Karnataka

Newsroom, Nov 30: In a shocking incident, a 25-year-old student from Karnataka was shot dead by an unidentified person at San Bernardino, California, in the US, on Thursday. The victim has been identified as Abhishek Sudesh Bhat, son of Sudesh Chand and Nandini Aithal of Kuvempu Nagar in Mysuru and grandson of writer K Shivaram Aithal. Though his family currently stays in Mysuru it originally

Mangaluru, Nov 30: A 22-year-old man was found brutally murdered near the railway track at Kapikad near Thokkottu on the outskirts of the city last night. The victim has been identified as Sudarshan (20), a resident of Puthige in Kasargod district. According to police, rowdy-sheeter D K Rakshit, who is facing several criminal charges, is the prime accused in the case. It is learnt that the murder

Mangaluru, Nov 30: A youth was brutally murdered by a gang of miscreants at a bar near Suratkal junction following a fight last night. The victim has been identified as Sandesh, 30, who hailed from Guddekopla near Suratkal. The incident took place at around 11 p.m. when Sandesh and his friends were at a bar behind Jeevantara Wines. It is learnt that a gang picked up a quarrel with Sandesh and

Haveri, Nov 29: Chief Minister B S Yeddiyurappa on Friday asserted that his government will complete it's full term and there was no need for JD-S to support them. Speaking to newspersons here, he expressed confidence of winning 15 seats in the bypolls, slated on December 5 . To a question about the possibilities of the Congress and JD (S) joining hands to form the government after the bypolls, Mr

Mangaluru, Nov 29: A Gram Panchayat member and his wife were assaulted by a group of persons at Meramajalu village under Bantwal taluk in the wee hours on Friday. Police said local Gram Panchayat member Yogish Prabhu and his wife Shobha have sustained injuries during the attack. The attack was carried out by a group of three unidentified men.

Bengaluru, Nov 29: Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala is 'recovering well' post bypass surgery, the private hospital where he is undergoing treatment said on Friday. Vala, 80, was admitted to the Fortis hospital at Bannerghatta road on November 24 for a planned coronary artery bypass surgery in a private capacity without protocol to avoid disturbing other patients and their relatives, the hospital

Bengaluru, Nov 29: The Bharatiya Janata Party candidate K C Ramamurthy had filed nomination for the lone Rajya Sabha seat from Karnataka, here on Friday. State BJP President Nalinkumar Kateel, union minister D V Sadananda Gowda and other leaders were present on the occasion. The election to the RS seat is being conducted to the vacancy created due to the resignation submitted by Ramamurthy himself

Bengaluru, Nov 29: Karnataka Deputy chief minister (DCM) Govind M Karajol on Friday slammed Congress for calling all disqualified MLAs 'incapable leaders' after they joined the BJP on November 14 just ahead of the by-polls in the state and said that the Congress has even cheated Babasaheb Ambedkar. "The MLAs are capable and worthy, while the Congress is unworthy. They treated people in a bad

Bangalore, Nov 29: The City Crime Branch (CCB) of Bangalore on Friday busted an international drug racket and arrested a man on charges of obtaining drugs from Canada and transporting them to India. The accused identified as Atif Aslam--a native of Kolkata in West Bengal was arrested on Thursday. Accused named Atif Aslam had contacted drug sellers in Canada through the dark web and used to obtain

Bengaluru, Nov 29: After an FIR was registered against him for allegedly obstructing I-T officials from discharging their duties, Congress leader DK Shivakumar called it a "political vendetta" and said he is ready to go to jail. "This is all a political vendetta. All cases are being done by these officers and friends of BJP. We know that. We will fight it out politically. We are ready to go to