Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jun 17: A 42-year-old man has been arrested by the police on charge of sexually assaulting his own maid several times and filming the act. The accused has been identified as Ravi a local resident. The victim, who belongs to a scheduled caste, was working as a maid for him for last seven years. According to the complainant, Ravi not only sexually assaulted her many times, but also

Belagavi, Jun 17: I Monitory Advisory (IMA) headed by Mohammed Mansoor Khan has not only cheated people of Bengaluru and Mysuru but those in Belagavi too. Khan is said to have fled out of the country. More than 300 people in Belagavi have been invested crores in the firm and majority of them are Muslims. The investors submitted a memorandum to city police commissioner Lokesh Kumar here on Friday

Bengaluru, Jun 17: Hundreds of private hospitals, nursing homes and clinics in Karnataka suspended outpatient services on Monday following a call by the Indian Medical Association to hold a day-long strike in solidarity with the doctors sitting on a protest in West Bengal. The strike had a telling effect as people were seen struggling to get medical aid in private hospitals. However, the

Bengaluru, Jun 16: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Sunday offered to hold talks with opposition BJP on issues raised by it even as the saffron party workers courted arrest while attempting to proceed towards his official residence despite police barricades. As the state BJP, led by its chief B S Yeddyurappa, intensified its two-day sit-in over issues, including sale of land in Ballari to

Mangaluru, Jun 16: A project on application of a solution prepared from wild gauva to kill termites developed by Stuthi M.S. and Sandhya Prabhu, Class 10 students from Sudhana High School in Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district, has earned them a place to participate in the International Genius Olympiad 2019. The Olympiad will be held at the State University of New York, Oswego, in the U.S

Mangaluru, Jun 16: A local Congress leader in coastal district of Dakshina Kannada has allegedly committed suicide under mysterious circumstances. Jain is survived by his wife and a son. 65-year-old Jayaraj Jain Elika was found hanging from a tree near his house at Elika of Narimogaru village in Puttur taluk of the district this morning. He was an active worker and leader of Congress in the region

Bengaluru, Jun 16: A notorious rowdy, who organized a mega bash at a dance bar in the city to celebrate his 34th birthday, escaped into the dark when a police team got wind of the event and stormed the venue on Friday night. Police rescued266 women who were forced to entertain the rowdy and his friends. Giri alias Kunigal Giri is involved in over 80 cases including kidnapping, robbery, extortion

Bengaluru, Jun 16: Causing much embarrassment to the Congress-JD(S) ruling coalition, senior JD(S) legislator A T Ramaswamy has resigned as chairperson of the Karnataka legislature committee on government assurances, upset over the 'inaction' in a land grabbing case. Stating that his 'conscience' was not allowing him to continue, the Arkalgud MLA, in his resignation letter to the legislative

Bengaluru, Jun 16: Under criticism for having ignored multiple Reserve Bank of India (RBI) alerts about the I Monetary Advisory (IMA) scam, the state government has got into damage control mode now. A meeting with RBI officials has been convened next week at the behest of home minister MB Patil. “We want to fix responsibility on each and every authority. Before doing this, we need to get a proper

Bengaluru, Jun 15: The BJP's Karnataka unit, which is on a round-the-clock sit-in since Friday protesting against the sale of land to JSW Steel at Ballari and other issues, has decided to "lay siege" to Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy's official residence on Sunday. State BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa along with a host of senior party leaders including former deputy chief minister R Ashoka, among