Karnataka

Tumakuru, Jul 4: Four people were killed and two others injured when a auto-rickshaw, in which they were travelling was hit by a State-run KSRTC bus, near Mallasandra in the district, today. Police said on Thursday that the dead included Auto driver Harish and two women, who were going to General Hospital. The injured were admitted to the Hospital.

Bengaluru, Jul 4: Former Karnataka Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) General Secretary C T Ravi today demanded an apology from former Chief Minister and CLP leader Siddaramaiah for allegedly making baseless charges against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and National BJP President Amit Shah. Addressing newsmen here on Thursday, Ravi alleged that “It has become a habit for Siddaramaiah to hurl

Bengaluru, Jul 4: Five-time Janata Dal (Secular) legislator H.K. Kumaraswamy has been named the president of the party’s Karnataka unit, replacing A H Vishwanath, who had resigned following the Lok Sabha debacle. The announcement was made by party supremo and former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda here on July 4. Mr. Gowda also announced several other office-bearers, including Madhu Bangarappa

Newsroom, Jul 4: Three more major Airports of India including Mangaluru International Airport will now be run by the Adani group in public-private partnership for the next 50 years. The Union Cabinet on Wednesday “approved the leasing of (these) three airports of Airports Authority of India (AAI) through PPP to the highest bidder, Adani Enterprises, for operation, management and development for a

Bengaluru, Jul 4: After Rahul Gandhi resigned from the post of Congress president, Karnataka Minister DK Shivakumar has said that if the party is united then even the country will be united. "Without the Gandhi family, Congress can't be united, without Congress being united, country can't be united. Gandhi family is the only strength to keep this party strong, united and rebuild this party to

New Delhi, Jul 4: The formal stepping down of Rahul Gandhi as Congress president will create a rare situation where the party will go for a non-Gandhi as the chief, the last being election of PV Narasimha Rao and then of Sitaram Kesari after Rajiv Gandhi. Senior Congress leaders started holding meetings on Wednesday to decide the future course. Veteran Mallikarjun Kharge is seen as a strong

Bengaluru, Jul 4: Mining baron and former Karnataka minister G Janardhana Reddy on Wednesday appeared before the Enforcement Directoratefor questioning in connection with a multi-crore ponzi scam case, agency sources said. "Yes, the quizzing is in relation with Ambidant (Marketing Private Limited)," a source in ED confirmed. Sources in the ED told PTI that the questioning began in the afternoon

Bengaluru, Jul 3: The Karnataka police Wednesday took custody of Telugu poet and activist Varavara Rao, an accused in the Elgar Parishad case, in connection with the 2005 Tumkur Naxal attack case. Rao is currently in judicial custody here. A senior police officer said the Bengaluru police took Rao's custody. On February 6, 2005, naxal leader Saket Rajan alias Prem was killed in an encounter in

Bengaluru, Jul 3: After two Congress MLAs claimed to have resigned from the Assembly in Karnataka, Speaker Ramesh Kumar on Wednesday said that he has received only the resignation of Vijaynagar MLA Anand Singh. "There are no two resignations. There is only one resignation letter handed over to me physically by a member himself. So the question of the second resignation doesn't arise. Lhe law will

Bengaluru, Jul 3: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by Karnataka government to investigate IMA ponzi scam on Wednesday carried out searches in several properties owned by IMA Jewels. The searches were carried in Front Line Pharma, Neelasandra and Vijayanagar. During the searches, the SIT also seized 60,000 in cash and pharmacy and electronic goods worth Rs 40 lakh. The search was still