Karnataka

Bengaluru, Apr 25: The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) bench here Thursday stayed the Election Commission order suspending IAS officer Mohammed Mohsin for checking prime minister Narendra Modi's helicopter in Odisha. The officer from Karnataka cadre, deployed in Odisha as a general observer, was suspended on April 17 for checking Modi's helicopter in Odisha's Sambalpur in "violation" of

Bengaluru, Apr 25: Police Commissioner Sunil Kumar said that high alert has already been sounded in the City following Easter Sunday blast in a Church in Colombo and all the concerned authorities have been instructed to maintain strict vigil. Speaking to newsmen after reviewing the steps taken, he said that instructions were issued to Temples/Masques/Churches trustees to install CCTV, engage

Belagavi, Apr 25: Countering his estranged brother and former Minister, Ramesh Jarakiholi, Karnataka forest minister Satish Jarakiholi, has claimed that his brother had no sufficient number of MLAs, to bring down the one-year-old Congress-JD(S) coalition government in Karnataka. Speaking to newsmen, the forest minister said that "The efforts of Ramesh Jarakiholi to topple the Coalition government

Mysuru, Apr 25: Fourteen members of five family of Geologists and BJP leader, who were on tour of Sri Lanka where series bomb blast claimed lives of more than 300 people, have returned safely to the city. BJP leader M V Ravi Shankar, also a Geologist, after his return to the city, said they landed in Colombo on April 19. Though we wanted to visit other Tourist places in Sri Lanka, we changed the

Bengaluru, Apr 25: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Karnataka State Core Committee today decided to recommend two names each to the Central BJP leaders to select party nominees for May 13 by-elections to Chincholi and Kundagol Assembly seats. Speaking to newsmen here on Thursday after chairing the meeting, State President B S Yeddyurappa said that "the Committee had shortlisted party nominees and

Mandya/Mysuru, Apr 25: Following the serial bomb blasts in Colombo, the Police department has stepped up security at vital installations and public places, including Krishnaraja Sagar Reservoir (KRS) which is one of the must see tourist destination, Superintendent of Police D Shivaprakash, Additional Superintendent of Police Balarame Gowda, and other senior officials inspected several public

New Delhi, Apr 25: The security cover of Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from the Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency, was strengthened on Wednesday, officials said. The decision was taken a day after a man holding black flag approached Thakur while she was filing her nomination papers on Tuesday. Her supporters later thrashed the man. Besides heightening the

Bengaluru, Apr 25: Karnataka Minister for Social Welfare Priyank Kharge, who is also Kalaburagi district Incharge Minister today expressed confidence in Congress retaining both Chincholi and Kundagol Assembly seats after byelection on May 19. Speaking to newsmen, after attending a meeting of the senior Kalaburagi district Congress leaders with the KPCC President Dinesh Gundu Rao here on Thursday

Mangaluru, Apr 25: The environmental activists in Dakshina Kannada say that River Netravati, the lifeline of Dakshina Kannada, is drying up in recent years because of the ongoing Yettinahole project and hydel power projects on the nine tributaries of the river in a 120-km radius of eco-sensitive Western Ghats. Addressing a press conference here, Dinesh Holla, convenor of Sahyadri Sanchaya, said

Bengaluru, Apr 25: The high courthas dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL), seeking police action against chief minister HD Kumaraswamy and other public servants for holding an unlawful assembly outside the income tax office on March 28. A Mallikarjuna, a resident of Chelur village in Gubbi, Tumakuru district, had filed the PIL, claiming police have not taken any action in the matter