Valve) was done for the first time in Karnataka, by a team of doctors led by Dr Yusuf Kumble at Indiana Hospital & Heart Institute, Mangaluru. Mr. Raghavan, a patient hailing from Kerala, had undergone an open heart surgery and mitral valve replacement in Kerala about 12 years

Kalaburagi, Feb 21: Karnataka Minister for Social Welfare Priyank Kharge, who is also Kalaburagi District In-Charge Minister, on Thursday clarified that he has not neglected the development of any constituency in the district including the Chincholi constituency represented by Umesh Jadhav but it was BJP which is provoking him to make baseless allegations for their benefit. Talking to the press

Feb 21: A Kerala court on Wednesday sent CPI (M) leader A. Peethamabaran, accused in the murder of two Youth Congress workers in Kasargode district on Sunday, to 7-day police custody. Before producing him before the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court in Hosdurg, the police took Peethamabaran to the scene of the crime. It recovered two iron rods and a sword from a well, about 500-metre from the

Hassan, Feb 21: A speeding car today rammed into a roadside toilet on National Highway 75 near Udayapura in Channarayapatna taluk of Hassan district resulting in the death of four persons including two children. Three of the victims were burnt alive inside the car as it caught fire. One child died when it was being shifted to a hospital. The car, belonging to one Vivek Naik of Bengaluru, was bound