Karnataka

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 24: Franciscan Clarist Congregation (FCC) on Saturday issued a show-cause notice to expelled nun Sister Lucy Kalappura and asked her to withdraw a police complaint against a local superior. The congregation has also asked the nun to issue an apology to her senior. Sister Lucy had complained to the police that she was locked up in the convent's room by the senior nun

Madikeri, Aug 24: As rainfall under the influence of South West Monsoon has receded in the Kodagu district, all Relief Centers, barring four in Virajpet Taluk, have been closed. The four Centres have housed 187 people of 37 families. Virajpet Taluk was one of the worst affected in the district this year. With death toll in the recent rain and flood havoc has gone up to 14 so far with one more

Bengaluru, Aug 24: Hinting that union government will implement the Sangh Parivar’s resolutions one by one, BJP National General Secretary (Organisation) B L Santhosh said that after the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu & Kashmir, now the focus will be to build the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. Giving a lecture on the abrogation of Article 370 organised by ‘Jana Mana’ organisation here on Friday, he

Bengaluru, Aug 24: The City Civil Court here has dismissed Sandalwood actress Sruthi Hariharan’s petition seeking to quash the defamation proceedings filed against her by actor Arjun Sarja in the #MeToo case. Sruthi had submitted to the court that the case was registered by Arjun Sarja’s nephew without any GPO (General Power of Attorney) and hence the case should be dropped. Hearing the petition

Bengaluru, Aug 24: The police have cracked the murder of a model-cum-event manager who was killed near Kempegowda International Airport on July 31, and arrested a taxi driver for the crime. The accused, H.M. Nagesh, is associated with popular taxi aggregator Ola. He was taking 32-year-old Pooja Singh De, who hails from Kolkata, to KIA that morning, but had not logged on to the mobile app and was

Mangaluru, Aug 24: Samatha Sainik Dal general secretary Lolaksha has welcome the suggestion given by Mohan Bhagwath, the chief of RSS, to have a conversation between people who are in favor of ‘Reservation’ and against it. “We feel, initiating a comprehensive and multidimensional dialogue on ‘reservation’ is the need of the hour as we have variety of wrong notions about the concept of reservation

Bengaluru, Aug 24: Amidst growing dissidence among ministry aspirant BJP MLAs over Cabinet expansion in Karnataka, the party high top brass reportedly warned chief minister B S Yediyurappa to be ready for polls if he failed to settle portfolios. “The central leadership has made it clear to Yediyurappa that he should contain all dissident activities immediately and sort out the issues of allocation

Mysuru, Aug 24: Former minister and BJP leader A Manju on Friday said he had warned the Congress leadership, mainly former chief minister Siddaramaiah, against a tie-up with the JD(S) in the aftermath of hung assembly. “But I was overlooked by the party leaders even as Siddaramaiah kept quiet as the Congress high command had intervened. I’d warned that Congress will receive setback in case of a

Bengaluru, Aug 23: Former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Friday said that he will respond to Congress leader Siddaramaiah's allegation on him and his family related to the collapse of the Congress-JDS government in the state, at an appropriate time. The retaliation from JDS leader Kumaraswamy came hours after Siddaramaiah blamed HD Dev Gowda and his sons --HD Kumaraswamy and HD Revanna

Madikeri, Aug 23: The death toll in recent heavy rains and flood in Kodagu district in Karnataka rose to 13 after one more body of a 50-year-old women was recovered from the landslide site of Thora village. Officials said on Friday that the body of Leela, who had gone missing during the landslides in Thora, which took place on August 9 was recovered yesterday. As many as six bodies have been