Karnataka

Bengaluru, Nov 5: A couple belonging to a human rights forum was arrested for extorting Rs 8 lakh from a 45-year-old woman by threatening to post compromising photos and videos of her on social media sites. The accused are Seema Khan, 45, president of the south India chapter of NGO Human Rights Council, and her husband Ghoda Imran, 35, president of the NGO's Karnataka chapter. Police charged the

Bengaluru, Nov 5: With the government asking people to burst firecrackers only between 8pm and 10pm during Diwali, police are putting in place measures to implement the curbs. Additional commissioner of police (east) Seemanth Kumar Singh said, "Officers are encouraging community bursting of crackers; the station head officer (SHO) has been directed to implement the orders. Hoysala patrol vehicles

Newsroom, Nov 4: As part of Sangh Parivar’s preparation for 2019 Lok Sabha polls, a two-day convention of Akhil Bharatiya Sant Samiti has dropped hints of an undemocratic agitation in the name of Ram Mandir. The convention was held on Saturday and Sunday in the national capital days after the RSS said the government should acquire land and hand it over for construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya

Lucknow, Nov 4: The Uttar Pradesh BJP will soon be appointing about 100 women as 'teen talaq pramukhs' across the state to ensure rehabilitation of the victims and their children, a party leader said on Sunday. Nazia Alam, secretary of UP Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) minority wing, who will be the overall in-charge, said triple talaq pramukhs will be appointed for each of the 93 'organisational

Manipal, Nov 4: TA Pai Management Institute (TAPMI) conducted BrandScan, the biggest and most effectively-disguised market research fair conducted by the students of TAPMI here in KMC Greens. The event was inaugurated by the chief guest Mr Devarshy Ganguly, Vice-President Marketing at Dr Oetkar and a proud alumnus of TAPMI. BrandScan provides a platform for the students to research on live

Bengaluru, Nov 4: Police have arrested four people, including a Kannada film actor, and seized 2 pistols and 21 live bullets from them. Police on Sunday said that Mohammed Nijam and Kannada film hero Jagadish S Hiremath were arrested and seized from them one pistol and 10 live bullets when they were trying to sell them On their information, during questioning two more -- Satish Kumar and Syed

New Delhi, Nov 4: Clinical trials on Ayurvedic medicine against dengue are in progress and it will be launched at the earliest possible time, Union Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Naik said Sunday. Rajesh Kotecha, secretary of AYUSH ministry, said the medicine is expected to be ready after multilevel trials in the next couple of years. “Trials on the Ayurvedic medicine for dengue are currently

Bengaluru, Nov 4: Amid tight security, the maiden stage performance by Bollywood actor Sunny Leone in the city concluded without any hindrance. Police had tightened the security in and around the venue fearing that the members of a fringe group, Karnataka Rakshana Vedike Yuva Sene (KRVYS), would disrupt the show. The pro-Kannada outfit had threatened to disrupt the event. Around 200 policemen in

Bengaluru, Nov 4: Exactly a year after the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) proposed Revised Master Plan - 2031 (RMP-2031) for the Karnataka’s capital, the new state government has decided to junk it and go for another blueprint for all development projects to be taken up in the city in the next 31 years. With this the RMP-2031 will now be expanded into Vision Bengaluru-2050. After reviewing

Bengaluru, Nov 4: Regardless of opposition from the Sangh Parivar, the chief minister H D Kumaraswamy led Karnataka state government is determined to celebrate Tipu Jayanti on November 10. With this the fight in the name of India’s legendary freedom fighter is expected to escalate ahead of the bypoll results. "We have decided to celebrate Tipu Jayanti on November 10 in consultation with chief