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New Delhi, Jul 23: Karnataka Congress president Dinesh Gundu Rao on Sunday made a strong pitch for strengthening the organisation in the state by bringing in “good people” and involving party workers in the decision- making process. Gundu Rao and former chief minister Siddaramaiah also favoured state-specific alliances for the Lok Sabha elections to defeat the “fascist forces.” Siddaramaiah was

Bengaluru, Jul 23: Police have so far arrested seven accused in connection with the coldblooded murder of activist-cum-journalist Gauri Lankesh. Among them five accused have been chargesheeted in the foiled plot to eliminate progressive thinker, rationalist and writer Prof K S Bhagavan. According to police, the five extremists — Amole Kale, 39; Amit Degwekar, 39; Manohar Edave, 28; K.T. Naveen

Mangaluru, Jul 22: Several persons who took part in the Ramakrishna Mission’s special Swacchata Abhiyan Shramdan cleaned the areas around Marnamikatta and Mangaladevi here on Sunday. It was the last shramdan of Phase 4 of the initiative. The volunteers removed a cement dustbin near Marnamikatta railway bridge and the unused small shop next it. Land was levelled using an earthmover and flower

Bengaluru, Jul 22: Former Karnataka minister Vimalabai Deshmukh, wife of former legislator late JS Deshmukh, passed away today morning. She was 70 She was the women and child welfare minister in the J H Patel cabinet. After her husband's death, she won the Assembly elections from Muddebihal constituency in Vijayapura district in 1994 by defeating C S Nadagowda -- the incumbent legislator and

New Delhi, Jul 22: The chief of the Congress women's wing has said the party would support the controversial instant triple talaq bill if the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led union government includes a provision of alimony. All India Mahila Congress president Sushmita Dev alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party government was trying to strike a quid pro quo with the passing of the Muslim Women

Kochi, Jul 22: The freedom and privacy of individuals should be respected and educational authorities have no right to impose ‘moral paternalism, ruled the high court of Kerala while quashing the decision of a professional college in Kerala to expel two students a – 20-year-old girl and a 21-year-old boy – for a love affair. "Love is blind and an innate human instinct. It is all about individuals

Bengaluru, Jul 22: Kerala stands as the best governed state in the country and Karnataka is in the fourth position, said the Public Affairs Index 2018 released by the think tank Public Affairs Centre (PAC) in Bengaluru. "Kerala has topped the Public Affairs Index (PAI) for 2018 as the best governed state for the third consecutive year since 2016 among large states," said Bengaluru-based PAC at an

Bengaluru, Jul 22: The Janata Dal (Secular) decided to elect a new state president as Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, who currently holds the post, is finding it difficult to devote time for party activities. “I myself made this suggestion (to replace him) to the party leaders. I have the responsibility to run the government and provide effective administration,” Kumaraswamy told reporters after

Mangaluru, Jul 22: Sources privy to the Special Investigation Team probing into the murder of journalist-cum-activist Gauri Lankesh has said that Mohan Nayak, who was arrested as seventh accused earlier this week from his village of Sampaje, near Sullia in Dakshina Kannada district, had provided shelter to the killers. 50-year-old Nayak, a Naati Vaidya (a non-qualified doctor of sorts), ran an

Alwar, Jul 22: They brutally murdered him accusing him of being a cattle smuggler just because he was seen with cattle. But, the victim was in fact a cattle rearer and not a smuggler. "My son was a cattle rearer not a cow smuggler. We own four cows and take care of them", said a teary-eyed Sulaiman Khan, father of 30-year-old Akbar Khan, who was lynched by a mob in Alwar district's Ramgarh late on