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Bengaluru, Mar 2: A Civil and Sessions Court in Bengaluru on Friday rejected the bail plea of Mohammad Haris Nalapad, son of Congress legislator NA Haris, and six others in an assault case. Nalapad and the others are in judicial custody since February 21 for assaulting Vidwath, son of a prominent businessman following an argument at an upmarket bristo in Bengaluru’s UB City on February 17, 2018.

Benglauru, Mar 2: Hindu Yuva Sena leader Naveen Kumar T alias Hotte Manja, who was arrested last month by the Special Investigation Team probing the murder of journactivist Gauri Lankesh, is suspected to have played a key role in the case. The 38-year-old gunrunner from Maddur in Mandya district was picked up from the KSRTC bus stand in Majestic area in Bengaluru with a .32-calibre gun and 15 live

The crisis in Gulf countries is the major reason for financial crisis in Kerala, according to State Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac. Speaking to reporters at Alappuzha the minister said: “Non-Resident Keralities have curtailed spending in view of the crisis in the Gulf. It has adversely affected the State. To overcome the crisis, government will increase its spending power.” Minister said that

Belagavi, Mar 2: Suspecting a nexus of police officers and beef exporters, Union Minister for Women and Child Welfare Maneka Gandhi has sought a CBI inquiry into the illegal slaughterhouses and cold storages functioning in Belagavi The hardline animal rights activist said that the slaughterhouses are reportedly run under the patronage of officials and the police officers routinely received bribes

Bengaluru, Mar 2: Though the odds are against him, JD(S) general secretary Prajwal Revanna has decided to launch his election campaign in Rajarajeshwarinagar (RR Nagar) constituency in Bengaluru after March 4. As part of his election strategy, Prajwal will be mounting his attack on Congress' Munirathna, the sitting MLA of RR Nagar. Prajwal has already been going around the constituency trying to

Bengaluru Mar 2: Health and Family Welfare Minister K R Ramesh Kumar likened Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Adolf Hitler in a scathing attack on the BJP. Kumar was speaking during the induction of more than 70 JD(S) leaders from Srinivasapura taluk in Kolar to the Congress. Kumar represents the Srinivasapura Assembly constituency. "Accusations and counter-accusations are common in politics, but I

Mysuru, Mar 2: In a fresh case of so called honour killing, a casteist man belonging to Vokkaliga community killed his own daughter for being in love with a boy belonging to Dalit community at Gollanabeedu village in HD Kote taluk of Mysuru district. The victim has been identified as Sushma (22), daughter of Kumar who was arrested by police on Thursday on charge of poisoning the former to death

Mangaluru, Mar 1: At least two Muslim girls were allegedly forced to remove their headscarves before entering the examination hall to appear for the II PU examination on Thursday at city based private college. The II PU exams commenced on Thursday across the state. One of the victims, a science stream student from the city based St Aloysius College, had entered her examination centre at Canara

Mangaluru, Mar 1: Mulki-Moodbidri MLA K Abhayachandra Jain, who is known for losing his cool often, on Thursdayengaged in a war of words with Mangaluru City North MLA B A Mohiuddin Bava after the latter indirectly suggested Mangaluru Mayor Kavita Sanil’s name for Congress ticket from former’s constituency in next assembly polls. The bizarre incident took place ahead of the inauguration of the

Mangaluru: Science and Technology Minister M R Seetharam on Thursday inaugurated Swami Vivekananda Planetarium at the Dr. K. Shivaram Karanth Pilikula Nisargadhama on the outskirts of the country. This is India’s first 3D planetarium. Speaking on the occasion, he said that the state government's aim was to establish a science centre in every district. "The state government's department of science