Karnataka

Bengaluru, Dec 19: Hitting out at Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa for his government's decision to clamp down on protests against Citizenship Amendment Act, former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday asked him not to be "undemocratic". In a series of tweets, the senior Congress leader told the Chief Minister that he was being used as a pawn to fulfill the agenda of RSS, and called on him to

Bengaluru, Dec 19: Hundreds of agitators were taken into custody in Karnataka on Thursday for defying prohibitory orders in force as they tried to stage protest against Citizen (Amendment) Act 2019. In the city, agitators were taken into custody at SBM Circle and Town Hall when they tried to stage protest and dharna. At SBM circle the agitators, members of Left parties, indulged wordy duel with

Mangaluru, Dec 19: The Customs officials at the Mangaluru International Airport arrested a person who was carrying gold weighing 247.7 grms in a form of bar pasted on his head. In a tweet on Wednesday, the Customs sleuths said the passenger had pasted the gold bar on his head and covered it with false hair. He was checked soon after his arrival by an Air India flight from Dubai. The gold seized

Bengaluru, Dec 19: The Bengaluru city police have detained acclaimed historian Ramachandra Guha and others who were trying stage protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), during a state-wide protest here on Thursday. According to official sources, Mr Guha was detained by the city police, when he was speaking to the electronic media and expressing his concern over the CAA. He was holding

Bengaluru, Dec 19: Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa today chaired a meeting of the senior police officers and reviewed the law and order situation, following protest programmes of various organisations including students against the enactment of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The meeting was attended by among others including Director General of Police Smt Neelamani Raju, City Police

Mangaluru, Dec 19: Police resorted to baton charge when a large number of people gathered in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner in the city today defying the prohibitory orders to register their protest against contentious Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens. When the protesters began to raise slogans against communal laws passed by the union government, the police

Bengaluru, Dec 19: Former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday asked the JD(S) MLAs not to damage the party and choose a leader among themselves if they were unhappy with him. He also made it clear that he will not destabilise the BJP government in the state, which got a majority after winning 12 seats in the recent bypolls, describing it as stable and "pious." The former chief minister

Bantwal, Dec 18: Two people including a gram panchayat member lost their lives in a ghastly road mishap occurred today at Kelaginapete in Kanyana village near Vittal in Bantwal taluk. The deceased have been identified as Walter D’Souza (45), member of Kanayana gram panchayat and Wilson D’Souza, a resident of Panjaje village. The two were travelling on a motorbike which met with an accident. They

Mangaluru, Dec 18: Amidst mounting citizens’ opposition to the contentions Citizenship Amendment Act-2019, a prohibitory order has been imposed in Mangaluru City Police Commissionerate limits under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC). A communiqué issued by the city police chief Dr P S Harsha states that the prohibitory orders will be in place from 9 p.m. on Wednesday, December 18

Udupi, Dec 18: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led union government, stabs Muslims directly and Hindus in the back, said activist and thinker Shivasundar. He was addressing a protest meet organised by the Udupi Zilla Muslim Okkoota against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner, here, today. He said