Karnataka

Udupi, Jun 20: Many people from coastal Karnataka too have reportedly invested in the I Monetary Advisory (IMA), an alleged Ponzi scheme, whose owner is currently absconding. A woman in Udupi has already filed a complaint with cyber police claiming that that she invested Rs 50,000 and got duped by the Ponzi scheme. Police said that complainant S K Nahida, 30, wife of Ismaeel, a resident of

Mangaluru, Jun 19: The dead bodies of an elderly couple were found in charred and decomposed condition at their residence in Chembugudde near Thokkottu on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday. It is suspected that the duo may have committed suicide by setting themselves ablaze three days ago. The victims have been identified as Padmanabha, 78, and his wife Vimala, 65, who were residents of

Channapatna, Jun 19: In what is being inferred as a sign of rift in the Congress-JD(S) coalition, Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy said that he cannot express the pain he goes through every day as he has to run the government smoothly. "I promise I will fulfil your expectations. I can't express the pain I am going through every day. I want to express it with you, but cannot. But I need to

Belagavi, Jun 19: Karnataka Police on Wednesday detained members of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, who were protesting against Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways, Suresh Angadi, for taking oath in English as a member of the Lok Sabha. Suresh Angadi, who has won for the fourth time consecutively from Belagavi, having won for the first time in 2004. Karnataka Rakshan Vedike or Karnataka

New Delhi, Jun 19: Amid growing rumblings in the Karnataka Congress, the grand old party dissolved its unit in the southern state on Wednesday, while retaining its president and working president. “The AICC has decided to dissolve the present committee of (the) Karnataka Pradesh Congress. The president and working president remain unchanged,” a statement issued by AICC general secretary

Bengaluru, Jun 19: Former Karnataka Minister and suspended Congress Legislator, while strongly defending his criticism made against a few senior Congress leaders, declared that he would remain as a party’s loyal worker. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, Baig, who had dubbed the AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal as a ‘Bafoon’ and the KPCC President as Dinesh Gundu Rao as a ‘flop

Bengaluru, June 19: Special Investigation Team (SIT), formed by Karnataka State Police to inquire into multi-Crore IMA Fraud case, during raids conducted on Residences, Offices and properties have seized Rs 33 Crore worth Gold, Diamond ornaments and incriminating Documents belonging to building and Apartments of the main accused Mohammed Mansoor Khan who is since absconding. Police in a release

Bengaluru, Jun 19: Renowned theater personality and writer D K Chowta, passed away on Wednesday. He was 82. He was survived two sons and a large number of friends and fans. Chowta, well known in the world of theatre, was the promoter of a theatre troupe “Ranga Niranthara” and was named as the President of the “CGK National Theatre Festival” held last year.

Mangaluru, Jun 20: Senior CPM leader from Dakshina Kannada district, B Madhava, is no more. He was 81. Hailing from Balluriin Kasaragod district, Madhava, a law graduate worked in the Life Insurance Corporation of India at Mumbai, Udupi and Mangaluru, and took active part in the All India Insurance Employees Association. He was instrumental in organising LIC workers, and thus involved himself

Belagavi, Jun 19: A major shuffle of Congress ministers in the HD Kumaraswamy government appears on the anvil in December — if the coalition government pulls through till then. The Congress high command is likely to seek the resignation of all its ministers and inject fresh faces in the cabinet, a decision which will mean some ministerial aspirants who are openly voicing dissent would get a berth