Karnataka

Mysuru, Sept 22: Karnataka Minister for Higher Education G T Deve Gowda, who is also District Incharge Minister, said that the recent political developments will not have any bearing on the arrangements taken up for the Dasara festivities in October. Dasara will be well organised and will go as planned by the government irrespective of the efforts being made to destabilise the coalition government

Kasaragod, Sept : Human rights campaigner and social activist Shabnam Hashmi has called for the ouster of the Narendra Modi led government to safeguard the democratic and Constitutional tenets of the country. The social activist, who was here to flag off the five-day long ‘Bathen Aman Ki’ (Peace Conversation) Yatra from Kerala to New Delhi, was addressing a meet-the-press on Friday. She said women

Bengaluru, Sept 22: The political war in Karnataka escalated on Friday with JDS asking the Assembly Speaker to stop alleged horse trading by the BJP, which also moved the Governor seeking action against Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy for asking people to wage a "war" against the BJP. The BJP also filed a complaint with the state DGP seeking action on the ground of sedition against HD Kumaraswamy, a

Kalaburgi, Sept 22: In a bizarre incident, a 10-year-old boy has allegedly committed suicide after his mother refused his demand to prepare non-vegetarian dish at Venkatapura in Sedam taluk of Kalaburagi district in Karnataka. According to police, Ramdas Raju Rathod (10) made several requests to his mother to prepare the mutton dish. But she said she couldn’t spend time in the kitchen as the

Kottayam, Sept 22: Bishop Franco Mulakkal, arrested by the police over allegations of repeatedly raping and sexually assaulting a nun, was Saturday discharged from the government hospital in the city where he was admitted following complaints of chest pain. The 54-year-old clergyman would be produced in a magistrate court in Pala later in the day. Sources said ECG and other cardiac related tests

Mangaluru, Sept 22: The Dakshina Kannada district police have arrested a hardline Hindutva leader for allegedly attempting to create communal disturbance by delivering a provocative and hate-filled speech during a religious event in Bantwal taluk. The accused has been identified as Manjunath Udupa alias Pushparanga Bhat (32), the secretary of Hindu Aikya Vedi, Kasaragod. He was a chief guest at

Udupi, Sept 22: A hotelier hailing from Kundapur in Udupi district was murdered allegedly by his wife and her friend in Bengaluru, on Friday. Santosh Shetty (56), who was a resident of Seshadripuram in central Bengaluru was running Mahalakshmi Hotel near Gandhinagar Police said Shetty died at a private hospital around 4pm after being attacked. The hospital alerted police as Santosh was brought

New Delhi, Sept 22: Car and bike owners will now get a compulsory personal accident cover of Rs 15 lakh under their motor insurance policies. Earlier, the mandatory cover was Rs 2 lakh for cars and Rs 1 lakh for two-wheelers. A premium of Rs 750 per annum will be applicable for the Rs 15-lakh cover, a significant jump from the Rs 100 premium for cars and Rs 50 for two-wheelers earlier. The expense

Mangaluru, Sept 22: Officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Regional Unit, Mangaluru, have arrested a 32-year-old man on the charge of smuggling gold into the country through the Mangaluru International Airport. They have seized 1,515.270 grams of gold valued at about Rs. 47 lakh from him. The DRI officials have also arrested an official of the airport on the charge of abetting

Bengaluru, Sept 21: BJP leaders today submitted a memorandum to Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala appealing him to take action as per the Constitution against Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy for allegedly giving a call for 'revolt' against the party (BJP). The BJP delegation, which included Union Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, former Deputy Chief Minister R Ashok, Lok Sabha member Shobha Kharandlje