Karnataka

Belagavi, Sept 14: Senior congress leader and Former Minister R V Deshpande urged the union government to immediately released five thousand crore rupees as interim relief to take up relief and rehabilitation works of the flood affected people in Karnataka state. He was speaking with media persons after participate private program in Belagavi on Friday evening and said that, huge losses, damage to

Kolkata, Sept 14: Four bank unions have threatened to go on a two-day strike from September 26 to protest against the government decision to reduce 10 state-run banks to four through mergers. These four unions have also sought fulfilment of a charter of nine demands, including wage revision. Due to strikes and holidays, the several banks across the country will remain closed from September 26 to

New Delhi, Sept 14: Right-wing outfit Hindu Sena on Saturday blackened the signage for Babar Road in Bengali market here demanding that it be renamed after a "great Indian personality". "We demand that the government rename the road, which is after a foreign invader, to some great Indian personality. "Hence, we have blackened the road signage erected by the NDMC," said Hindu Sena president Vishnu

Hubballi, Sept 14: A 20-year-old youth, who was stabbed during a Ganapati idol immersion procession in Hubballi on Friday, succumbed to his injuries, as the city witnessed a rash of assault incidents involving immersion processions. The deceased has been identified as Basavaraj Shivur (20), a resident of Hangal taluk in Haveri district and a student of KLE Nursing Institute. Shivur was being

Karwar, Sept 14: Furious at students using mobile phones on the campus, a college principal in Sirsi smashed their handsets on Thursday. RM Bhat, principal of MES Chaitanya PU College, had repeatedly warned his students not to use cellphones. Some allegedly used phones even in the classroom to exchange messages. A few days ago, Bhat had reportedly warned students that if he caught them using

New Delhi, Sept 14: Former minister D K Shivakumar turned emotional in the court hall on Friday and charged that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials tormented him during interrogation. When the ED produced the senior Congress leader in the special court at Rouse Avenue, he told the court that the ED officials continued to grill him even as he was bleeding in his hand due to insertion of an

Bengaluru, Sep 14: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday raided a Regional Transport Office (RTO) in Jayanagar and recovered smart cards, driving license cards and unaccounted cash of Rs 2,70,000. The raid was conducted by the ACB following complaints by several individuals. ACB also recovered many permits with 12 mediators and has found Rs 1,40,000 from them. More details awaited

New Delhi, Sept 13: A Delhi court on Friday extended by five days the ED custody of Karnataka Congress leader D K Shivakumar. Shivakumar was arrested on September 3 by the ED in a money laundering case. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had on Friday sought in a Delhi court five-day extension of custodial interrogation of Shivakumar, saying he was evasive in his replies. He was produced before the

Mangaluru, Sept 13: The members of the Dakshina Kannada district Congress Committee had staged a protest dharna in the city in protest against the inordinate delay of the Union government providing grants for the rehabilitation of the victims of the recent rains and floods in the district. Addressing members of the Congress, former minister B Ramanath Rai had charged that both the Union as well as

Udupi, Sep 13: Karnataka minister for Fisheries, Ports and Inland Transport, Kota Srinivasa Poojary said he would make a proposal to the state government to set up a Corporation in the name of Brahmashree Narayana Guru, for the welfare and upliftment of the downtrodden sections in the society. Addressing the gathering after inaugurating the 165th Narayana Guru Jayanthi, celebrations organized by