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Bengaluru, Sept 15: The Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) on Thursday refuted a submission made before the High Court of Karnataka that the Siddaramaiah government had denotified 1,300 acres in K Shivaram Karanth Layout. In a submission before the court on Wednesday, senior counsel C V Nagesh representing former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa had stated that a total of 1,300 acres, of the 3,546 acres

Hubballi, Sept 15: It is not fair to blame anybody for the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh before the investigation concludes, says Health & Family Welfare Minister K R Ramesh Kumar Any ideological difference, including Veerashaiva-Lingayat issue, should not lead to violence. Murder of Gauri Lankesh is a heinous crime, and it is an uncivilised and inhuman act, he added. ‘Corruption

Ballari, Sept 15: Air services are set to resume at Ballari after many years with TruJet starting a daily non-stop flight to Hyderabad on September 21. The low-cost airline will operate a 72-seater ATR 600 aircraft under the Union government’s Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagarik (UDAN) scheme. The 65-minute flight will leave Hyderabad at 6 am and reach the JSW Airport at Vidyanagar 7.05 am. In the return

Bengaluru, Sept 15: The Bengaluru City Police have made the first arrest in the grabbing of government land in Doddathogur village near Electronic City. The police have arrested Vinod Kumar, who using a General Power of Attorney (GPA) sold the sites created on a government land. Vinod is the GPA holder for Prabhakar Reddy, a Congress leader and the prime accused in the case. The Madiwala police

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 14: In presence of the police and his own parents, a three-year-old spent nearly 2 hours in the blistering sun, tied on a slanting green leaf-shaped board on a tableau. Dressed as Lord Krishna, he was the heart of a procession meant to celebrate the birth of the god held in Kerala's Kannur earlier this week. A photograph of the child, widely circulated on social media, has

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 14: In a suspected case of gross medical negligence, the family of a nine-year-old girl, who was undergoing treatment at the Regional Cancer Centre here, has alleged that the girl was infected with HIV after undergoing blood transfusion at the hospital. The Medical College police have registered case and launched a probe after receiving a complaint from the girl's parents

Bengaluru, Sept 14: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah reportedly pulled up Ministers M.B. Patil and Eshwar Khandre for issuing conflicting statements on the demand for a separate religion tag for Lingayats on Wednesday. While Mr. Patil supports the demand for a ‘Lingayat’ tag, Mr. Khandre is pushing for Lingayat/Veerashaiva tag. The Chief Minister, during a Cabinet meeting, told the Ministers that their

Udupi, Sept 14: Kannada film actor Shivarajkumar visited the historic Sri Krishna Temple/Mutt in Udupi and offered special prayers on Wednesday. The star interacted with some children participating in the “Muddu Krishna” competition on the temple/mutt premises. He also met Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Paryaya Pejawar Mutt and recalled his father late Dr. Rajkumar’s devotion for Sri Krishna and his

Bengaluru, Sept 14: The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which has intensified its probe into the murder of journalist- activist Gauri Lankesh, questioned Indrajit Lankesh, younger brother of the victim in detail on Wednesday. The questioning was based on the complaint Gauri had filed in 2005 accusing Indrajit of threatening her at gunpoint over a property dispute. Indrajit and Gauri had severe

Bagalkot, Sept 14: In a shocking revelation, Basava Dharma Peeta chief Mate Mahadevi has said that the statement of Siddganga Mutt seer Shivakumara swami on Veerashaiva-Lingayat unity is a "conspiracy hatched by BJP leaders." "I am told that BJP leaders B S Yeddyurappa, V Somanna and G S Basavaraju put pressure on the Siddaganga seer saying that the Union government had considered him (pontiff)