Karnataka

Bantwal, Dec 7: Three people lost their lives and another suffered critical injuries in a landslip at a construction site at Odiyoor under the limits of Vittla police station in Bantwal taluk today. The incident took place while several people were digging land to erect pillar for new building and suddenly hillock collapsed. Balappa Naika, 56, resident of Vittal Kasba village, Prakash, resident of

Kalaburagi, Dec 7: Justice Nagamohan Das Committee, which is looking into demands for increasing the SC/ST reservation in the state will arrive Kalaburagi on December 10 for a regional level discussion in the city. The committee has invited inputs from the SC/ST organisation and public in this regard. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, the SC/ST leader Dr Vithal Dodamani and Dr

Bengaluru, Dec 7: The city police have registered a case of extortion and kidnapping after an appeal by the mother of a 12-year-old girl who escaped from a kidnapper and ran to the nearest police station on December 3. In the complaint, the mother said: "My daughter was going to tuition after she came home from school. Some unknown person came to her, who claimed to be sent by me, and showed her

Bengaluru, Dec 7: Senior Congress leader D K Shivakumar on Saturday threatened Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa with "serious action" if his government indulged in "vendetta politics," as he demanded the restoration of allotment of medical college for Kanakapura. In a letter to Chief Minister Shivakumar, who represents Kanakapura constituency, pointed out that the medical college was

Bengaluru, Dec 7: City Central Branch (CCB) Police have nabbed 40 bookies who had indulged in collecting betting money illegally at Bengaluru Turf Club and seized from them Rs 96 lakh betting money on Friday. CCB in a release here said that during surprise raid it was also unearthed that the arrested were also evading payment of GST to the government and collecting betting money on Horses

Bengaluru, Dec 7: Criticising the Union Government for delaying in releasing the state government’s share of GST collection, the KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao, had threatened to launch a stir against Central government on the issue. Addressing newsmen here on Saturday, the Karnataka Congress president, Rao said that “by delaying the state’s share of GST collection, the developmental works would

Shivamogga, Dec 7: A special court in Shivamogga on Saturday sentenced a 32-year-old man to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for raping a 7-year-old girl, in a case which goes back to 2014. The convict, Bhaskara, was found guilty under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) 2012 and also fined Rs 30,000 by the special court judge KB Shivaprasad. The minor victim will also

Hassan, Dec 7: Nearly seven months after registration of a complaint, the cyberpolice in Hassan have arrested one of the miscreants who were uploading morphed photos of unsuspecting girls on websites and later blackmailing them. According to police, the accused, Prashanth Rajashekhar Maaya (24), was arrested on Thursday. He belongs to Kadevu village in Indi taluk, Vijayapura district. He is a car

Wayanad, Dec 7: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is touring his parliamentary constituency, took out some time off from his busy schedule to sip tea at a stall here on Friday. Accompanied by Congress general secretary KC Venugopal, Rahul was seen chatting with a group of people at the tea stall. Earlier on Friday, the former Congress president addressed a rally where he was helped by a student

Bagalkot, Dec 7: Former Chief Minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Friday criticised Karnataka Chief Minister Yediyurappa over his decision to not to celebrate Tipu Jayanti in the state and said that the BJP leader was acting against only one community. Addressing a gathering at Hosur village, Siddaramaiah said, "Chief Minister Yediyurappa has a hatred for Muslims. I don't know why he