Karnataka

Udupi, Nov 27: A District Special Court in Karnataka has sentenced two youths to 20 years imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor girl and threatening her with life thereafter. The court convicted Mukesh Mali (20) and Padam Singh (28), natives of Rajasthan, on Tuesday, for raping a minor girl on the outskirts of Udupi City. Both the accused were working in a Tile factory and staying at a

Bengaluru, Nov 27: The state government plans to revisit existing affordable housing schemes that offer subsidies on home loans and replace them with interest-free home loans. This is part of the government’s mission to promote PM Modi’s ‘housing for all’ scheme. The government plans to build 19 lakh houses in 30 months. If everything goes to plan, the government will do away with existing housing

Mysuru, Nov 26: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday expressed confident that BJP would sweep the upcoming 15 Assembly seats and that would put an end to all talks around mid-term polls in the state. Speaking to newsmen at the airport here, he said, "The government is stable and will complete the remaining term of three-and-a-half years and senior Congress leader Mr Siddaramiah will

Udupi, Nov 26: A woman recently lost her life after mistakenly brushing her teeth with rat poison instead of tooth paste. The deceased is Leela Karkera, 57, a resident of Malpe in Udupi district of Karnataka. According to police, the woman accidentally applied rat poison on the toothbrush and brushed her teeth after waking up around 5 a.m. She probably could not make out the difference between a

Bengaluru, Nov 26: Actor-turned-realty scamster Disha Choudhary, who remained elusive for over two years, was arrested on Monday. Thirty-five warrants and 10 summonses were issued against her. One of the masterminds of the multi-crore realty scam allegedly perpetrated by Dreamz Infra GK Pvt Ltd, Disha was arrested by CID officials in Mumbai, where she was living with her two children. She is the

Mysuru, Nov 26: Former minister and Congress leader Tanveer Sait, who was attacked at a wedding function by a 25-year-old man last Sunday, was discharged from Columbia Asia hospital after several fans visited him on Monday. Mr Sait was seen greeting them with folded hands from his hospital bed. Considering his popularity, hospital authorities had made arrangements for his fans to see him by

Bengaluru, Nov 26: JD(S) leader and former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy reiterated that he will extend support to chief minister BS Yediyurappa if the BJP fails to secure the minimum six seats it requires to stay in power in the December 5 byelections to 15 seats. Yediyurappa, however, rejected the offer and pitched instead for “Congress-JD(S)- mukt Karnataka”. “There is no question of midterm

Bengaluru, Nov 26: Hundreds of residents of eight localities near Hulimavu Lake in south Bengaluru on Monday scrambled to save what they could after water from the breached lake gushed into their homes on Sunday. BBMP officials said 319 houses had been badly damaged. The civic agency’s employees and pourakarmikas began cleaning and fogging operations in affected areas to prevent outbreak of

Bengaluru, Nov 25: Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday ruled out the possibility of his former ally JD(S) joining hands with BJP after the bypolls, as he talked about the prospects of mid-term polls in the state and the Congress party winning it. The Congress Legislature Party leader also said the B.S Yediyurappa-led BJP government will have to resign on "failing" to garner the

Bengaluru, Nov 25: Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday pitched for 'Congress-mukt Karnataka' to realise the BJP's national dream of 'Congress-mukt Bharat'. "If we have to make 'Congress-mukt Bharat' then it should be 'Congress Mukt Karnataka' first. It should begin from here," he said addressing an election rally at Kamalapurain Vijayanagar Assembly constituency from where Anand Singh is