Karnataka

Manjeshwar, Oct 19: With the public campaign for the October 21 bye-lection coming to a close on Saturday evening, all the three political fronts in the fray in the Manjeshwar Assembly Constituency, which is number 1 in the 144-seater Kerala Assembly, are all out in persuading the voters to cast their votes in their favour. It is more than an election but a retributing one for the Bharatiya Janata

Bengaluru, Oct 19: As a Diwali gift to the personnel of the police force the state Government on Saturday announced the decision to implement the recommendation of the Auradkar committee on revision of pay for police force in Karnataka. In a notification issued here, the state government had hiked the salaries being given to police personnel, which would additionally cause a financial burden of

Ahmadabad/Lucknow, Oct 19: Derogatory speeches against the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) led to the murder of Hindu Samaj Party founder Kamlesh Tiwari, claimed the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), which today arrested three persons from Surat, even as victim’s mother squarely held the Bharatiya Janata Party responsible. "We have arrested three persons as of now who are involved in the murder of

Haveri, Oct 19: Some might even call it funny but in a bizarre incident, students at a private college in Karnataka were made to wear cardboard boxes during an exam to allegedly prevent them from cheating. Photos of the incident, which showed students writing by wearing a cardboard box with just its front side open, surfaced online and was shared widely. Apart from the memes and snide comments

Bengaluru, Oct 19: Former minister G Janardhana Reddy, the main accused in the multi-crore illegal mining and transportation of iron ore case, will have to stand trial for offences under IPC section 409 (criminal breach of trust by a public servant) which entails life sentence. The Karnataka high court on Friday set aside orders passed by a special court for elected representatives, which

Bengaluru, Oct 19: Basavaraj Bommai, BJP leader and home minister of Karnataka has claimed that some terrorist sleeper cells were active in Bengaluru and Mysuru and their activities have intensified in coastal Karnataka as well as the Bay of Bengal. Speaking to reporters at Mysuru, Bommai said the National Investigation Agency suspects movement of terrorists belonging to the Jamat-ul-Mujahideen

Jubail, Oct 18: The Beary entrepreneurs in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are gearing up to launch the Jubail chapter of Mangaluru-based Bearys Chamber of Commerce and Industry on November 21. A preparatory meeting in this regard was held on Thursday, October 17 at Golden Fish Restaurant in Jubail, wherein Zakariya Jokatte, the vice president of BCCI, shed light on the history and achievements of the

Mangaluru, Oct 18: Congress leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday slammed the BJP for its move to prop up Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar for the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award. Alleging that Savarkar was one of the co-conspirators involved in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, he said the BJP might also felicitate Nathuram Godse with the highest

Sankeshwar, Oct 18: Slamming Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa for his remarks in favour of Maharashtra on the Mahadayi river water dispute, BJP legislator Umesh Katti on Friday said that the latter should first solve the water crisis in north Karnataka or else a new state should be bifurcated from the region. "Without implementing the Mahadayi project, giving such statements is strongly

Bengaluru, Oct 18: Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai has said a detention center for the foreign nationals would coming up on the city's outskirts soon. Speaking to newspersons on Thursday, he said a detention centre was set up near Nelamangala, which would start operations soon, adding that it would be for the foreign nationals involved in illegal activities, until they were deported. "I