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New Delhi, Dec 4: Even as the Gujarat Police is looking for self-styled godman, Swami Nithyananda, in an alleged case of kidnapping and wrongful confinement of children to make them collect donations from followers to run his ashram in Ahmedabad, a website named Kailaasa.org has popped up suggesting that he has founded his own country and designed its flag, constitution and emblem. The website

Bengaluru, Dec 4: Ahead of by-polls to 15 Assembly constituencies in Karanataka, senior Congress leader Dinesh Gundu Rao on Tuesday hit out at the BJP claiming that they were going to be defeated in the elections and if they would try to do another 'operation' people would not tolerate it. "The survey reports say that they (BJP) are not going to get the numbers. So they are thinking of doing

Bengaluru, Dec 4: The health department of Karnataka government is contemplating on granting permission to all Ayush doctors to prescribe allopathic medication for primary care. Currently, only Ayush (Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Sidda and Homeopathy) doctors working on government sector are allowed to prescribe allopathic medication for primary care only. In a statement issued by the minister of health

Belagavi, Dec 4: In shocking case, a four-year-old girl was reportedly raped and murdered by her 47-year-old relative in Belagavi district of Karnataka. The incident took place in the last week of November. The accused has committed suicide by hanging. After the toddler went missing from their house in Kodni village in Nippani Rural police station limits, her father filed a complaint on November

Chikkamagaluru, Dec 4: A local court has acquitted four persons including Sri Rama Sene chief Pramod Muthalik in a case pertaining to the staging of protest inside the cave shrine of Sri Gurudattatreya Bababudanswamy Dargah during Datta Mala Abhiyana in 2016. The JMFC First Additional Civil Court Judge K S Shilpa passed the order on Tuesday. Muthalik, Mahesh Kattinamani of Sri Rama Sene, Durgasene

Bengaluru, Dec 4: Officials of the Income Tax and Excise department jointly carried out raids at the residence of Congress candidate from Ranebennur assembly segment K B Koliwad, drawing the ire of the party workers. The searches took place on Tuesday night at the Ranebennur residence of the former Assembly Speaker, following complaints of hoarding of liquor and cash, officials said. "Following a

Bengaluru, Nov 4: Campaigning for the December 5 bypolls, that will determine the future of the BJP government in the state, ended at 6pm on Tuesday, with leaders of political parties making last-ditch bids to woo voters. The byelections saw BJP seeking votes for “stability”, while the Congress and the JD(S) urged the electorate to defeat the disqualified legislators responsible for the collapse

Bengaluru, Dec 4: Opposition leader and Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah on Tuesday accused the BJP of “spending crores” to lure voters in the bypolls, but insisted that it “would not work”. “Voters are fed up with turncoats and have decided to teach them a lesson,” Siddaramaiah said. “During my campaigns in the 15 segments, voters told me BJP functionaries have got cash from Mumbai

New Delhi, Dec 3: Lok Sabha members demanded on Tuesday that the bill seeking to regulate ship-breaking in India be discussed in detail to ensure it has adequate measures to reduce the impact on the environment, saying 'Make in India' should not become "Dump in India". Make in India is the government's ambitious programme to boost manufacturing in the country. Participating in a debate on

Bengaluru, Dec 3: The high voltage campaigning in Karnataka for 15 bypolls to be held on December 5 came to an end on Tuesday, with high stakes involved for the ruling BJP government. The campaigning by BJP, Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) was electric in content and delivery, ranging from mud-slinging of rival opponents to religion. The run-up to the elections saw top Ministers and leaders