Karnataka

Chikamagaluru, Jan 16: Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today strongly attacked Opposition leader in the Legislative Assembly B S Yeddyurappa, who is also the BJP State President, saying that though he is 76 year old he has not learnt lesson in Politics and indulging in pulling down constitutionally formed Congress-JDS Coalition Government in the State. Addressing a press conference

New Delhi, Jan 16: Over 2,300 Muslim women from India will go on Haj this year without 'Mehram' or male companion as all those who applied under this category have been exempted from the lottery system, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said Wednesday. The Modi government had last year allowed women going to Haj without Mehram, which had resulted in about 1,300 Muslim women going for

Kasaragod, Jan 16: A man from Kasaragod district who was arrested by the Delhi police recently for alleged plot to “kill a high profile personality”, is in fact an active leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. CM Muhatasim alias Tasim alias Taslim, a resident of Chembarika in Kasaragod district, was picked up from Chattamchal by Vidyanagar police on January 11 as per the directions of Delhi police. The

Bengaluru, Jan 16: The police have arrested a 45-year-old married man for cheating and robbing at least 16 women from across the state by promising marriage. All of his victims are widows and divorcees. D M Ramakrishna, a resident of Doddamulagodu village in T Narasipura taluk, Mysuru district, not only cheated each woman of money and stole their jewellery, but also had physical relationships with

Gurugram, Jan 16: Amidst speculation that the Congress-JD(S) coalition in Karnataka may have challenging times ahead, BJP state chief B S Yeddyurappa, has reportedly promised his party MLAs that he would give them a good news within couple of days. Yeddyurappa’s off-the-cuff comments came as Karnataka BJP MLAs gathered to celebrate Sankranti at a luxury hotel near Gurugram in Haryana, where they

Belagavi, Jan 16: A twenty-six-year-old woman hanged herself to a ceiling fan late on Monday night. She was allegedly fed up by the torture of her husband’s family for giving birth to a girl child. Akshata Vidyadhar Kakatikar, a resident of Om Nagar, Khasbag is the deceased. Her father Vinayak Sonar has registered a complaint in Shahapur police station alleging that Akshata was constantly tortured

Udupi, Jan 16: Almost seven months after he was arrested by the Kuwait police on charge of carrying banned medicine, S hankara Poojary, a 40-year-old expatriate worker hailing from Basroor in Kundapur of Udupi district, has finally been released. Mr. Poojary had migrated to Kuwait in May 2014 to work with a company called Agricultural Food Products Company, K.S.C. He would visit once in two years

Mumbai, Jan 15: With a robust technology and innovation ecosystem in place, Bengaluru has emerged as the world's most dynamic city, a recent survey said. According to a survey by property consultant JLL, following Bengaluru is Hyderabad that is ranked second with Delhi at fourth, Pune at fifth, Chennai at seventh and Kolkata at fifteenth position featuring in top 20 cities. With 19 of the top 20

Mysuru, Jan 15: Karnataka BJP president and former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa is highly confident of forming a BJP government in the state soon, according a former minister and present MLA from Mysuru region. “It is possible to topple the JD(S)-Congress coalition government. But, as on Tuesday afternoon, nothing is concrete. If nothing happens by evening, it is over,” the MLA was quoted as

Bengaluru, Jan 15: Dismissing any threat to the Congress-JDS dispensation in the state after two MLAs withdrew their support, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Tuesday said his government was stable and he was "totally relaxed". Seeking to put up a brave front, Kumaraswamy said, "I know my strength. My government is stable. Don't worry." He added, "Whatever are the episodes in our Kannada (TV)