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Mangaluru, Dec 19: Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai today said that people coming from outside states mostly Kerala indulging in violence in Mangaluru during protest against Citizenship Amendment Act. "People came from the neighbouring state to participate in protest also tried to set fire a police station in Mangalore and damaged public properties. To control this, the police had to use

Bengaluru, Dec 19: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sought sanction from Karnataka government to prosecute police officers and others in the I Monetary Advisory (IMA) scam, informed CBI sources on Thursday. According to sources, the sanction has been sought to prosecute IPS Hemant Nimbalkar, the then IGP CID Economic Offences Wing (EOW), IPS Ajay Hilori the then DCP East Bangalore, EB

Mangaluru, Dec 19: At least two persons were killed in police firing in the coastal city of Mangaluru on Thursday during anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests. According to sources, the cops opened fire on protesters in Bundar area of Mangaluru. Both the victims are said to be local residents. Meanwhile, curfew was imposed under the limits of North, South, East, Barke and Urwa Police

Bengaluru, Dec 19: Hitting out at Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa for his government's decision to clamp down on protests against Citizenship Amendment Act, former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday asked him not to be "undemocratic". In a series of tweets, the senior Congress leader told the Chief Minister that he was being used as a pawn to fulfill the agenda of RSS, and called on him to

Bengaluru, Dec 19: Hundreds of agitators were taken into custody in Karnataka on Thursday for defying prohibitory orders in force as they tried to stage protest against Citizen (Amendment) Act 2019. In the city, agitators were taken into custody at SBM Circle and Town Hall when they tried to stage protest and dharna. At SBM circle the agitators, members of Left parties, indulged wordy duel with

Mangaluru, Dec 19: The Customs officials at the Mangaluru International Airport arrested a person who was carrying gold weighing 247.7 grms in a form of bar pasted on his head. In a tweet on Wednesday, the Customs sleuths said the passenger had pasted the gold bar on his head and covered it with false hair. He was checked soon after his arrival by an Air India flight from Dubai. The gold seized

Bengaluru, Dec 19: The Bengaluru city police have detained acclaimed historian Ramachandra Guha and others who were trying stage protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), during a state-wide protest here on Thursday. According to official sources, Mr Guha was detained by the city police, when he was speaking to the electronic media and expressing his concern over the CAA. He was holding

Bengaluru, Dec 19: Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa today chaired a meeting of the senior police officers and reviewed the law and order situation, following protest programmes of various organisations including students against the enactment of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The meeting was attended by among others including Director General of Police Smt Neelamani Raju, City Police

Mangaluru, Dec 19: Police resorted to baton charge when a large number of people gathered in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner in the city today defying the prohibitory orders to register their protest against contentious Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens. When the protesters began to raise slogans against communal laws passed by the union government, the police

Bengaluru, Dec 19: Former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday asked the JD(S) MLAs not to damage the party and choose a leader among themselves if they were unhappy with him. He also made it clear that he will not destabilise the BJP government in the state, which got a majority after winning 12 seats in the recent bypolls, describing it as stable and "pious." The former chief minister