Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jan 23: Karnataka's ruling Congress-JD(S) coalition coordination committee is scheduled to meet on Thursday, amid chinks in the alliance and an alleged bid by the BJP to dislodge the H D Kumaraswamy government. The meeting gains significance as it comes days after political turmoil that also saw Congress, the senior partner, herd its MLAs to a resort to shield them from BJP's alleged

Mysuru, Jan 23: The Karnataka government has been spending Rs 2400 crores to provide drinking water to 1664 villages across the State, Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Krishne Byregowda said today. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, he said that Summer is fast approaching and there are many drought-hit taluks and regions in the State. The Government is spending huge

Bengaluru, Jan 23: The JDS-Congress Coalition government Coordination Committee should have representation for the State Presidents of the coalition partners, JD(S) State Chief H Vishwanath urgd today. Speaking to newsmen here on Wednesday, Mr Vishwanath said that the present co-ordination committee, can not be called as a full-fledged one as it sans the presence of the chiefs of the KPCC as well

Bengaluru, Jan 23: Karnataka Home Minister M B Patil Wednesday said the 111-year-old Shivakumara Swami of Siddaganga mutt, who passed away on Monday, is eligible fora Nobel Prize apart from the Bharat Ratna. He also said the state government wouldpress the demand for conferring the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civivilan honour, on the seer posthumously. "...Mother Theresa was awarded Nobel

Kannur, Jan 23: Four CPI(M) cadres and three BJP workers were injured in separate bomb attacks at Pottan Para Alikandy bazar near Pinarayi in the wee hours on Wednesday. Tense situation prevailed at Pinarayi and nearby Thalassery following the attack. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has been camping in his own village at Pinarayi to attend a family meet organized by CPI(M) for the last two days.

Bengaluru, Jan 23: A man claiming to be a doctor working in Venezuela allegedly duped a woman doctor from Bengaluru of Rs. 21.4 lakh in a marriage proposal scam. The woman, Shreedevi G., 36, in her complaint to the Rajarajeshwarinagar police on Monday said she “met” the accused, who had identified himself as Rakesh Kapoor, on an online matrimony portal in October last year. He claimed he was an

Tumkur, Jan 23: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara on Wednesday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not attending the last rites of the highly revered Lingayat seer Shivakumara Swami. Earlier in the day G Parameshwara took to Twitter to hit out at the Prime Minister. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends celebrity weddings, meets movie stars but skips the funeral of our

New Delhi, Jan 23: The Supreme Court has granted bail to four convicts in the Naroda Patiya massacre case in Gujarat in which 97 people were killed by a mob during the 2002 riots in the state. A bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar Tuesday granted bail to the four convicts -- Umeshbhai Surabhai Bharwad, Rajkumar, Padmendrasinh Jaswantsinh Rajput and Harshad alias Mungda Jila Govind Chhara Parmar

Bengaluru, Jan 23: Stating that there will be no intervention from the government on the investigation by the police on the alleged assault on the Congress MLA Anand Singh, by another Congress legislator, J N Ganesh, the home minister, M B Patil said that “nobody is above the law and accused will be arrested soon”. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, Mr Patil said that "the person

Chikkamagaluru, Jan 23: Seven friends, who rushed to Tumakuru to pay their respects to Shivakumara Swami, met with an accident near Mattighatta while on their way back home on Tuesday. Parameshwarappa, 34, died on the spot. Six others were admitted to McGaan hospital in Shivamogga. The seven from Malleshwara in Kaduru were returning when their Bolero rammed into a tree. Kaduru police said that the