Karnataka

Tumkur, Nov 9: Raking up Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "burn me alive" statement he made during demonetisation, Congress leader and former Karnataka Law Minister TB Jayachandra on Friday said the time has come to implement the former's remark. Speaking to media, Jayachandra asked the Prime Minister to quit the post, if he has any self-respect. "Prime Minister Modi had said (during demonetisation)

Bengaluru, Nov 9: With the pending files keep mounting in the department, Karnataka Revenue Department will hold 'File Disposal' week from November 12 to 18, Minister for Revenue and Skill Development R V Deshpande said here on Friday. He said that during the week the files pending for more than one year will be given top priority. Mr Deshpande said that Regional Commissioners, Department Heads

Mysuru, Nov 9: Prohibitory orders under section 144 CrPC has been enforced in the entire Kodagu district from Friday to Sunday morning on the eve of the Tipu Jayanthi celebrations to be held on November 10. An order issued by the Kodagu Deputy Commissioner Sreevidya said that other than the official celebrations to mark Tipu Jayanthi, no other celebrations were not allowed in the district. The

Bengaluru. Nov 9: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy will not attend the Tipu Jayanthi celebration, organized by the State Government, on Saturday. The Celebration will be held at Banquet Hall in Vidhana Soudha, the State Secretariat by Kannada and Culture Department. Confirming Mr Kumaraswamy's absence in the celebration, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President Dinesh Gundu

Kalaburagi, Nov 9: Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said former minister Janardhana Reddy was facing police action for his misdeeds and he should be brought to books immediately. Police are on the lookout for Mr Reddy for his involvement with a ponzi operative and is accused of demanding and accepting Rs 20 crore in cash and gold for helping him in a ED case. Talking

Kochi, Nov 9: The Kerala High Court Friday declared as invalid the election of Indian Union Muslim League MLA K M Shaji on a plea claiming that he indulged in a communal campaign, amounting to corrupt practices, to win the 2016 assembly polls. Disqualifying Shaji, who had won from the Azhikode seat, Justice P D Rajan also barred him from contesting polls for six years. The judge, however later

Bengaluru, Nov 9: Hundreds of BJP workers protesting against celebration of Tipu Jayanthi by the Karnataka Government on November 10 courted arrest across the state, even as the preparations are in full swing by the State government for the celebration. BJP workers picketed and shouted slogans against JD(S)-Congress government across Karnataka. In the State Capital the agitation was led by senior

Bengaluru, Nov 9: Actress Sruthi Hariharan, who accused multilingual actor Arjun Sarja of sexually harassing her during a movie shoot three years ago, made a statement before a magistrate on Wednesday. The statement was made under section 164 CrPC, before a magistrate and in the absence of police. "We had made it clear to Sruthi that the statement made under sectopm 164 CrPC will be treated as

Bengaluru/Ballari, Nov 9: A day after the Bengaluru Central Crime Branch police said they were investigating former minister G Janardhana Reddy's possible role in "bailing out" Syed Ahmed Fareed in an Enforcement Directorate (ED) case involving a Rs 600-crore Ponzi scheme, three special teams on Thursday landed in Hyderabad in search of the elusive mining baron. By evening one team got a tip that

Kottayam, Nov 9: A police officer was removed from service on Thursday for allegedly taking bribe from some of the accused in a suspected honour killing case in Kerala. Two police personnel, ASI Biju and police driver Ajaya Kumar of Gandhinagar police station near Kottayam, were arrested and suspended for allegedly taking bribe from some of the people accused of killing a 23-year-old man in May