Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jan 8: Veteran Sunni religious scholar and Soofi saint K P Abdul Jabbar Musliyar Mittabail passed away due to age related illness. 85-year-old scholar breathed his last at his residence in Mittabail near B C Road on the outskirts of the city today. In spite of his ill health, he was busy in religious activities till the last moment of his life. Today he faced severe respiratory problem

Bengaluru, Jan 8: Day one of two day Bharat Bandh called by various 10 Trade Unions passed off peacefully with no untoward incident reported from any part of Karnataka on Tuesday. The Bandh against NDA government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi evoked mixed response in the State and the most affected were students community as the examinations scheduled for today and tomorrow by various

Bengaluru, Jan 8: Janata Dal (S) MLAs today urged party supremo H D Devegowda to assert a proper share for the party in the coalition government with Congress and a ‘hard bargaining’ is needed to give the party legislators their due and ensure growth of the party in Karnataka before the Lok Sabha elections this year. According to party sources, majority of the JD(S) MLAs, who were present at the

Bantwal, Jan 8: A teenage boy lost his life after he accidentally drowned in Netravati River at Farangipete in Bantwal taluk. The deceased has been identified as Abdul Sattar (14), son of Mohammad Basheer, a resident of Amemar village in the same taluk. Fire fighters and divers have launched a search operation in the river. More details are awaited.

Bengaluru, Jan 8: Ahead of notifications for General elections Congress in Karnataka is geared-up for strengthening the rank and file of the party, AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal here on Tuesday. Congress in Karnataka have decided to step up the Functional capacity of the rank and file at the grassroot level. Directions have been issued to conduct a People Contact programme, in which party

Belagavi, Jan 8: Police busted a FICN (Fake Indian Curency Note) racket and arrested seven persons in the city on Monday when they tried to circulate fake currency notes in denomination of Rs 2000 and Rs 200 in a village in the district in Karnataka. Superintendent of police Shudhir Kumar Reddy said the accused included two who used to print fake currency notes using photo copying machines and the

Bengaluru, Jan 8: Opposition Leader in the Karnataka Legislative Council Kota Srinivas Poojary has reiterated BJP's demand for resignation of the Minister for Backward Class Welfare Puttaranga Shetty following confiscating of over Rs 25 lakh from one of his ministerial staff, recently. Addressing newsmen here on Tuesday, he charged that “the discreet silence by the Chief Minister on the incident

Bengaluru, Jan 8: Sandeep Gururaj, the deputy general manager (corporate finance and treasury) of Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG), his wife and two other women have been arrested for allegedly siphoning off Rs 62 crore from the privately-held conglomerate. According to police, Sandeep transferred the company’s funds to his personal account and his wife’s bank account. He also

Bengaluru, Jan 8: The Income-Tax (I-T) Department would soon issue orders for attaching the property of Karnataka's Congress Minister D.K. Shivakumar, a top official said on Monday. "The case (investigation) on Shivakumar is in progress. We will soon be issuing orders to attach his property," Karnataka Director-General of Income-Tax (Investigation) B.R. Balakrishhnan told reporters here. The

Mangaluru, Jan 8: The Bharat Bandh called by Central Trade Unions on Tuesday evoked poor response in Karnataka’s coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts. Most parts of the cities of Mangaluru and Udupi and other prominent towns in the region looked normal while some people volunteer shut their shops. The public transports, commercial establishments and other operations which