Karnataka

Bengaluru, Feb 2: Karnataka BJP Saturday hit out at Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy for claiming credit for the arrest of underworld gangster Ravi Pujari from Senegal and asked him to show "some guts" and stop crimes in the state. It also took a dig at Kumaraswamy by referring to him as "Anna" (big brother), as the chief minister is usually referred to. The party also asked the chief minister show

Kasaragod, Feb 2: The sleuths of the National Investigation Agency have arrested another absconding accused in the 2006 Kerala twin blasts from the airport in New Delhi. P.P. Yoosaf, who had since been absconding, was arrested on Friday from the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport after he arrived from Saudi Arabia, an NIA spokesperson said. He was produced later in the day before an NIA

Mysuru, Feb 2: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today advocated for simple mass marriages. Speaking after inaugurating a mass marriage programme at Suttur village on the eve of the Suttur fair, he said that “our family shares a special bonding with Suttur Mutt. The mutt is doing yeoman service for the Society even a government would find it difficult to do. The mutt has organised

Mysuru, Feb 2: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kuramaswamy today announced that the populous 'Yeshsvini Health' Scheme for farmers will be included in the State budget which will be presented on February 8. Speaking after inaugurating the new high tech bus stand at Suttur village on Saturday, he said the Scheme which could not continued last year due to some reasons, would be included in the budget

Bengaluru, Feb 2: Public Works Departments minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader H D Revanna and Congress MLC Gopalaswamy engaged in a war of words during a meeting held on Saturday. The quarrel broke out minutes after Revanna stated that no developmental works took place in Hassan district during the tenure of Siddaramaiah as chief minister between 2013 to 2018. Responding to Revanna's claim

Bengaluru, Feb 2: Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) National President H D Deve Gowda suffered pain on his leg after he got slipped in bathroom last night. According to sources, Mr Gowda, who had returned from New Delhi went to bathroom where he got his leg twisted and suffered pain. The doctors, who had attended him reportedly advised to go for a MRI scan on his leg and rest for a

At 73-years of age, Mahalinga Naik breaks into a smile, when residents of Amai village at Bantwal taluk point towards him as the local 'Green-Revolutionary'. For a man who never received formal education, Naik has been solely credited for creating a sustainable eco-friendly farmland, which once was barren land and could not even bear a sapling. At a hillock farmland in Adyanadka, approximately 52

Mandya, Feb 2: Amidst the seat-sharing row between the Congress and the JD(S), it is said that actress Sumalatha, widow of actor-politician late M H Ambareesh, was approached by some people urging her to contest the Lok Sabha election from Mandya. A group of Mr. Ambareesh’s supporters met Ms. Sumalatha at her residence in Bengaluru on Friday and urged her to contest the election. Later, she

Hubballi, Feb 2: The Keshwapur police have arrested two youths who allegedly used to target commuters on highways and fleece money from them. The arrested are Prashant Bommaji, 24 of New Kanya Nagar and Yona Perumal, 25, of Janata Colony. The duo allegedly stopped a Haryana-based truck on Vijayapur Road on Thursday and snatched cash and mobile phone of the truck driver before fleeing from the spot

Bengaluru, Feb 2: Underworld don Ravi Pujari, arrested in Senegalon a red alert by Indian intelligence agencies, was living with a new identity, had a Burkina Faso passport for himself and his family and ran a chain of restaurants in some West African nations, Karnatakapolice said on Friday. "Ravi Pujari had obtained a new identity as Antony Fernadez and got a Burkina Faso passport for himself