Karnataka

New Delhi, Jan 23: The Supreme Court has granted bail to four convicts in the Naroda Patiya massacre case in Gujarat in which 97 people were killed by a mob during the 2002 riots in the state. A bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar Tuesday granted bail to the four convicts -- Umeshbhai Surabhai Bharwad, Rajkumar, Padmendrasinh Jaswantsinh Rajput and Harshad alias Mungda Jila Govind Chhara Parmar

Bengaluru, Jan 23: Stating that there will be no intervention from the government on the investigation by the police on the alleged assault on the Congress MLA Anand Singh, by another Congress legislator, J N Ganesh, the home minister, M B Patil said that “nobody is above the law and accused will be arrested soon”. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, Mr Patil said that "the person

Chikkamagaluru, Jan 23: Seven friends, who rushed to Tumakuru to pay their respects to Shivakumara Swami, met with an accident near Mattighatta while on their way back home on Tuesday. Parameshwarappa, 34, died on the spot. Six others were admitted to McGaan hospital in Shivamogga. The seven from Malleshwara in Kaduru were returning when their Bolero rammed into a tree. Kaduru police said that the

Karwar, Jan 23: The toll in the boatcapsize touched 12 on Tuesday with the recovery of four bodiesin different places off the Karwarshore. Those who survived said there were at least five other boats in the vicinity when theirs sank near the point where river Kali reaches the sea, but none of them came forward to help. Passengers on those boats, in fact, whipped out their smartphones to click

After limiting the number of times you can forward a message in India, WhatsApp is reportedly spreading the policy to include other countries as well. WhatsApp has announced that it is lowering the forwarding limit worldwide from 20 people or groups to just five users. The update placing the limit on the forwards begins to roll out this week, starting with Android users and then moving to iOS

Bengaluru, Jan 22: Protests by BJP and some pro-Kannada organisations, citing the three-day mourning announced for the death of Siddaganga Math head Shivakumara Swamiji, forced the cancellation of a Karnataka government seminar on Tuesday. The seminar titled 'Conversations of the Constitution', which was organised by the state social welfare department and a television channel, was called off

Tumakuru, Jan 22: The mortal remains of Dr Shivakumara Swamiji, the revered pontiff of the Siddaganga Mutt, was laid to rest, as per the rituals of the Lingayath religion, in the Mutt premises, amidst the galaxy of the dignitaries, who had paid a tear-ful homage to the departed soul on Tuesday. Former Prime minister, H D Deve Gowda, Chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, Union Defence minister Smt

Kannur, Jan 22: Thanks to the intative by "janakeeya kootayama" (peoples collective), a 45-cent land will be gifted to the Government to construct building for a police station. The people of the politically-sensitive grama panchayats of Muzhakunnu and Thilankery in Kannur, had mobilised Rs.18 lakh and acquired the land to construct a building for the Mazhakunnu police station. The fund was

Amaravati, Jan 22: The Centre will soon take up a major project to link rivers Godavari and Cauvery that will resolve water issues between four southern states, Union Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari announced on Monday. The objective of the project, expected to cost upto Rs 60,000 crore, is to make good use of about 1100 tmcft of Godavari water that currently drains into the sea, he said

Bengaluru, Jan 22: The Ramanagara district police who are investigating into the incident of alleged assault on the Congress MLA, Anand Singh by fellow legislator J N Ganesh, both from Ballari district were, looking on the whereabouts of the accused, who is facing the charges of attempt to murder. According to sources, the accused MLA, who had denied the charges of assault on Mr Singh, is