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Bengaluru, Mar 14: The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday dismissed the bail petition of Mohammed Nalapad and others. Justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar dismissed the petition after completion of the arguments. Nalapad, son of Shantinagar MLA N.A. Haris is lodged at the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison for allegedly assaulting 24-year-old Vidwath at un upmarket bristo in Bengaluru’s UB City. He

Uttar Pradesh topped the list of states with maximum communal violence incidents in the country last year, the Lok Sabha was informed today. Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said 822 communal incidents took place in the country in 2017, whereas as many as 703 such incidents occurred in 2016 and 751 incidents in 2015. Among the states where the highest number of such cases

Hyderabad, Mar 14: In a boost to Anna Hazare's proposed fast to press his demand on the Lokpal issue, retired Supreme Court judge and former Karnataka Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde, today said he would join the social activist's stir. The former Solicitor General of India, who was a key part of the Hazare-led anti-corruption movement in 2011, said he was planning to be with the octogenarian in New

Geetha Shivarajkumar, wife of actor Shivarajkumar and daughter of the former Chief Minister late S. Bangarappa, who had contested the previous Lok Sabha election from Shivamogga segment as a candidate of Janata Dal (Secular) will campaign for the party in Shivamogga district from March 19 to 24 for the forthcoming Assembly election. It may be mentioned here that, in the Lok Sabha election Ms

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court stayed the Single Judge's order for a CBI inquiry into the murder of Youth Congress leader Shuaib. The police had arrested a few CPI(M) workers in connection with the murder. The party had also suspended a few of its members. While ordering the CBI investigation into the case, the Single Judge had come down heavily on the police for the delay in recovering

Slamming the ‘beef politics’ of BJP in Karnataka, Congress MLA from Belagavi North Firoz N Sait has asked the saffron party why did it not pressurize Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led union government to completely ban beef trade and export from India. Responding to a drive by local BJP leaders to close all cold storages and slaughterhouses in Belagavi, Mr Sait said: “If the BJP is so opposed to

Udupi, Mar 14: Days after Lakshmivara Tirtha Swami of Shiroor Mutt accused the local BJP of corruption, Mattar Ratnakar Hegde, president of the Udupi district unit of the saffron party, said that there’s no need for anyone to join the party with the intention of repairing it. Speaking to media persons Hegde expressed dissatisfaction over the seer’s statement that he would like to join the party to

Several Muslim and Christian leaders in Karnataka Congress have reportedly expressed concern over Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s eagerness to woo Lingayats by recommending minority tag them. Lingayat community is in fact politically, economically, and educationally is the most powerful community in the state. Muslim and Christian leaders, including Cabinet ministers, have reportedly warned

Mangaluru, May 14: A 20-year-old woman breathed her last at a private hospital here recently after she set herself on fire due to alleged atrocities by her husband and in-laws. The victim has been identified as Arshiya Banu, who had been staying with her mother and brother at a rented house at Turkalike Gundimane in Belthangady in Dakshina Kannada district since December. In a statement given from

Hassan, Mar 14: H S Chandra, a soldier from Arkalgud taluk in the district, was among those martyred in an attack by Naxals in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday afternoon. Chandra had visited home a few days ago, his family recalled. The mortal remains of the soldier are expected to reach the village on Wednesday night.