Karnataka

Bengaluru, Aug 1: The Congress in Karnataka will kick-start preparations for the byelections in 17 constituencies, necessitated by the disqualification of rebel legislators, by holding a meeting of senior leaders on Thursday, top party sources said. Stating that there can be only coordination or understanding with the JD(S), a top party functionary said party workers were "happy that in a way we

Mudigere, Jul 31: Café Coffee Day founder V G Siddhartha, who apparently committed suicide by jumping into the Netravati river near Mangaluru following harassment by I-T department, was on Wednesday cremated at his family’s coffee estate in Chatanahalli village. His eldest son Amartya Hegde lit the funeral pyre after the last rites were performed in an atmosphere marked by quiet grief, as his

He wanted to be an investment banker and had little interest in his family's coffee business. But a chat with the owners of German coffee chain, Tchibo, got V G Siddhartha to set up the Indian rival of Starbucks before debt and tax woes allegedly led him to end his life. Siddhartha, the founder of India's biggest coffee chain, Cafe Coffee Day, was confirmed dead on Wednesday, days after he went

Bengaluru, Jul 31: The Congress on Tuesday expelled the 14 rebel MLAs from Karnataka who were responsible for bringing down the party's coalition government in the state. All the MLAs, who resigned from the state legislature, had abstained from voting that led to the defeat of the Congress-JD(S) government in the trust vote. The action by the party comes days after these MLAs were disqualified

New Delhi, Jul 31: Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and BJP leader Prahlad Joshi on Wednesday said that an enquiry will be conducted into Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) founder-owner VG Siddhartha's death. He also said that there is a system in the country which is there to counter any harassment in economic cases. "If at all there is any harassment, there is a system in the country. Siddhartha knew

Mangaluru, Jul 31: A fisherman claims to have seen the body of CCD founder VG Siddhartha's body floating in the river on Wednesday morning. After informing the police, the body was brought on the bank of River Nethravathi at Hoige Bazar. The fisherman, Ritesh who claims to have found VG Siddhartha's body floating in the river participated in the rescue operation along with the district

Mumbai, Jul 31: Coffee Day Enterprises on Wednesday appointed S V Ranganath as the interim Chairman of its board after the body of founder-owner V G Siddhartha was found on the banks of Netravati river in Mangaluru. The board also appointed Nitin Bagmane as the interim Chief Operating Officer. It constituted a three-member executive committee comprising of Ranganath, Bagmane and Chief Financial

Bengaluru, Jul 31: Six-time MLA and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vishveshwar Hegde Kageri was unanimously elected as the new Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly here on Wednesday. The name of the Kageri to the Speaker’s post was proposed by the Chief minister B S Yediyurappa and seconded by the BJP member Basvaraj Bommai. The Opposition Congress and the JD(S) did not put up any

Bengaluru, Jul 31: The Special Investigation Team probing into the multi-billion IMA investment scam have arrested the history-sheeter husband of a Muslim woman corporator in BBMP. It is said that he had taken Rs a bribe of Rs 2 crore from IMA founder Mohammed Mansoor Khan. Ishtiaq Ahmed alias Pailwan, 50, was arrested by the SIT on Tuesday. Police said Ahmed, whose wife Fareeda Ishtiaq is the

Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 31: A man from Kerala, who joined the Islamic State (ISIS) in October 2017, reportedly died in an American drone strike in Afghanistan on July 18. According to sources, Muhammad Muhasin, a resident of Edappal town in Malappuram district in Kerala died along with Huzaifa-al-Bakistani, a key commander of the Islamic State in the Khorosan province of Afghanistan. Bakistani was