Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jun 15: The Mangaluru city police have finally managed to arrest notorious underworld rowdy Asgar Ali, who had fled to Dubai in 2007 on a fake passport. A native of Ullal on the outskirts of Mangaluru, Asgar is an accused in at least 9 criminal cases including 2 sensational murder cases. He was picked up today from Uppala of Kasaragod district of Kerala by police team led by Kankanady

Bengaluru, Jun 15: The Karnataka BJP Friday demanded a CBI probe into the alleged financial fraud perpetrated by an investment firm here, leaving thousands of investors in the lurch. The owner of city-based IMA Jewels owner, Mohammed Mansoor Khan, had disappeared few days ago after allegedly threatening to commit suicide while police formed teams to trace him. State BJP chief B S Yedyurappa put

Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 15: A woman civil police officer died after she was allegedly set ablaze on fire by a traffic police personnel in Kerala on Saturday, police said. The accused attacked the victim near her home at Mavelikkara in Alappuzha district. She died on the spot. According to police, the accused allegedly poured petrol over the policewoman and set her ablaze this afternoon when she

Karawar, Jun 15: Expressing dismay over the State BJP leaders stand on the grant of land to the Jindal Steels, Karnataka Revenue minister R V Deshpande said that it was the decision of the the then BJP government to grant land on lease to the JSW when it was in power. Speaking to newsmen the minister, has wondered why the BJP is staging dharna on the issue, when the JD(S)-Congress coalition

Bengaluru, Jun 15: Amid simmering discontent within the Congress in Karnataka over the induction of two Independent MLAs into the coalition government's ministry, the party's state unit chief on Saturday said a "reshuffle will definitely happen", and several senior leaders will be "taken into confidence". This comes a day after Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy expanded his cabinet by inducting R

Chandigarh, Jun 15: A 30-year-old doctor from Karnataka, who was pursuing his MD course from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Haryana's Rohtak, allegedly committed suicide in the hostel of the hospital's campus, police said on Friday. Onkar, who lived in Karnataka's Dharwad, allegedly hung himself from the ceiling of his hostel on Thursday night, Rohtak Police Station SHO Inspector

New Delhi, Jun 15: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here and congratulated him on being re-elected for a second term. On the issue of the expansion of Karnataka Cabinet, Kumaraswamy told media that it is a political issue and he will manage it. "That is a political issue, leave it. We will manage it and there is nothing to worry," he said. Amidst coalitions

Bengaluru, Jun 15: The State Bharatiya Janata Party leaders, who are holding day-night dharna against the state government’s decision to grant over 3600 acres of land to the steel giants JSW Ballary, entered second day here on Saturday, have decided to intensify their agitation . The BJP leaders, including state party president B S Yeddyurappa, former Deputy Chief Minister R Ashok and deputy

Bengaluru, Jun 15: Bowing to the stiff opposition to grant a huge tract of land to the steel giant JSW Ballary, the state government has decided to review its decision and appointed a Cabinet Sub-Committee to look into the issue. Briefing the media persons, the Panchayath Raj minister, Krishna Byregowda, informed that the Cabinet, chaired by the Chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, had informed that a

Udupi, Jun 15: The men in khaki will undergo a special training programme in Udupi district to be public friendly and polite. This in fact is an assurance by Nisha James, the superintendent of police during the phone-in programme to a senior citizen who complained that when he had gone to Udupi town police station to enquire about his passport, the police personnel did not behave respectfully with