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Bantwal, Feb 11: The sleuths of the Bantwal Town police station have arrested Mohammed Ikbal, 32, of Perlia in Bantwal, who had failed to appear before a trial court for the past three years. The police said Ikbal had been arrested in connection with four criminal cases registered in 2006, 2015 and 2017. He failed to appear in court and the court subsequently issued a non-bailable warrant against

Bengaluru, Feb 11: Accusing Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy of blackmailing him, BJP's Karnataka unit president B.S. Yeddyurappa on Sunday said the content and voice in the audio tape are fabricated and doctored. "I met Sharanagouda, son of JD-S' Gurmitkal legislator Nanganagouda Kandakur, at Devadurga in Raichur district on February 7 and discussed many things. But the content in the

Dharwad, Feb 11: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday evening unveiled various development projects in the twin cities of Hubballi and Dharwad in Karnataka. Arriving from Tamil Nadu's Tiruppur in a special IAF aircraft, Modi was received at the Hubballi airport by state Revenue Minister RV Deshpande, officials and state Bharatiya Janata Party unit leaders. Soon after reaching the venue at KLE

Hubballi, Feb 11: Terming the 8-month-old JD-S-Congress coalition government in Karnataka a 'majboor sarkar', Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday dubbed its Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy a "punching bag" of everyone in the state. "Kumaraswamy has become a punching bag of everyone in the state, especially the Congress leaders, who have been threatening to unseat him from day one and challenging

Riyadh, Feb 10: Non-resident Indians from Karnataka residing in Gulf countries, who were expecting allocation of funds in 2019 Karnataka budget for their welfare as promised in Congress in its manifesto during 2018 state election, have expressed disappointment over the budget. In a release issued here, Indian Social Forum, Saudi Arabia, has slammed the budget presented by chief minister H D

Bengaluru, Feb 10: Hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches BJP's campaign in Karnataka for the Lok Sabha polls, the Congress Sunday questioned the saffron party over its alleged bid to topple the coalition government is the state. The Prime Minister is scheduled to address a rally at Hubballi in northern part of the state later this evening. Speaking to reporters here, Pradesh Congress

Hubballi, Feb 10: Opposition Leader in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly B S Yeddyurappa, who is also the BJP State President, on Sunday conceded to having met JDS MLA Naganadouda Kandkur's son Sharangouda Patil in Devadurga Guest House on Feb 5 night hours before presentation of State Budget for 2019-20 by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy in an attempt to lure ruling party MLA into BJP fold and

Bengaluru, Feb 10: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president Dinesh Gundu Rao on Sunday criticised former Union minister SM Krishna for his statement on 'interference' by Rahul Gandhi and said that by making such remarks he has lost whatever little respect he had. Rao said, "Today when I hear his statement, even that 1 per cent of respect I had for him is gone. For a person of his stature to

Kottayam, Feb 10: Hours after a group of nuns, who had protested seeking justice for their colleague, allegedly raped by former bishop Franco Mulakkal, said that the order asking them to move out of their convent has now been cancelled, the Jalandhar Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church on Saturday denied the charge. Peter Kavumpuram, the public relations officer of the diocese, said the order has

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 10: The health sector in Kerala is all set to have a major boost with the inauguration of the Institute of Advanced Virology (IAV) by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at Thonnakkal, here on Saturday. The institute, opened at Thonnakkal Bio 360 Life Science Park in 25 acres of land, is the first virology institute in India affiliated to Global Virus Network (GVN), a coalition