Karnataka

Bengaluru, Aug 18: With Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa announcing a CBI probe into the alleged phone tapping case during the previous JD(S)-Congress coalition government, former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Sunday said he was ready for a probe by even an international agency. The Congress, however, seemed to be a divided house. "Let them do any inquiry, whether it is a CBI inquiry

Madikeri, Aug 18: The Natural calamity for second successive year has caused huge loss to the Coffee growers in Kodagu district of Karnataka. Coffee growers in Kodagu are staring at yet another difficult year and may end up with recurring distress from last week’s flood and landslips. Rain havoc from the start of this month has destroyed plantations, and incessant rainfall has resulted in

Mangaluru, Aug 18: Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala will contribute Rs 25 crore to the Chief Minister's relief fund for the flood victims in Karnataka, Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari (hereditary administrator) Veerendra Heggade has said. Announcing this at a press conference at Dharmasthala on Saturday, Heggade said Rs 50 lakh will be provided for Belthangady taluk, which was the worst-hit area in Dakshina

Koppal, Aug 18: In a tragic incident, five students were electrocuted to death in Koppal’s Bannikatte on Sunday morning. The deceased are Mallikarjun (16), Basavaraj (16), Devraj Halageri (15), Ganesh (14), Kumar Haider (15). The flag was removed on the evening of August 15, but the post was installed in a box filled with soil. Hostel mates said they were removing the flag post but it fell down on

Bengauru, Aug 18: Days after charges of phone tapping during the previous coalition government headed by JDS surfaced, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Sunday said he will order a CBI probe into the allegations citing demands by several Congress leaders. "On the telephone tapping issue. Several leaders, including Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah, have said it should be

New Delhi, Aug 18: The BJP central leadership on Saturday finally gave its nod to Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to expand his cabinet on August 20. "BJP legislative party meeting will be held on Tuesday 10 am (August 20) at the Conference Hall, Vidhana Soudha. And the cabinet expansion will take place on the same day post noon," tweeted Mr Yediyurappa after meeting with BJP chief and

Bengaluru, Aug 18: The SIT said that the reason behind killing Dr Kalburgi was his observations while delivering a keynote address during a discussion on June 9, 2014The special investigation team, probing the death of researcher Dr M M Kalburgi, said that the he was shot by the hitman allegedly involved in the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh. The team had stated this in the charge sheet filed

Newsroom, Aug 17: In what appears to be a case of misuse of Prime Minister Narendra Modi government's so called Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, popularly known as triple talaq bill, the police in Kerala have arrested a youth who had divorced after a prolonged marital dispute. It is said to be the first case being initiated in Kerala on charge of instant triple talaq after the

Mangaluru, Apr 17: Amidst high alert in the region following abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, the Mangaluru city police have arrested eight people, who had arrived in this port city and stayed in a lodge and were travelling in a vehicle having an illegal nameplate written as ‘Government of India’ board. The arrested are T Sam Peter (53), a native of Kerala, T K Bopanna (33) of

Mangaluru, Aug 17: A government employee has been arrested by the Dakshina Kannada district police just because of a controversial WhatsApp status targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other saffronites. The accused has been identified as Mahesh, who works with land survey department in Kadaba taluk of Dakshina Kannada. Local leaders of right-wing forums including Hindu Jagarana Vedike had