Karnataka

Bengaluru, Feb 8: BJP Karnataka president B S Yeddyurappa on Friday rubbished as "fake" and "a concocted story" audio clips released by state chief minister H D Kumaraswamy about his alleged bid to lure an MLA to topple the Congress-JD(S) government. Shortly after Kumaraswamy released the clips, Yeddyurappa said he had not met anyone to woo JD(S) lawmaker Nagana Gouda as alleged and that the

Bengaluru, Feb 8: Ahead of the state budget, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Friday morning removed disgruntled Congress MLA Dr Umesh Jadhav from the post of the chairman of the Warehouse Corporation. Pratap Gowda Patil will be replacing Jadhav. Meanwhile, Congress MLA from Raichur Basanagouda Daddal has been appointed as the chairman of Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development

Udupi, Feb 8: The police have arrested two persons in connection with the January 26 double murder at Mannur in Kota of Udupi district. Superintendent of Police Laxman Nimbargi on Thursday confirmed the arrest of two persons and gave their names as Rajashekhar Reddy from Kota and Ravi, alias Medical Ravi, from Tallur. The two were arrested in Madikeri. Police sources said that they have

Hampi, Feb 8: Days after a video footage showing miscreants vandalising ancient pillars at the world heritage site in Hampi, went viral on social media the Ballari district police have arrested all four persons involved in the case. Though the police have not officially announced the names of the miscreants, sources within the department told coastaldigest.com that the arrested are Ayush Sahu (24)

Belagavi, Feb 8: A lawyer, Pramod Hiremani, in Athani on Thursday submitted a memorandum to the District Police saying that Congress MLA Mahesh Kumtalli has gone missing. Mr. Kumtalli is rumoured to be contemplating joining the BJP, along with his leader and fellow Congressman Ramesh Jarkiholi. Mr. Kumtalli has, however, in the past denied such rumours. The lawyer submitted the memorandum to

Mangaluru, Feb 8: The sleuths of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) have seized $ 10,000 (about Rs. 7 lakh) from a passenger at the Mangaluru International Airport here on Thursday. According to a CISF press release, CISF Sub Inspector Rakesh Kumar Mahawar, who was posted at the pre-embarkation security check (frisking) area, found suspicious the movement of Abdul Hameed Kodiyamma bound

Mangaluru, Feb 7: The Kankanady Police in Mangaluru arrested seven persons said to be involved in a dacoity case wherein a fish dealer from Ratnagiri was robbed of cash. The arrested have been identified as Mohammed Sabir (31), Mohammed Naveed (29), Kwaja Sab (28), Mohammed Nabil Sab (31), Syed Hussain (32), Syed Fayaz (31) and Nazir Sheikh (21). All the arrested persons are from Bhatkal. The

Udupi, Feb 7: Hephsiba Rani Korlapati took charge as the Deputy Commissioner of Udupi district at the District Offices Complex here on Thursday. Priyanka Mary Francis, who has been transferred as Director of Tourism, Bengaluru, handed over the charge to Ms. Korlapati. An IAS officer of the 2011 batch, Ms. Korlapati completed her graduation at College for Women, Osmania University, Hyderabad. She

Udupi, Feb 7: As many as four monkeys were found dead in different parts of Udupi district on Wednesday. Prashanth Bhat, District Nodal Officer for Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), said here that a monkey each was found dead at Shirlal, Belman, Hiliyana, and Valthur villages. The autopsy on the carcasses of monkeys found at Hiliyana and Belman was conducted and the samples would sent to the Viral

New Delhi, Feb 7: The Congress will scrap the triple talaq law if it forms the government in 2019, the party's women's wing chief Sushmita Dev said on Thursday. Addressing the Congress' Minority Department convention here, Dev alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had created an atmosphere pitting Muslim women against Muslim men through the triple talaq law. "A lot of people told us that women