Karnataka

Bengaluru, Feb 3: A 32-y e ar-old private firm employee, who was searching for a suitable match for his younger sister on matrimonial websites, was cheated of Rs 1.2 lakh by a tech-savvy gang. Saurabh Kumar Nema, a resident of Jakkasandra Extension, approached Koramangala police on Thursday and filed a complaint against two people, including the man who posed as prospective bridegroom. Nema said

Mysuru, Feb 3: Chief minister H D Kumaraswamy alleged that the Union governmentcheated people of Karnataka as none of the major demands of the state has been fulfilled in the Budget. Speaking to reporters here on Saturday, Kumaraswamy stated there are confusions regarding tax benefits announced in the Budget. “The people of the state elected 17 BJP MPs. They failed to bring any major projects to

Bengaluru, Feb 3: Newly appointed Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra may launch a blitzkrieg campaign in Karnataka to counter the Narendra Modi-led BJP for the 2019 general elections, if the local Congress leaders here have their way. KPCC campaign committee chairman and senior Congress leader HK Patil gave enough indication that Priyanka, who has been given charge of the party in

Bengaluru, Feb 2: Karnataka BJP Saturday hit out at Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy for claiming credit for the arrest of underworld gangster Ravi Pujari from Senegal and asked him to show "some guts" and stop crimes in the state. It also took a dig at Kumaraswamy by referring to him as "Anna" (big brother), as the chief minister is usually referred to. The party also asked the chief minister show

Kasaragod, Feb 2: The sleuths of the National Investigation Agency have arrested another absconding accused in the 2006 Kerala twin blasts from the airport in New Delhi. P.P. Yoosaf, who had since been absconding, was arrested on Friday from the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport after he arrived from Saudi Arabia, an NIA spokesperson said. He was produced later in the day before an NIA

Mysuru, Feb 2: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today advocated for simple mass marriages. Speaking after inaugurating a mass marriage programme at Suttur village on the eve of the Suttur fair, he said that “our family shares a special bonding with Suttur Mutt. The mutt is doing yeoman service for the Society even a government would find it difficult to do. The mutt has organised

Mysuru, Feb 2: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kuramaswamy today announced that the populous 'Yeshsvini Health' Scheme for farmers will be included in the State budget which will be presented on February 8. Speaking after inaugurating the new high tech bus stand at Suttur village on Saturday, he said the Scheme which could not continued last year due to some reasons, would be included in the budget

Bengaluru, Feb 2: Public Works Departments minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader H D Revanna and Congress MLC Gopalaswamy engaged in a war of words during a meeting held on Saturday. The quarrel broke out minutes after Revanna stated that no developmental works took place in Hassan district during the tenure of Siddaramaiah as chief minister between 2013 to 2018. Responding to Revanna's claim

Bengaluru, Feb 2: Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) National President H D Deve Gowda suffered pain on his leg after he got slipped in bathroom last night. According to sources, Mr Gowda, who had returned from New Delhi went to bathroom where he got his leg twisted and suffered pain. The doctors, who had attended him reportedly advised to go for a MRI scan on his leg and rest for a

At 73-years of age, Mahalinga Naik breaks into a smile, when residents of Amai village at Bantwal taluk point towards him as the local 'Green-Revolutionary'. For a man who never received formal education, Naik has been solely credited for creating a sustainable eco-friendly farmland, which once was barren land and could not even bear a sapling. At a hillock farmland in Adyanadka, approximately 52