Karnataka

Bengaluru, Sept 20: In a fresh case of online matrimonial fraud, a 45-year-old man from Karnataka’s Chikkaballapura has lost Rs 33 lakh to his dream girl whom he had met on a matrimonial site. A helpless R K Muniraja, an electrician by profession, has now approached police seeking justice after his dream of leading a blissful, married life with newfound girlfriend from Italy came crashing down

Shivamogga, Sept 20: A childless couple’s two decade long marital life took an ugly turn with the woman lodging an instant triple talaq complaint against her NRI husband using WhatsApp chat as proof after he reportedly divorced her over severe differences. The couple had been married for about 20 years, and the woman's husband had left for United Arab Emirates in January but did not come back

Bengaluru, Sept 20: In the vast Bengaluru South Lok Sabha constituency, parliamentarian Tejasvi Surya, unfortunately, couldn’t find any other place to set up his office and hence he had to occupy a public library located in Jayanagar 5th Block. It was a place where students from underprivileged families gathered to prepare for board examinations. The building in question belongs to the Bruhat

Bengaluru, Sept 20: Political foes chief minister BS Yediyurappa and former chief minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah shared the dais at an event in Bengaluru on Thursday and exchanged pleasantries. Yediyurappa and Siddaramaiah have been bitter rivals since 2010, when the Congress Legislature Party leader had successfully campaigned against the BJP and Yediyurappa in the illegal mining scam

In a major victory for a college girl, who has ousted from a college hostel for violating mobile ban, the Kerala High court has scrapped the restriction imposed by the hostel authorities. Faheema Shirin, a second-year BA English literature student of the Sree Narayana Guru College at Chelannur in Kozhikode district in North Kerala, had approached the HC against the ban imposed at the college

Bengaluru, Sept 19: Senior Congress leader and former Karnataka minister DK Shivakumar was sent to Tihar Jail on Thursday hours before a Delhi court adjourned hearing on his bail plea to Saturday. Shivakumar was moved to jail soon after he was discharged from Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Delhi where he was undergoing treatment for chest pain and high blood pressure. He is, perhaps, the first

New Delhi, Sept 19: A Delhi court on Thursday posted the further arguments in a bail plea filed by jailed Karnataka Congress leader D K Shivakumar to September 21 in connection with a money laundering case. Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar partially heard the arguments in the case today. During the course of proceedings, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) KM Natraj said that Shivakumar had made a

Bengaluru, Sept 19: Veteran Kannada actress SK Padmadevi, who had the distinction of having acted in the first ever talkie Kannada cinema, Bhakta Dhruva, in 1934, passed away due to cardiac arrest here on Thursday. She was 95. Family sources said Padmadevi shot to fame in her memorable acting in the movie, 'Samsara Nauke', in which she had also sung four songs, which was released in 1936. The

Bengaluru, Sept 19: Amidst economic slowdown and rampant unemployment, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa today announced that his government would set up ‘Karnataka Innovation Authority’ and a Vision Group for start-ups. The CM will be the chairman for the Authority while DyCM C N Ashwanth Narayan will be its co-chairman. "... vision group for start-ups will provide insights on

New Delhi, Sept 19: Karnataka Congress MLA Laxmi Hebbalkar on Thursday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate here in connection with the money laundering case against her senior party colleague D K Shivakumar, officials said. They said the woman MLA, who represents Belagavi (Rural), arrived at the agency's officer here in Khan Market around 11 am. The investigating officer of the case is