Karnataka

Jubail: The tadfeen (funeral rites) of Abdul Khader aka Emirate Khader and his father-in-law, Basrikatte Bawa (S Kodi) was held in the graveyard of Jubail, the industrial city of Saudi Arabia in the presence of huge crowds on Monday night. The duo died last Thursday (06/12/2018) in a road accident near Goodah on Riyadh-Dammam express highway while returning with family members from Makkah to

New Delhi, Dec 12: If there is a “common thread” among the murders of social activists Narendra Dabholkar, Govind Pansare, journalist Gauri Lankesh and rationalist M M Kalburgi, then one agency can investigate all the four cases, according to the Supreme Court of India. A bench of Justices U U Lalit and Navin Sinha sought response from CBI, which is already probing the murder of social activist

Belagavi, Dec 12: In a bid to embarrass the government and chief minister HD Kumaraswamy, BS Yeddyurappa, opposition leader in the legislative assembly, on Tuesday wanted to know why the CM has permanently rented two rooms in a five-star hotel in Bengaluru. This, he said, especially when the state is struggling with a serious drought situation. Seeking to move an adjournment motion on drought

Ballari, Dec 12: A leopard mauled a 3-year-old boy to death around 7pm Tuesday on the outskirts of Somalapura village in Kampli taluk, Ballari district. Venkata Sai, who was playing with his siblings in front of his home, was taken by surprise by the leopard which grabbed him and fled. Residents and his parents rushed to rescue him but failed. Villagers followed the leopard and hurled stones at it

Bengaluru, Dec 12: The Karnataka Lingayat Education (KLE) School in Nagarbhavi, southwest Bengaluru, owes the BBMP Rs 1.8 crore in property tax dues since 2008, an internal audit has revealed. The school, part of the Belagavi-based KLE Group of Institutions, located on Nagarbhavi Ring Road, allegedly made a false declaration under the self-assessment scheme. According to the audit report, the

After the positive election results from the three states of Hindi heartland, Rahul Gandhi addressing the media said that this victory in the assembly election is the victory of party workers, farmers, small businessmen/owners and he thanked them. He said that the victory has brought a major responsibility. “We will work toward fulfilling that responsibility. I would like to thank all the people

Belagavi, Dec 11: Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy Tuesday said the state government was in the process of recruiting 1,715 teachers to teach in English language from standard one in government schools. He said the government was committed to tutoring rural children in English, which was now important in global communication. The Karnataka government had in October issued an order to

Bengaluru, Dec 11: Legislators, irrespective of their party affiliation, participating in the discussion on drought condition in the State, expressed anger over PSU and Commercial banks not agreeing to Karnataka government’s proposal to waive off farm loans up to Rs 2 lakh availed by farmers and suggested the government to withdraw all its deposits in these banks if they were not agreeing for

Belagavi, Dec 11: The Home Department of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union Government has rejected a request by Karnataka government for use of Kannada language in the High Court and similar requests from some other states had also been rejected, Law and Parliamentary affairs minister Krishna Byregowda said on Tuesday. Answering a question from Congress member U B Venkatesh during

Bengaluru, Dec 11: The Congress party scoring a spectacular victory in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh Assembly election has provided the much needed cushion to the ruling JD(S)-Congress Coalition government, in Karnataka, which repeatedly faced constant threat by the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to destabalise it. Reacting sharply on Congress party’s victory in three major