Karnataka

Mandya, Feb 2: Amidst the seat-sharing row between the Congress and the JD(S), it is said that actress Sumalatha, widow of actor-politician late M H Ambareesh, was approached by some people urging her to contest the Lok Sabha election from Mandya. A group of Mr. Ambareesh’s supporters met Ms. Sumalatha at her residence in Bengaluru on Friday and urged her to contest the election. Later, she

Hubballi, Feb 2: The Keshwapur police have arrested two youths who allegedly used to target commuters on highways and fleece money from them. The arrested are Prashant Bommaji, 24 of New Kanya Nagar and Yona Perumal, 25, of Janata Colony. The duo allegedly stopped a Haryana-based truck on Vijayapur Road on Thursday and snatched cash and mobile phone of the truck driver before fleeing from the spot

Bengaluru, Feb 2: Underworld don Ravi Pujari, arrested in Senegalon a red alert by Indian intelligence agencies, was living with a new identity, had a Burkina Faso passport for himself and his family and ran a chain of restaurants in some West African nations, Karnatakapolice said on Friday. "Ravi Pujari had obtained a new identity as Antony Fernadez and got a Burkina Faso passport for himself

Mangaluru, Feb 1: Underscoring the need to regulate social media content which has a potential to create communal tension in the city, Police Commissioner T R Suresh today said that efforts are being made to strengthen the city police’s social media monitoring cell and catch the accused. In his interaction during the ‘meet the press’ programme here at Press Club, he urged the people not to spread

Bengaluru, Feb 1: A sexual harassment case has been registered against Archbishop PK Samuel of the Central Diocese, Bengaluru at the Shivajinagar police station. The development comes a day after the victim filed a complaint alleging sexual harassment by PK Samuel and one of his associates. Two days ago she had attempted suicide at a private hospital in the city, after confronting the Archbishop

Mysuru, Feb 1: The Nagarahole National Park Tiger, which had killed three people since last one month in H D Kote taluk of Mysore district, was tranqualised and captured by the Forest Department officials at Macchur forest range on Friday bringing a big relief to people, who were living in panic on the fringes of the forests. The male tiger, aged about 8, looked a little weak, injured on the both

Bengaluru, Feb 1: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy lauded the efforts of the State Police who took measures to bring the notorious underworld operator Ravi Pujari to the books. Speaking to newsmen here on Friday, he said that he had directed the Senior police officials to bring to an end to the menace of Ravi Pujari, who was allegedly sending threatening calls to builders, Industrialists

Bengaluru, Feb 1: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy described the Interim Budget, presented by Union Minister Piyush Goyal in the Lok Sabha as ‘disappointed’ and ‘Election oriented’ exercise. In his reaction to the Budget, he said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has tried to dole out certain sops and benefits to many sections in the society, however “it lacks commitment. I have

Bengaluru, Feb 1: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and JD(S)-Congress coalition government Coordination Committee Chairman Siddaramaiah termed the Budget presented by Union Minister Piyush Goyal ‘anti farmer’. In his reaction, he told newsmen that “the interim budget for the year 2019-20 is anti farmer as well as anti-youth’. Stating that there is no immediate relief to the farmers as well as youth

Bengaluru, Feb 1: Two pilots died after a Mirage 2000 trainer fighter aircraft crashed near the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited airport in Bengaluru on Friday, ANIreported. One pilot died after suffering injuries while landing on the wreckage of the aircraft, according to news agency. The crash took place near Yamalur off old Airport Road in Bengaluru. The incident comes days after an Indian Air