Karnataka

Karwar, Oct 11: Union minister Ananth Kumar Hegde is known for brazen and controversial statements. And yet again the BJP MP from Uttara Kannada district is back in the spotlight, this time for boldly admitting that his party is here to do politics and not social service. The BJP leader said while addressing the crowds in his constituency said:, "You've voted our party. And the party of your

Bengaluru, Oct 11: N Mahesh, the lone MLA from Bahujan Samaj Party in Karnataka, today quit as a minister in the chief minister H D Kumaraswamy-led JD(S)-Congress coalition government citing personal reasons, but said he would continue to support the ruling coalition. Speaking to reporters after submitting his resignation to chief minister, the minister for primary and secondary education said he

Shivamogga, Oct 11: The sleuths of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today arrested the Principal of Government Pre-University College, Anavatti village in Sorab taluk for allegedly receiving bribe from a student to rectify errors in her marks card. The ACB police named the arrested as G. Manohar. In the marks card issued for Anitha, a student who has completed her second year Pre-University Course

Kalaburgi, Oct 11: Four persons were crushed to death and three were injured when a speeding tanker ran over them at Jeratgi village of Jewargi taluk in Kalaburagi on Thursday morning. The police identified the deceased as Shrikant Badiger (32), Golu Rajasthani (18), Mohin Bhagwan (18) and Peer Sab Anwar Patel (25). The injured, Prakash, Anil and Vijaykumar, have been admitted to Jewargi taluk

Mangaluru, Oct 11: A local court today sentenced a youth to rigorous life imprisonment for killing his octogenarian father at Kairangala near Moobidri in Dakshina Kannada district in April 2017. Principal District and Sessions Judge Kadloor Sathyanaraya Acharya on Tuesday had found 33-year-old Dolphy Goveas guilty of murdering his father, Paul Goveas (83), and assaulting his brother, Stany Goveas

Mangaluru, Oct 11: Minister for Food and Civil Supplies Zameer Ahmed Khan, who was in the city on Thursday to attend an official programme, raised many eyebrows by exhibiting his generosity. He pulled out Rs 4 lakh from his pockets and distributed Rs 1 lakh each to four Bajrang Dal activists from Sullia taluk – identified as Bipin Kallugundi, Manohar Kalive, Vijaya Nidinji and Dinesh Kallugundi –

Mysuru, Oct 11: Mangaluru Ganesha Beedi Works, leading manufactures of 'Mangaluru Beedi' has responded positively to the reconstruction works at Kodagu which had faced natural calamity and announced Rs 25 lakhs to Chief Minsiter’s Flood Relief Fund. M Ramanath Shenoy and M Jagannath Shenoy of Mangaluru Ganesh Beedi Works handed over a Cheque for Rs 25 lakh to the Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy

Meerut, Oct 11: Nearly 100 Dalit families in the Incholi area in the Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh have threatened to convert to Islam after they were allegedly stopped by locals, from placing idol of Goddess Kali in the village temple. The angry Dalits reached the district magistrate’s residence to protest and alleged that the goons had threatened to thrash them if they tried to install the

Udupi, Oct 11: The Forest Department arrested two persons on the charges of hunting and killing a mouse deer at Hosatopplu near Kabinale in Karkala taluk on Wednesday. According to Subrahmanya Achar, Range Forest Officer, Hebri, the mouse deer is on the verge of extinction. A group of four hunters had shot the mouse deer and were transporting its carcass in a car, when they were caught. Of the

New Delhi, Oct 11: Leading media owner Raghav Bahl's home and the office of his news portal "The Quint" in Noida were raided this morning by Income Tax officials. Raghav Bahl, in a statement to the Editor's Guild, said: "I have a matter of great concern to share with the Guild. While I was in Mumbai this morning, dozens of IT officials descended on my residence and The Quint's office for a 'survey