Karnataka

Newsroom, Oct 17: Amid mounting pressure on him in the wake of the #MeToo storm, journalist-turned-politician M J Akbar has resigned as the Minister of State for External Affairs after allegations of sexual harassment were levelled against him by as many as 15 women, many of them former colleagues. The minister issued a statement to announce his resignation. “Since I have decided to seek justice

Mangaluru/Bengaluru, Oct 17: At least 11 people have died of Influenza A (H1N1) in different parts of Karnataka since January this year, including three from coastal district of Dakshina Kannada. On Tuesday, the health and family welfare department updated its Influenza A (H1N1) data, and stated that 542 cases have been reported across Karnataka this year. In Dakshina Kannada district alone total

Nilackal, Oct 17: Police used lathis after protesters opposed to the entry of women in the 10-50 age group to the Sabarimala temple turned violent and attacked journalists covering the stand-off here on Wednesday. Two female reporters, working for Republic TV and Aaj Tak, were injured when the protesters turned their ire on the media contingent. At Nilackal, activists belonging to the BJP

Mangaluru, Oct 17: A local court has acquitted 16 men who had been arrested in the murder case of gangster Bejai Raja aka Shailesh. A resident of Bejai in Mangaluru, Raja was murdered by a gang of three on December 1, 2012 near West Gate building, Falnir road in the city. The police had arrested 16 suspects in connection with the case. Two prime accused - underworld don Ravi Poojary and Kali

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 17: The Centre has denied permission for the scheduled visit of Kerala ministers to 17 countries to mobilise funds from expatriates for flood relief work, officials here said on Wednesday. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is scheduled to leave for some of the Gulf countries on Wednesday as part of the efforts to mobilise funds from Kerala expatriates. He is expected to be

Bengaluru, Oct 17: A young doctor committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her parents’ residence in Sakamma Layout, near Nandini Layout, north Bengaluru, on Monday. Police said Dr Ashwini (32), who was working with a BBMP hospital in Krishnanda Nagar, Nandini Layout, has not left behind any suicide note. Ashwini had married a doctor three years ago. However, they got separated

Newsroom, Oct 17: A man from coastal Karnataka was crushed to death under a moving train in Maharashtra yesterday. The victim has been identified as Hariprasad Rai, a native of Mundradi village in Kadaba taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. An engineer by profession, he was working in Mumbai. He was supposed to board Mangaluru-bound Matsyagandha Express train on Tuesday to visit his hometown

Bengaluru, Oct 17: Issuing threats to chief minister H D Kumaraswamy led Congress-JD(S) coalition government against holding Tipu Jayanti, BJP leader and former deputy chief minister K S Eshwarappa has said that his party will not keep quite if the state government goes ahead with the celebrations. Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, Eshwarappa said, “We urge the government to drop the

Bengaluru, Oct 17: In the wake of veiled threats by Some Dalit organizations against ignoring promotion quota, the chief minister H D Kumaraswamy led JD(S)-Congress coalition government has sought opinion over implementing a legislation providing reservation in promotion for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes employees. The development comes ahead of bypolls to three parliamentary and two

Udupi, Oct 17: The Udupi Zilla Lorry Owners’ Association has called for an indefinite Lorry/Tempo Bandh from October 18 in Udupi district. The association said common people were suffering owing to shortage of sand in the district but the district administration had not been taking concrete measures to resolve the situation. The bandh will be a voluntary and a peaceful one. If the administration