Karnataka

Bengaluru, Nov 19: A college student suffered multiple injuries after she was pushed out of a moving KSRTC bus by its conductor who objected to her travelling by a student pass. The injured girl has been identified as Bhoomika, 16, a 1st year PUC student at Jyothi Kendriya Vidyalaya in Yelachenahalli. She fell face-first onto the road, suffering injuries on her forehead and left knee. She also

Mysuru, Nov 19: Fairoz Khan, the gunman of Congress MLA Tanveer Sait, who was stabbed on Sunday, has been suspended for negligence of duty, the office of the Commissioner of Police, Mysuru, said on Tuesday. The MLA was attacked with a knife by a man named Farhan during an event here on Sunday. He was rushed to a hospital and the attacker was taken into police custody. The reason behind the attack

Puttur, Nov 19: The Hosmaru villagers in Kuriya area of Puttur taluk today woke up the shocking news of a double murder wherein two people were hacked to death by the miscreants. 16-year-old Sameeha and her 62-year-old grandfather Koglu Saheb died on the spot in the attack that reportedly took place last night in their house. Khadeejabi, 55, wife of Koglu Saheb was hospitalised with critical

New Delhi, Nov 19: IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan, who had resigned to protest the denial of freedom of expression to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, on Monday said he will not rejoin duty and will continue to create awareness about the dangerous situation the nation is being led towards. It has been nearly three months since he resigned, but the resignation is yet to be accepted. Talking to News

Ahmedabad, Nov 19: A couple has petitioned the Gujarat High Court on Monday for help to get back two daughters who they allege have been illegally confined at an ashram run by controversial self-styled godman Swami Nithyananda. Petitioners Janardana Sharma and his wife told the court on Monday that they had admitted their four daughters, from 7 to 15 years of age, to an educational institution run

Bengaluru, Nov 19: Cracking down on rebellion over ticket distribution for the upcoming bypolls, the ruling BJP in Karnataka has decided to expel rebel Sharath Bachegowda who has jumped into the fray as an independent in Hoskote. Announcing this, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa today also indicated action against Sharath Bachegowda's father and BJP MP from Chikkaballapura BN Bachegowda, who has been

Bengaluru, Nov 19: India's information technology services companies may shed 30,000 to 40,000 middle-level employees this year as growth slows down, IT industry veteran T V Mohandas Pai said Monday. The former Chief Financial Officer of IT major Infosys Ltd termed these job losses as a once-in-five-years normal phenomenon with maturing of the industry. "As in all sectors in the West, in India too

Bengaluru, Nov 19: A total of 248 candidates including those belonging to the Congress, the JD(S) and the ruling BJP have filed their nominations for the December 5 bypolls to 15 assembly constituencies in Karnataka, the scrutiny of which would take place on Tuesday, poll officials said. A total of 353 nominations have been filed by the candidates, they said. According to data shared by the office

Bengaluru, Nov 19: Amid speculation that he will contest as an independent, seven-time MLA Roshan Baig, who was denied the BJP ticket, did not file his nomination from Shivajinagar constituency on Monday,the last date to do so for the December 5 bypolls to 15 assembly segments in the state. Baig is one among the 17 disqualified MLAs, whom the Supreme Court had last week allowed to contest the

Bengaluru, Nov 19: With the outcome of the coming bypolls to 15 Karnataka assembly constituencies crucial for survival of its government, the ruling BJP is going all out to ensure victory of its candidates, most of them rebel disqualified MLAs, pitching them as future ministers. Congress and JDS, whose coalition government was pulled down by the rebels in July leading to their disqualification and