Karnataka

Bengaluru, Oct 13: AICC President Rahul Gandhi today said that "we are here to help you as far as possible but we are in Opposition. But once we come to power and form the Government we will do it (help) more aggressively. I am here to learn more about the country's prestigious defence PSU and how it can be strengthened further." Mr Rahul Gandhi, in his opening remarks at the interaction with HAL

Hospet, Oct 13: Senior BJP leader and former Karnataka Minister Sriramulu today alleged that Karnataka Minister for Water Resources D K Shivakumar can go to jail any time because of his involvement in corruption. Addressing party workers here on Saturday, he alleged that "Mr Shivkumar, who earn lot of money from corruption could be sent to jail anytime. He is speaking of changing the future of

Bengaluru, Oct 13: Lok Sabha member and BJP Karnataka General Secretary Shobha Kharandlje today questioned on who gave the authority to AICC President Rahul Gandhi to discuss the Rafale deal issue with former HAL employees. Terming Mr Rahul Gandhi's visit is only for publicity sake, Ms Shobha Kharandlje alleged that "Congress allegations on Rafale deal is far from truth and Mr Gandhi has indulged

Mangaluru, Oct 13: A local court has awarded life imprisonment to a 32-year-old man for killing his friend nearly two years ago over a love triangle. The murder had taken place on December 31, 2016 at Kuttar near Deralakatte on the outskirts of the city. Muralidhar Pai, judge of the third additional district and sessions court on Friday held Pradeep Kumar guilty under IPC Section 302 (murder). He

Manglauru, Oct 13: Promising young writer Roshu Bajpe has been chosen for Leo Rodrigues Family Kittall Yuva Puraskar 2017 for his contribution to Konkani literature. Roshan Melky Sequeira from Bajpe who writes with a pen name ‘Roshu, Bajpe’ started writing at the age of 16. Though he writes poems, short stories, essays, feature articles, he has shown more interest in satirical literature. So far

Udupi, Oct 13: Former Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP K Jayaprakash Hegde has called upon the voters to question elected representatives on their attendance and participation in debates in either Legislative Assembly or parliament. Speaking at an interaction programme organised by the Departments of Political Science and Journalism at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) College, here, Mr Hegde said it was

Mangaluru, Oct 13: Sleuths from the Panambur police station on Friday arrested Rajesh Naika, 48, of Bantwal, who was reportedly absconding since April 2008 following his conviction in an accident case. According to a press note, Naika reportedly ran away from the court soon after he was convicted on April 4, 2008. He kept moving from one place to another to make it difficult for the court to issue

Shweta Bhatt, the wife former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhat, who has been facing the wrath of the government after he exposed the then state government’s involvement in 2002 Gujarat carnage, has written an open letter warning every Indian citizen against the brutality of the government. In 2011, Sanjiv Bhatt had filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court accusing Narendra Modi of being complicit in the

New Delhi, Oct 13: Raghav Bahl, the founding editor of Quint, on Friday hit out at the income tax department which conducted searches at his residence and office until Friday morning and accused it of trying to "colour" his tax returns as "bogus", in what he described as "clearly a frame-up". Dismissing the department's allegation of "bogus long-term capital gains" of Rs 118 crore, Bahl said, "All

Mysore, Oct 13: Hundreds of Farmers, sporting green caps and shirts, participated in a colourful procession taken out in city to mark the beginning of three-day 'Raitha Dasara' as part of the ongoing Dasara festivities here on Friday. Karnataka Minister for Agriculture Shivahankar Reddy flagged off the procession in front of Kote Anjaneya Swamy Temple at the North Gate of the Palace after offering