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Newsroom, Sept 29: After the unopposed election of all three candidates from Congress and JD(S) combine to the Karnataka legislative council, the two ruling parties are now focusing on the members who are to be nominated. Three posts under the nomination category are vacant because of the resignation of M.D. Lakshminaryana of Congress and the terms of Tara Anuradha and K.B. Shanappa of BJP ending

Mangaluru, Sept 29: The principal district and sessions court (the designated NDPS court) has awarded 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1 lakh to two youths convicted for peddling ganja. The convicts are Chandrakumar alias Sinnavan (36) and Shanthakumar (24) from Gudaluru Nadugaani in Tamil Nadu. The duo was arrested by the and District Crime Investigation Bureau (DCIB) of Dakshina

Udupi, Sept 29: The Assistant Commissioner of Kundapur sub-division has accepted the closure report filed by the district police on the suspicious death of Lakshmivara Tirtha Swami of Shiroor Mutt. Speaking to media persons, Laxman Nimbargi, Superintendent of Police, said that the medical report had stated that the Shiroor seer had died a natural death. There were no objections from his younger

Mangaluru, Sept 28: An official from official from the Karnataka Housing Board was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) here after he was caught red handed while accepting a bribe on Friday. ACB sources said they trapped and arrested the official while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from the complainant. A resident of Bajpe near here had sought documents and an NOC from the Karnataka

Udupi, Sept 28: A 28-year-old nurse who had allegedly committed suicide in Saudi Arabia 72 days ago, was finally laid to rest at Our Lady of Health Church cemetery in Shirva, Udupi district, on Friday, a day after her body reached India. Hundreds of people attended the funeral Hazel Jyotsna Mathias, who hailed from Kutyar village near Shirva. She had been working as staff nurse in Al-Mikhwa

Mangaluru, Sept 28: A 26-year-old brutally murdered a woman for turning down his wedding proposal, and then committed suicide by hanging himself under the limits of Moodbidri police station in Dakshina Kannada district today. The victim is Charishma (22), a resident of Saldanha Compound at Pranthya village in Moodbidri. The accused is Lohith (26), a resident of Muger in Bajal in Mangaluru

Belagavi, Sept 28: Lakshmi Hebbalkar, Congress leader and MLA from Belagavi district has revealed that the BJP had tried to poach her by offering her Rs 30 crore cash and with a promise to make her a Minister after toppling the coalition government. “Some BJP leaders from Karnataka called me when I was in Hyderabad a few weeks ago and made an offer on the phone. They said I would be made a

Kalaburagi, Sept 28: Opposition Leader in Lok Sabha M Mallikarjun Kharge has defended his party leaders including actress-turned-politician Ramya who had attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi by calling him a chor (thief) in connection with the controversial Rafale aircraft deal. He said that none of his party leaders had attacked the Prime Minister personally. “Yes, we called him chor in

Bengaluru, Sept 28: The Nationwide Bandh call given by All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists against government's decision allowing online sales of medicine evoked total response in Karnataka with more than 20,000 Chemists throughout the State downing their shutters. The Karnataka Chemists and Druggists Association President R Raghunath Reddy talking to UNI here on Friday claimed that

Bengaluru, Sept 28: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara observed that meeting of top police officials of Southern States would help reducing crime and use of state-of-the-art technology to curb criminal activities. Speaking at the Southern Region Coordination Committee meeting of the Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG & IGs) here on Friday, Dr Parameshwara, who is also