Karnataka

Kalaburagi, Nov 9: Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said former minister Janardhana Reddy was facing police action for his misdeeds and he should be brought to books immediately. Police are on the lookout for Mr Reddy for his involvement with a ponzi operative and is accused of demanding and accepting Rs 20 crore in cash and gold for helping him in a ED case. Talking

Kochi, Nov 9: The Kerala High Court Friday declared as invalid the election of Indian Union Muslim League MLA K M Shaji on a plea claiming that he indulged in a communal campaign, amounting to corrupt practices, to win the 2016 assembly polls. Disqualifying Shaji, who had won from the Azhikode seat, Justice P D Rajan also barred him from contesting polls for six years. The judge, however later

Bengaluru, Nov 9: Hundreds of BJP workers protesting against celebration of Tipu Jayanthi by the Karnataka Government on November 10 courted arrest across the state, even as the preparations are in full swing by the State government for the celebration. BJP workers picketed and shouted slogans against JD(S)-Congress government across Karnataka. In the State Capital the agitation was led by senior

Bengaluru, Nov 9: Actress Sruthi Hariharan, who accused multilingual actor Arjun Sarja of sexually harassing her during a movie shoot three years ago, made a statement before a magistrate on Wednesday. The statement was made under section 164 CrPC, before a magistrate and in the absence of police. "We had made it clear to Sruthi that the statement made under sectopm 164 CrPC will be treated as

Bengaluru/Ballari, Nov 9: A day after the Bengaluru Central Crime Branch police said they were investigating former minister G Janardhana Reddy's possible role in "bailing out" Syed Ahmed Fareed in an Enforcement Directorate (ED) case involving a Rs 600-crore Ponzi scheme, three special teams on Thursday landed in Hyderabad in search of the elusive mining baron. By evening one team got a tip that

Kottayam, Nov 9: A police officer was removed from service on Thursday for allegedly taking bribe from some of the accused in a suspected honour killing case in Kerala. Two police personnel, ASI Biju and police driver Ajaya Kumar of Gandhinagar police station near Kottayam, were arrested and suspended for allegedly taking bribe from some of the people accused of killing a 23-year-old man in May

Bengaluru, Nov 9: Days after he met heads of many opposition parties, including Rahul Gandhi, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu Thursday met Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda and his Karnataka counterpart H.D. Kumaraswamy and said it was necessary for all opposition parties to join hands to save the country and institutions from destruction. Aiming to forge an anti-BJP front ahead of

Bengaluru, Nov 9: Congress leader and Karnataka Minister D Shivkumar on Thursday said that the Congress-JDS government won't interfere in the police investigation of absconding Janardhan Reddy in the bribery case as he is a BJP leader. Speaking to media, Shivkumar said, 'A police investigation is going on since a long time, the government has nothing to do with this type of investigation. We don't

Kozhikode, Nov 8: Kerala Police filed a case against BJP Kerala president P S Sreedharan Pillai under non-bailable section soon after the launching of the party’s 'Sabarimala Protection Rath Yatra' from Kasargod on Thursday. The Kasaba Police filed the case, under section 505 1(b) of IPC, for the BJP president’s speech at the Yuva Morch state meet a few days ago. It was alleged that Mr Pillai has

Bengaluru, Nov 8: TDP supremo and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who is trying to unite opposition parties to take on the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections next year, Thursday met his counterpart H D Kumaraswamy and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda. Setting the stage for the revival of an united front against the BJP, Naidu claimed the mood of the nation was against the BJP