Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jul 19: The coastal region of Karnataka including Dakshina Kannada district continued to receive heavy rains on today. The Indian Meteorological Department has forecasted heavy to very heavy rains in the region. Private weather forecasting agency Skymet stated that the region will receive excessive rainfall till July 22 as a result of a low pressure area over North Bay of Bengal. This

Bengaluru, Jul 19: Extending humanitarian assistance to the BJP MLAs sitting on an overnight protest in the Vidhana Soudha amid the political crisis in the state, Deputy chief minister G Parameshwara on Friday met the leaders and arranged food for them. "They were on an overnight protest in Vidhana Soudha. It is our duty to arrange food and other things for them. Some of them have diabetes and

Bengaluru, Jul 19: With the Karnataka Governor asking Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy to prove majority in the Assembly by Friday afternoon, state BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa predicted the end of the coalition government and said his party will decide on the future course of action after consulting the national leadership. Governor Vajubhai Vala had asked the Chief Minister to prove his majority in

Bengaluru, Jul 19: The ruling JD(S)- Congress coalition lived to fight another day, with chief minister HD Kumaraswamy determined not to let go without an epic struggle. Making the opening statement after moving a confidence motion, Kumaraswamy exuded confidence. “I will prove my majority in the House,” he said. Opposition leader and BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa immediately stood up and

Bengaluru, Jul 19: Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala on Thursday asked Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy to prove his majority in the state assembly before 1.30 pm on Friday, observing that resingation of 15 ruling combine MLAs and withdrawal of support by two independents 'prima facie' indicated he has lost the confidence of the House. He gave the time-line while taking note of the adjournment of the

New Delhi, Jul 19: The founder of I Monetary Advisory (IMA), Mohammed Mansoor Khan, was arrested in the early hours on Friday. Khan had landed at the Delhi Airport in the wee hours and was taken under the joint custody of Special Investigation Team (SIT) and the Directorate of Enforcement (ED). According to the SIT officials, Khan had been absconding for over a month and was located by a team of

Bengaluru, Jul 18: The Special Investigation Team on Thursday arrested a seasonal social activist propagating for I Monetary Advisory (IMA) Jewels and its founder Mansoor Khan who is accused of perpetrating financial fraud worth crores. “The arrested identified as 42-year-old running Umar Shariff ran a school by name “Al Basheer” off Bannerghatta Road. He is a social activist and educationist,”

Bengaluru, Jul 18: Upping the ante, about 100 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators are sleeping in the Karnataka Assembly from Thursday night to protest against the delay in taking the floor test by chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on the confidence motion he moved on Thursday to prove that his Congress-JD(S) coalition government has majority. "About 100 of our MLAs are on an overnight stay in

Bengaluru, Jul 18: Karnataka Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar ordered the Home Minister M B Patil to ask the State Police and submit a report on ruling Congress party members statement that one of the party MLA was kidnapped amidst uproar scene witnessed in the House on Thursday. As soon as the House reassembled after the Lunch break, the Minister for Water Resources D K Shivakumar charged that

Mangaluru, Jul 7: The rise in the number of dengue cases in the coastal city of Manglauru and surrounding areas has caused people to panic. This year, there seems to be a spike in the number of cases in coastal district of Dakshina Kannada. According to the health officials, the intermittent rain, coupled with sunshine, is said to be the reason for the rising cases of the vector-borne disease