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Bengaluru, Oct 15: It’s official. Former minister and Channapatna MLA C P Yogeshwar has quit the primary membership of the Congress and despatched his resignation letter to KPCC president G Parameshwara. Confessing that he is least bothered about ‘party-hopper’ tag, Yogeshwar blamed energy minister D K Shivakumar and his brother, MP (Bengaluru Rural) D K Suresh, for scuttling his prospects in the

Mangaluru, Oct 15: Fone4 Digital Hub – a multi-brand retail chain that deals in mobile phones, tablets and accessories – on Saturday launched its three showrooms in this coastal city. Karnataka Food and Civil Supplies Minister U T Khader launched the 39th outlet of Fone4 at Centre Point, Balmatta Raod, while Mangaluru Police Commissioner T R Suresh launched the 40th outlet at City Point

Udupi, Oct 15: Nearly 30 months after a 13-year-old boy went missing from Manipal in Udupi district, the police have managed to trace him with the help of Facebook. Prem Kumar aka Kiran (13), the adopted son of Sridhar K Amin, a resident of Hudco colony at Ananthnagar in Manipal, had left home on January 20, 2015 saying that that he would go to the MIT grounds in Manipal to play. Since then he was

Kalaburagi, Oct 15: Two boys suffered severe injuries when the battery of a mobile phone exploded at Honagunta village in Chittapur taluk on Saturday. The victims are identified as Mallu Esappa Haabanora, 15, and his younger Nagaraj Esappa Haabanora, 12. Mallu, who removed the battery from his Karbonn K6 phone, tried to connect it to a small bulb when the battery exploded. Mallu, who was injured

Ahmedabad, Oct 15: Non-resident Indians (NRIs) will soon be able to proxy-vote in elections in the country as the government was set to amend the Representation of the People Act, according External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. Addressing women BJP workers in a town hall interaction, here on Saturday, she said that under the present law, NRIs registered in India as voters had to fly to the

Bengaluru, Oct 15: AICC general secretary in-charge of Karnataka K C Venugopal on Saturday said he would quit politics if the sexual abuse charge against him is proved. “I’m in politics for the last 40 years and I don’t have any black spot,” he told reporters after flagging off a new KSRTC Diamond Class bus service from here to Alappuzha in Kerala, which he represents in the Lok Sabha. Saritha S

Bengaluru, Oct 15: The central crime branch (CCB) may believe that inmates of the Parappana Agrahara jail have easy access to mobile phones, but prison officials beg to differ. They say the use of mobile phones is “fully in check”. The conflicting claims come to the fore two days after a City Armed Reserve (CAR) constable, Dinesh, was caught red-handed trying to sneak two smartphones into the high

Udupi, Oct 14: Cases would be filed against parents if minors were found driving in the district, warned Udupi Superintendent of Police Sanjeev M. Patil. He was responding to a caller during the weekly phone-in programme organised at the District Police Office here on Saturday. A total of 26 calls were received during the hour long phone-in programme. Besides booking cases, even the vehicles

Mangaluru, Oct 14: The City Crime Branch of Mangaluru City Police on Saturday busted a prostitution racket by arresting two agents and two clients from an apartment in Kadri in the city. The police also rescued two women, who were used in the business by the agents. Acting on a tip-off that prostitution was being carried out on the fifth floor of an apartment in Karangalpady here, the CCB police

Hubballi, Oct 14: The leader of opposition in assembly Jagadish Shettar said Urban Development Minister R Roshan Baig by abusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not only shown his culture but also that of Congress. Speaking to media persons here on Saturday, he said if the Congress leadership including All India Congress Committee ‘future president’ Rahul Gandhi and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah