Karnataka

Bangaluru, Sept 19: Sandalwood superstar Upendra, who had to move out of newly formed Karnataka Pragnyavantara Janata Paksha (KPJP) around six months ago, on Tuesday officially launched his ‘own’ Uttama Prajaakeeya Party (UPP) to mark his birth day. As the acronym of the new political party – UPP – is similar to his nickname ‘Uppi’ and sensing the possibility of it turning out to be more about

Bengaluru, Sept 19: After the intervention of chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, Congress leader and MLA Satish Jarkiholi has declared the end of political turmoil where as latter’s elder brother and Municipalities Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi remained firm on his demands. “There is no problem now. It’s is a closed chapter. The CM has promised to resolve all issues raised by us,” Satish told reporters

Bengaluru, Sept 19: Customs officials have successfully thwarted a mid-air attempt to smuggle gold on board an Air India flight from Dubai. The episode ended with the arrest of two men and seizure of 1.32 kg of gold paste worth Rs 41.3 lakh concealed in their footwear. The officials claimed that the modus operandi was to grind gold ornaments into a paste and conceal it in the inner lining of the

Hubballi, Sept 19: Hundreds of Dalits, belonging to various organisations, took out a protest march in Hubballi on Tuesday as part of the “Save Constitution” rally demanding the government to take steps to save the Constitution of India. The rally was organised by the “Vividha Dalita Sangha Samsthegala Mahamandala”, federation of various Dalit organisations, to condemn the incident in which a copy

Udupi, Sept 19: Unable to bear the insult meted out to him by his girlfriend’s father, a youth from Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district has committed suicide near a temple in Udupi district. The deceased, identified as Sooraj Suvarna, 22, was working in an interior shop in Manipal. He was in love with a girl and they had decided to get marry in spite of strong opposition from the girl’s parents

Mangaluru, Sept 19: A heavy vehicle driver was arrested by the sleuths of Panambur police station in Mangaluru on charge of murdering his former colleague and robbing him of a load of palm oil he was transporting in a truck from Mangaluru to Bengaluru. The accused is Asadullah Sharief (49), a resident of Kambipura near Kengeri in Bengaluru. The shocking crime came to light following investigation

Mangaluru, Sept 18: Sudheeksha Kiran has bagged the Mrs Mangalore 2018 title, while Hera Pinto and Angelita Lewis won the first and second runners-up title respectively. JCI Mangalore Lalbagh Zone XV President Soujanya Hegde, told media persons here today that Mrs Mangalore was organised as a part of JCI Week. The winners won cash prizes of Rs 75,000, Rs 50,000 and Rs 25,000 respectively along

Hassan, Sept 18: Janata Dal (Secular) leader and Sakleshpur MLA H. K. Kumaraswamy's wife has claimed that an aide of Karnataka BJP president B S Yeddyurappa had offered Rs 30 crore to her husband for joining the saffron party. Speaking to reporters, Chanchala, the MLA's wife, said that Yeddyurappa's aide Uday Gowda came to their Bengaluru residence and offered her husband either minister's post or

New Delhi, Sept 18: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday said the country's Constitution is supreme and is like a "consensus guide" for all. Mr Bhagwat also said the vision of 'Hindu Rashtra' as spoken about vis-a-vis RSS philosophy will always have a place for Muslims. "The day we will have a situation that we do not need Muslims, that day the very purpose of Hindu Rashtra will be defeated," he

Mysuru, Sept 18: Swaraj India national president Yogendra Yadav on Monday said the JD(S) and Congress coalition government in Karnataka offered no hope to farmers and the youth and there was a need for an alternative. “On the one hand, there is BJP that represents communalism and on the other, there is the coalition of Congress and JD(S) that is opportunistic. I think there is a need to find an