Karnataka

Mangaluru, Dec 4: In what could have been a major tragedy, a speeding bus rammed into a gas tanker at Kodakkal near Kannur on the outskirts of the city today. The bus belonging to Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation was plying from Dharmasthala to Mangaluru. The tanker, which was in front of the bus, was also heading to Mangaluru. The mishap occurred when a school van, which was parked on

Bengaluru, Dec 4: The coordination committee meeting of Congress-JD(S) coalition government in Karnataka will be held tomorrow (December 5) under the chairmanship of former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The meeting assumes significance amidst fresh attempts of Operation Kamala by Bharatiya Janata Party. However, the main agenda is expected to be the discussion on long pending cabinet expansion

Belagavi, Dec 4: Six women were killed and about ten injured when a packed jeep collided with a sugarcane laden tractor trailer near Hirenandi village in Gokak Taluk of the district during early hours on Tuesday. Superintendent of police Sudheer kumar Reddy said the accident occurred when the group of people were returning in a jeep, after attending a funeral ceremony near Gokak Falls. The driver

Mandya, Dec 4: Actress-turned-politician Ramya, who is one of the confidantes of Congress supremo Rahul Gandhi, seems to have bid a farewell to Mandya, from where she won the 2013 bypoll to the Lok Sabha. The former MP, who currently heads the social media team of the All India Congress Committee (AICC), has vacated her rented house in Mandya for a second time, sparking speculations. Her mother

Meerut, Dec 4: Police inspector Subodh Kumar Singh, who was murdered by the Hindutva extremists yesterday at Syana village of Bulandshahr district in Uttar Pradesh, was also the investigation officer (IO) in the 2015 lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq by another group of Hindutva extremists at Bisadha village in Greater Noida’s Dadri. Singh had collected all the circumstantial evidence after the incident

Mangaluru, Dec 4: Rubbishing the charge of ‘minority appeasement’, former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that funds given to Muslims by his government in Karnataka were less compared to the population the community. He was speaking at “Connect 2018”, a community get-together organised jointly by the Sunni Students Federation, the Karnataka Cultural Foundation and the Sunni Yuvajana Sangha at

Mangaluru, Dec 4: The city corporation unit of Jamiyattul Falah conducted JF Edu-Care camp to provide guidance pertaining to the topics such as motivational talk, career guidance, goal setting, CET pre-counselling guidance, orientation on civil service exams and government jobs, information on scholarship and facilities for SSLC, PUC, Degree and PG students on Sunday, 2/12/2018 from 9:00am to 2

Bengaluru, Dec 4: The recent resort visit by disgruntled Congress leader and former Minister Satish Jarkiholi and some of his followers has sparked speculation about his future political move. Mr. Jarkiholi and a few of his close associates visited a newly built resort in Kanakumbi, Khanapur taluk on the Karnataka-Goa border on Sunday night. On Monday, some presspersons who met him at his

Bengaluru, Dec 4: Undeterred by objections filed by Tamil Naduover the proposed Mekedatu reservoir, water resources minister DK Shivakumar on Monday said a team led by him will inspect the spot on December 7. After meeting officials, Shivakumar said the Rs 5,000crore project is on schedule after the Supreme Court gave nod for the preparation of a detailed project report. “A team headed by me will

Bengaluru, Dec 3: Strongly denying BJP trying to destabilise the Coalition Government in Karnataka, former Minister and Senior BJP leader B Sriramulu alleged that some of the Congress and JDS leaders are trying to defame the party's (BJP) name by floating news about BJP indulging in 'Operation Kamal' to woo their Legislators. Reacting to the media reports that his Personal Assistant had contacted