Karnataka

Nov 20: India's economic growth probably hit a new low last quarter, with early forecasts showing expansion below 5 per cent. Economists at State Bank of India, Nomura Holdings Inc. and Capital Economics Ltd. lowered their growth forecasts for the quarter ended September to between 4.2 per cent to 4.7 per cent. The government is scheduled to publish the data on November 29. Growth of 4.2 per cent

Bengaluru, Nov 19: Amid claims that the person who attacked MLA Tanveer Sait was associated with the Social Democratic Party of India, the political wing of Popular Front of India, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday questioned Congress leader Siddaramaiah on his then government's decision to withdraw cases against some of the members of the Muslim dominant outfit. Accusing the former Chief

Bengaluru, Nov 19: An Australian national was brutally thrashed by a group of people at a village near Badami in Bagalkot district of Karnataka for allegedly misbehaving with a local woman, police said. The tourist, aged about 35, was allegedly in an intoxicated state when he was found misbehaving with women at Konkanakoppa village on Monday night, they said. The villagers have then thrashed him

Bengaluru, Nov 19: A college student suffered multiple injuries after she was pushed out of a moving KSRTC bus by its conductor who objected to her travelling by a student pass. The injured girl has been identified as Bhoomika, 16, a 1st year PUC student at Jyothi Kendriya Vidyalaya in Yelachenahalli. She fell face-first onto the road, suffering injuries on her forehead and left knee. She also

Mysuru, Nov 19: Fairoz Khan, the gunman of Congress MLA Tanveer Sait, who was stabbed on Sunday, has been suspended for negligence of duty, the office of the Commissioner of Police, Mysuru, said on Tuesday. The MLA was attacked with a knife by a man named Farhan during an event here on Sunday. He was rushed to a hospital and the attacker was taken into police custody. The reason behind the attack

Puttur, Nov 19: The Hosmaru villagers in Kuriya area of Puttur taluk today woke up the shocking news of a double murder wherein two people were hacked to death by the miscreants. 16-year-old Sameeha and her 62-year-old grandfather Koglu Saheb died on the spot in the attack that reportedly took place last night in their house. Khadeejabi, 55, wife of Koglu Saheb was hospitalised with critical

New Delhi, Nov 19: IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan, who had resigned to protest the denial of freedom of expression to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, on Monday said he will not rejoin duty and will continue to create awareness about the dangerous situation the nation is being led towards. It has been nearly three months since he resigned, but the resignation is yet to be accepted. Talking to News

Ahmedabad, Nov 19: A couple has petitioned the Gujarat High Court on Monday for help to get back two daughters who they allege have been illegally confined at an ashram run by controversial self-styled godman Swami Nithyananda. Petitioners Janardana Sharma and his wife told the court on Monday that they had admitted their four daughters, from 7 to 15 years of age, to an educational institution run

Bengaluru, Nov 19: Cracking down on rebellion over ticket distribution for the upcoming bypolls, the ruling BJP in Karnataka has decided to expel rebel Sharath Bachegowda who has jumped into the fray as an independent in Hoskote. Announcing this, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa today also indicated action against Sharath Bachegowda's father and BJP MP from Chikkaballapura BN Bachegowda, who has been

Bengaluru, Nov 19: India's information technology services companies may shed 30,000 to 40,000 middle-level employees this year as growth slows down, IT industry veteran T V Mohandas Pai said Monday. The former Chief Financial Officer of IT major Infosys Ltd termed these job losses as a once-in-five-years normal phenomenon with maturing of the industry. "As in all sectors in the West, in India too