Karnataka

Chikkamagaluru, Dec 24: When two thieves tried to take a calf away from Koppa bus station in Chikkamagaluru district, the ‘mother cow’ rushed to the spot and saved it by chasing the miscreants away. The rare incident was recorded by a nearby CCTV camera and the video footage is going viral on social media. The cops said that neither the number of the vehicle nor the faces of thieves are clear in

Mangaluru, Dec 24: A youth lost his life after a speeding container truck knocked down a motorbike on national highway 66 at Kallapu on the outskirts of the city last night. The deceased has been identified as Yatish (24), a resident of Kumpala and an employee of Mangalore Chemical and Fertilisers (MCF). The tragedy took place when he was returning home from the city. According to sources, the

Bengaluru, Dec 24: A day after he was dropped from the H D Kumaraswamy ministry, senior Congress MLA and Belagavi strongman Ramesh L Jarkiholi on Sunday threatened to quit the party. Several other party MLAs, including Ramalinga Reddy, sulked over denial of a cabinet berth. Ramesh, in a purported telephonic conversation with a TV news channel reporter in Belagavi, said he would quit as MLA

Mangaluru, Dec 23: Ismail ibn Musa Menk, the Grand Mufti of Zimbabwe, who was in the coastal city of Mangaluru today to officiate a nikah, declined to publicize the amount of a ‘mahr’ in an apparent bid to avoid “competition” among affluent Muslims. The globally acclaimed Islamic scholar was tasked to solemnise the wedding of the children of two prominent businessmen -- Muhammad Shameer

Belagavi, Dec 23: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and JDS-Congress Coordination Committee Chairman Siddaramaiah on Sunday said that there is no dissatisfaction among Congress Legislators over Cabinet Expansion and BJP State President B S Yeddyurappa is only day dreaming about becoming Chief Minister. "It is only a rumour spread about former Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi joining BJP quitting Congress

Kalaburagi, Dec 23: Congress leader in the Lok Sabha M Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said that he was not satisfied with yesterday's cabinet expansion and it will give room for dissidence activities by the aspirants and those responsible for this should pacify the disgruntled Legislators. Addressing a press conference here, he said that "I also tried to bring another cabinet ministry to Kalaburagi

Belgaum, Dec 23: Congress president Rahul Gandhi will contest the coming Lok Sabha elections from Amethi in 2019, claimed former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday. Clearing the air over Rahul considering contesting from Bidar in Karnataka in 2019 General Elections, Siddaramaiah said: "Rahul Gandhi will again contest the Lok Sabha poll from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh." Notably, Amethi is

Bengaluru, Dec 23: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has written to Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu requesting the union government to name Belagavi airport as Kittur Rani Channamma airport and Hubballi Airport as Sangolli Rayanna airport. The Chief Minister has said that this would be a befitting tribute to the well known freedom fighters citing the importance of both the freedom fighters of

Raichur, Dec 23: Manvi Police on Sunday arrested a sand transporting tipper driver 22 year-old Ranganna on charges of murdering a Village Accountant at Buddini Village in Manvi Taluk on Saturday. Superintendent of Police D Kishore Babu said that the Village Accountant Saheb Patel had stopped the tipper and asked the driver for licence to transport the sand which was loaded in the tipper. The

Bengaluru, Dec 23: Janata Dal (Secular) legislators, who have been lobbying for the two vacant Cabinet berths and posts of heads of boards and corporations, were disappointed on Saturday with the party deciding to adopt a wait and watch policy. Sources in the party said that the top JD(S) leaders, who strongly believe in astrology, are citing ‘Shoonya Masa’ (considered “inauspicious”) as the