Karnataka

Mangaluru, Feb 13: The five-day Brahma Rathothsava of Sri Lakshmi Venkatarama temple on Car Street here ended today with colourful 'Okkuli'. A large number of men, women, children alike with their faces, head and clothes drenched with colours gathered on Car Street for the event. The event was watched by hundreds of women and children from their houses and buildings on Car Street. Devotees, mainly

New Delhi, Feb 13: The Popular Front of India (PFI) has termed the ban imposed by on it by the Jharkhand state government asundemocratic and unconstitutional. In a release issued here the PFI said: “From the news carried by a section of media, we came to know that as per a notice issued by the State Home Department on Tuesday, Jharkhand government has banned PFI in the State. We strongly condemn

Begaluru, Feb 13: As many as 8,41,649 students from 14,454 schools across the State will be taking up the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examination from March 21 to April 4. The Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) set earlier dates owing to the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. A press release stated on Tuesday that the exams would be conducted at 2,847 centres –

Mangaluru, Feb 13: A local court has sentenced a 44-year-old man to 10 years imprisonment and imposed on him a fine of Rs. 16,000 on finding him guilty of making an attempt to murder his wife. First Additional District and Sessions Judge Sharada B announced the quantum of punishment. According to the charge-sheet filed by the Ullal Police, Ravi stabbed his wife Rekha (38), a Home Guard, after she

Bengaluru, Feb 13: A city-based businessman, who has defaulted on income tax payments with arrears of Rs. 11.94 crore plus interest, was on Tuesday detained to a civil prison at Parappana Agrahara Central Jail for six months for failing to make satisfactory arrangement for payment of arrears, officials said. In a press release, the income tax department said the business was arrested by the Tax

Bengaluru, Feb 13: The drama over the alleged poaching audio clip continued for the second consecutive day in the legislative assembly on Tuesday with both the opposition and ruling parties agreeing to a probe into the issue. However, both sides differed on the mode of inquiry. While the BJP continued to press for a judicial probe or a House committee to inquire into the contents of the audio clip

Bengaluru, Feb 13: Refuting charges that he sent Sharanagouda, son of JD(S) MLA Naganagouda Kandakur, to Devadurga to meet state BJP president BS Yeddyurappa on the night of February 7 with the intention to trap him, chief minister HD Kumaraswamy insisted on Tuesday that it was BJP leaders who invited Sharanagouda to the Devadurga inspection bungalow. “Sharanagouda got 25 calls on that night,”

Bengaluru, Feb 13: In a fresh case of internet fraud, the salary account of Udupi-Chikkamagaluru BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje was hacked. Reports say nearly Rs 20 lakh was siphoned off from her account. The State Bank of India account was frozen after lodging of complaint. The complaint was filed at North Avenue police station in the national capital. According to the complaint, money was withdrawn

Bengaluru, Feb 13: Karnataka assembly speaker Ramesh Kumar on Tuesday compared himself to a rape survivor having to undergo repeated questioning as he referred to repeated charges against him being part of the controversial audio tapes, over which government has announced an SIT. The speaker made the intervention during the discussions in the assembly over the Special Investigation Team probe into

Udupi, Feb 13: The total number of persons arrested in connection with the Kota double murder case has now reached 13 as the Udupi District Police nabbed five more accused. In a press release issued here, Superintendent of Police Laxman Nimbargi gave the names of the five arrested persons as Abhishek alias Abhi Palan (23), resident of Subrahmanya Nagar, Puttur, Udupi; Santosh Kundar (36), resident