Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jan 16: The police have arrested a 45-year-old married man for cheating and robbing at least 16 women from across the state by promising marriage. All of his victims are widows and divorcees. D M Ramakrishna, a resident of Doddamulagodu village in T Narasipura taluk, Mysuru district, not only cheated each woman of money and stole their jewellery, but also had physical relationships with

Gurugram, Jan 16: Amidst speculation that the Congress-JD(S) coalition in Karnataka may have challenging times ahead, BJP state chief B S Yeddyurappa, has reportedly promised his party MLAs that he would give them a good news within couple of days. Yeddyurappa’s off-the-cuff comments came as Karnataka BJP MLAs gathered to celebrate Sankranti at a luxury hotel near Gurugram in Haryana, where they

Belagavi, Jan 16: A twenty-six-year-old woman hanged herself to a ceiling fan late on Monday night. She was allegedly fed up by the torture of her husband’s family for giving birth to a girl child. Akshata Vidyadhar Kakatikar, a resident of Om Nagar, Khasbag is the deceased. Her father Vinayak Sonar has registered a complaint in Shahapur police station alleging that Akshata was constantly tortured

Udupi, Jan 16: Almost seven months after he was arrested by the Kuwait police on charge of carrying banned medicine, S hankara Poojary, a 40-year-old expatriate worker hailing from Basroor in Kundapur of Udupi district, has finally been released. Mr. Poojary had migrated to Kuwait in May 2014 to work with a company called Agricultural Food Products Company, K.S.C. He would visit once in two years

Mumbai, Jan 15: With a robust technology and innovation ecosystem in place, Bengaluru has emerged as the world's most dynamic city, a recent survey said. According to a survey by property consultant JLL, following Bengaluru is Hyderabad that is ranked second with Delhi at fourth, Pune at fifth, Chennai at seventh and Kolkata at fifteenth position featuring in top 20 cities. With 19 of the top 20

Mysuru, Jan 15: Karnataka BJP president and former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa is highly confident of forming a BJP government in the state soon, according a former minister and present MLA from Mysuru region. “It is possible to topple the JD(S)-Congress coalition government. But, as on Tuesday afternoon, nothing is concrete. If nothing happens by evening, it is over,” the MLA was quoted as

Bengaluru, Jan 15: Dismissing any threat to the Congress-JDS dispensation in the state after two MLAs withdrew their support, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Tuesday said his government was stable and he was "totally relaxed". Seeking to put up a brave front, Kumaraswamy said, "I know my strength. My government is stable. Don't worry." He added, "Whatever are the episodes in our Kannada (TV)

Bengaluru, Jan 15: Amid allegations of the BJP trying to poach the MLAs of the ruling coalition in Karnataka, former prime minister and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda on Tuesday asserted that there was no threat to the government headed by his son H D Kumaraswamy. "It is not in anybody's hands, including the media. However much you cry hoarse, nothing will happen because it is in the hands of God

Bengaluru, Jan 15: New political turbulence in Karnataka has travelled from Bengaluru to Delhi as the BJP flew its 104 lawmakers to the capital and then a luxury resort in neighbouring Gurgaon, alleging that Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy was trying to split its ranks. "The Janata Dal Secular (JDS) wants to break BJP lawmakers. We are united. We will stay in Delhi for one or two days," said BJP

Bengaluru, Jan 15: Brushing aside any threat to the H D Kumaraswamy-led Karnataka dispensation after two MLAs withdrew support, Congress general secretary K C Venugopal Tuesday said the coalition government would continue despite the BJP's "ugly and dirty" horse-trading attempts. Venugopal alleged that the MLAs of the Congress-JD(S) ruling combine were being offered a "lot of things" by the BJP to