Karnataka

New Delhi, Oct 14: Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs M J Akbar has refused to resign despite sexual harassment allegations against him by many former colleagues during his time as an editor. In a statement released hours after he returned to India from an official trip, Akbar described the charges as politically motivated, “false and fabricated, spiced up by innuendo and malice”, and

Mangaluru, Oct 14: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today inaugurated MLC B M Farookh’s new office located inside the compound of Deputy Commissioner’s office in Mangaluru. Speaking on the occasion, the CM hoped that the legislator’s office would serve as a “solution centre” for the problems of the people. Minister for Urban Development, Housing and Dakshina Kannada district in-charge U T Khader

Mysore, Oct 14: Karnataka Higher Education Minister GT Devegowdaon Sunday slipped while running at the Dasara Half Marathon in Mysuru. Devegowda, who was wearing 'lungi', a traditional garment worn around the waist, suddenly lost balance while running and fell down. He also sustained minor injuries on his face and legs. As soon as the minister fell down, a group of people rushed to towards him to

Mangaluru, Oct 14: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today inaugurated MLC S L Bhojegowda’s new office located on the first floor of the commercial complex belonging to Mangaluru City Corporation at Kadri Shivbhag in the city. Speaking on the occasion the CM said that after being elected as an MLC in June this year, Mr Bhojegowda has been working with the people and has been responding to their

Bengaluru, Oct 14: After reports about a fresh batch of swine flu (H1N1) cases in Karnataka surfaced, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner Manjunath Prasad on Sunday assured that there is no need to panic, as the reported numbers are less than the previous year's figures. "Till now we have identified 177 cases, out which 37 are from outside Bengaluru. These are regularly

Bengaluru, Oct 14: A youth from Kerala who had come to the capital of Karnataka for work a week ago was allegedly stabbed to death by three men on K.G. Road in Majestic in the wee hours of Saturday owing to miscommunication over not knowing the local language. 24-year-old Gowtham Krishna, a native of Ernakulam, had come to the city on October 9 and had just found a job at a private courier firm

Kundapur, Oct 14: In a tragic incident, a youth who was sitting on the protective wall of a well and playing on his cell phone accidentally fell in the well and drowned. The deceased has been identified as Bhaskar Poojary (21), son of Sheena Poojary from Gundiholi Basrur in Kundapur taluk. It is learnt that Bhaskar was addicted to mobile games and was playing the same sitting on the wall of the

Hassan, Oct 14: Expressing disappointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s lack of response to the scores of letters he had written addressing him, former PM and JD(S) president HD Deve Gowda on Saturday said, “In the past four-and-a-half years, I have written tens of letters to Modi, but he has not responded. He has remained silent on many developments in the state, and has not taken any

Mysuru, Oct 14: The police have finally cracked the murder case of a 7-year-old boy by arresting his mother and her paramour at Kollegal in Chamrajnagar district. The two allegedly murdered the boy after he them in a compromising position and threatened to tell his father. On October 6, the Kollegal rural police received a complaint from 31-year-old Sakamma and her husband Nanjundaswamy, residents

Bengaluru, Oct 14: The ties between AICC president Rahul Gandhiand chief minister HD Kumaraswamy seem to be getting strong by the day. The CM, who was invited by Rahul, was the surprise guest at the lunch attended by Congress leaders here on Saturday. Ministers and party legislators representing Bengaluru attended the lunch organised at Kumara Krupa Guest House before Rahul interacted with the HAL