Karnataka

Newsroom, Sept 5: A 23-year-old man from Sindhanur in Karnataka’s Raichur district met watery grave at Turner falls in the United States on the evening of September 3. The victim, Ajay Kumar, was pursuing M Tech at the University of Texas. The incident occurred when Kumar rushed to rescue his friend Kaushik, a resident of Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, who also died in the incident. The body is likely

Mangaluru, Sept 5: What started as a passion now is an integral part of Clemencia D’couto’s life. Ms. D’couto has been instrumental in framing the early foundational years of more than 3000 children in the Mangalore region. She has been teaching Pre-Kindergarten, LKG and UKG classes for more than 5 decades. Ms. Clemencia has worked for many institutions in Mangalore and currently teaches at Early

Bengaluru, Sept 5: A senior NDA leader has claimed that JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy could have been chief minister of Karnataka for five years if he had allied with the BJP. Speaking to media persons, Ramdas Athawale, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment in the Narendra Modi government, said that Kumaraswamy was reduced to tears due to the alliance with the Congress. The minister

Bengaluru, Sept 5: Former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy has reiterated that incumbent deputy chief minister CN Ashwath Narayan was a “kingpin” in the fire that destroyed incriminating files at the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) head office in 2011. Documents stored in the file room of the Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF) police station were lost in the fire. The BMTF, the

Bengaluru, Sept 5: The High Court of Karnataka has quashed the FIRs against Tourism minister C T Ravi and his 11 associates that were filed by the Chikkamagalur police pertaining to the destruction of public places and assault on a woman police officer during a protest way back in 2014. Justice P S Dinesh Kumar was hearing a writ appeal filed by C T Ravi and other 11 BJP workers seeking quashing

Vladivostok, Sept 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met his Malaysian counterpart Mahathir bin Mohamad and reportedly raised the issue of extradition of self-exiled preacher Dr Zakir Naik. Addressing a press briefing, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said: “Prime Minister Modi raised the issue of Zakir Naik's extradition. Both the parties have decided that our officials will stay in

New Delhi, Sept 5: Karnataka Congress leader DK Shivakumar, who is under Enforcement Directorate's custody, on Wednesday said that "political vendetta" has become stronger than the law in this country. In a video posted from his Twitter handle, Shivakumar is seen sitting on a chair with policemen standing around him. "Political vendetta has become stronger than the law in this country," he is

Udupi, Sept 5: A tiger dance artiste lost his life and five others suffered injuries, when a tempo carrying them met with an accident at Nejar Babbuswamy Bhajan Mandal near Santhekatte in Udupi yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Sumanth,22, a resident of Padubidri. Tempo driver Vishal and tiger dancers Prashanth, Yatesh, Sudhakar and Sudhir were injured in the accident. All the injured

New Delhi, Sept 4: A Delhi court on Wednesday sent Karnataka's senior Congress leader and former Minister D K Shivakumar into the custody of Enforcement Directorate till September 13 in a money laundering case lodged against him. Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar granted nine days of custodial interrogation of the Karnataka's strongman, though the agency sought 14 days, saying the accused has

New Delhi, Sep 4: National General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party BL Santhosh attack on Congress after the arrest of its Karnataka leader DK Shivakumar by saying the then Chief Minister of Karnataka BS Yediyurappa faces judicial trial and gets a clean chit. Never was democracy in danger, he said on Wednesday. "The then Chief Minister of Karnataka BS Yediyurappa faces judicial trial and gets a