Karnataka

Bengaluru, Dec 24: Senior Congress leader and former minister Ramalinga Reddy cried foul over being denied a ministerial berth in the state cabinet while questioning the decision of removing him as a minister. "Juniors should become ministers, but four-five (of those) who became ministers earlier they are still in the cabinet including RV Deshpande, DK Shivakumar, G Parameshwara and others. My

Bengaluru, Dec 24: The Congress party, the major partner in the coalition government in Karnataka with Janata Dal (S) is facing a major disenchantment among the senior legislators denied ministry posts in the cabinet expansion made on Saturday. On Monday supporters of senior leaders Ramalinga Reddy, who said there was a conspiracy to deny him a cabinet post despite he being seven times MLA. His

Bengaluru, Dec 24: JD(S) supremo and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda Monday dismissed any threat to the ruling coalition headed by his son H D Kumaraswamy after the recent cabinet rejig. The government was stable and the alliance will efficiently fight the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, he told reporters. "Nothing will happen...why do you have doubts? It is all your (media) creation," Gowda said in

From being a school dropout in Haryana’s Mewat to winning Indian Idol 10, Salman Ali has come a long way. At the end of season 10 of Indian Idol, the 20-year-old walked away with the winner’s trophy, a cash prize of Rs 25 lakh and a Datsun Go car on Sunday as social media burst with messages of congratulations. Salman beat Ankush Bhardwaj and Neelanjana Ray to emerge winner. Ankush and Neelanjana

Mangaluru, Dec 24: In a heartrending tragedy, a 4-year-old girl lost her life after she was washed away along with her family members by a giant wave at Someshwara Beach on the outskirts of the city today. The mishap occurred when the couple and their two children were playing in the water. They had come from Bengaluru to coastal Karnataka as tourists. Though the alert lifeguards at the beach

Udupi, Dec 24: A 24-year-old non-resident India, who had returned to hometown recently to get married, lost his life after the two-wheeler he was riding met with an accident near Kota in Udupi district. The victim has been identified as Varun, 33, a resident of Thekkatte. He was working abroad from the past few years, and had returned home a few days ago as his marriage was fixed. After coming

Chikkamagaluru, Dec 24: When two thieves tried to take a calf away from Koppa bus station in Chikkamagaluru district, the ‘mother cow’ rushed to the spot and saved it by chasing the miscreants away. The rare incident was recorded by a nearby CCTV camera and the video footage is going viral on social media. The cops said that neither the number of the vehicle nor the faces of thieves are clear in

Mangaluru, Dec 24: A youth lost his life after a speeding container truck knocked down a motorbike on national highway 66 at Kallapu on the outskirts of the city last night. The deceased has been identified as Yatish (24), a resident of Kumpala and an employee of Mangalore Chemical and Fertilisers (MCF). The tragedy took place when he was returning home from the city. According to sources, the

Bengaluru, Dec 24: A day after he was dropped from the H D Kumaraswamy ministry, senior Congress MLA and Belagavi strongman Ramesh L Jarkiholi on Sunday threatened to quit the party. Several other party MLAs, including Ramalinga Reddy, sulked over denial of a cabinet berth. Ramesh, in a purported telephonic conversation with a TV news channel reporter in Belagavi, said he would quit as MLA

Mangaluru, Dec 23: Ismail ibn Musa Menk, the Grand Mufti of Zimbabwe, who was in the coastal city of Mangaluru today to officiate a nikah, declined to publicize the amount of a ‘mahr’ in an apparent bid to avoid “competition” among affluent Muslims. The globally acclaimed Islamic scholar was tasked to solemnise the wedding of the children of two prominent businessmen -- Muhammad Shameer