Karnataka

Bengaluru, Nov 2: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has hit out at party leaders for lack of support in "saving" the BJP government and not recognising the "sacrifice" of disqualified Congress-JD(S) MLAs, because of whom they could come to power. Yediyurappa said that he felt like having committed a "crime" for occupying the chief minister's post making disqualified MLAs trust in him. A

Bengaluru, Nov 2: Former minister of Karnataka and noted social leader, Vaijanath Patil passed away in Bengaluru on Saturday morning. The 82-year-old Patil was admitted to Fortis Hospital for prolonged illness. As the president of Hyderabad-Karnataka Horata Samithi, Patil led mass movements for getting Special Status under 370(J) to the region amending the Constitution which was a long pending

Kalaburagi , Nov 1: Attempt to hoist a separate statehood flag of Kalyan Karnataka by members various organisations to boycott Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations was foiled by police here city on Friday. Members of the Hyderabad Karnataka Pratyeka Kalyan Karnataka Rajya Horata Samiti president M S Patail Naribol and a few others, who tried to break the police cordon at Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Chowk

Mangaluru, Nov 1: Indian Coast Guard (ICG) sleuths have arrested 15 fishermen from Iran and seized two boats recently for entering Indian waters illegally. The arrested fishermen were handed over to Mangaluru Police for further investigations, according to release issued here on Friday. The arrested fishermen have been identified as Azam Ansari, Abubaker Ansari Miya, Moosa Dahadani, Shidh Baachu

Mangaluru, Nov 1: City Crime Branch (CCB) on Friday arrested four students on the charges of peddling drugs in the city. Police Commissioner Dr P S Harsha said that based on credible information the CCB sleuths and personnel from the Economic and Narcotic Offences station conducted the raid. The students were regular drug peddlers, their potential target being other students. "Narcotic drugs

Mangaluru, Nov 1: A 40-year-old person died after being hit by a moving train here on Friday. This was the third similar incident reported since October. Railway police said the deceased has been identified as Mohammed Basheer (40), a resident of Chembugudde.

Mangaluru, Nov 1: A city-based group in Mangaluru here conducted a unique "selfie with potholes" campaign to highlight the issue of potholes in the city on Friday. City-based Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) Civic Group initiated the campaign by urging people to click selfies with potholes and using the hashtag ##Fixitanna-ROADhaTHODha upload them to the social media mentioning the location

Kalaburagi, Nov 1: The workers of Pratyeka Kalyan Karnataka Horata Samiti (PKKHS) on Friday were detained after they staged a protest here demanding a separate state. Today on Karnataka State Formation Day, PKKHS workers during the protest alleged that the districts of Kalaburagi, Yadgir, Bidar, Koppal, Bellari and Raichur are under-developed. Kalyana Karnataka member Vinod Kumar told ANI, "We

Bengaluru, Nov 1: Former chief minister and Leader of Opposition in Vidhan Sabha Siddaramaiah on Friday launched a scathing attack on the state government, saying the BJP is in the practice of twisting history and telling lies. "Twisting history and telling lies are the fundamental rights of the BJP. This is how they try to lie about history," Siddaramaiah told reporters at the Press Club here.

Belgaum, Nov 1: Thousands of Marathi speaking people here on Friday took out a motorcycle rally to protest against their inclusion in Karnataka, which celebrates November 1 as its Foundation Day every year. The rally started from Sambhaji Park here. It is worth mentioning that for the past 63 years, Marathi speaking people here have been celebrating Karnataka's Foundation Day as a Black Day