Karnataka

Kasaragod, Sept 29: The Kerala unit of Shiv Sena has called for a state-wide dawn-to-dusk hartal (bandh) on Monday in protest against the Supreme Court's judgement allowing all women to enter Sabarimala. The hartal will be from 6 am to 6 pm. Essential services including hospitals have been given an exemption. According to state representatives of Shiv Sena, the hartal was to urge authorities to

Bengaluru, Sept 29: Police have busted a 6 member Inter-State gang that had cheated about 200 students to the tune of about Rs 25 crore on the promise of getting them Medical seats in foreign Universities and absconded without returning the money collected have been arrested by the police. Madivala Police said in a release here on Saturday, that the arrested were identified as Suman, Dilip

Bengaluru, Sept 29: Traffic police in Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka, have landed in trouble for allegedly kicking a triple riding scooter after chasing it. While a pillion rider lost his life, two others are battling for life. The incident took place near Hennur on Tuesday. The rider lost his balance and collided with a mini-goods vehicle when a Banaswadi traffic cop kicked the two-wheeler

Bengaluru, Sept 29: The police have arrested woman and her two male associates for allegedly cheating a city based politician of Rs 9.7 lakh after befriending him on social media. On September 25, L Srinivas, a resident of Nagarabhavi, who claimed to be a JD(S) leader, filed a complaint with Jnanabharathi police, saying an unidentified woman had befriended him on Facebook and cheated him of the

Bengaluru, Sept 29: The Chief Minister of Karnataka has warned that officials will be jailed if they fail to spend funds set aside for development of SCs/STs under the Karnataka Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan and Tribal Sub Plan (Planning, Allocation and Utilisation of Financial Resources) Act 2013. “This year onwards, we are implementing the punishment clause in the Act, and I have told officials that

Islamabad, Sept 29: On what was one of the bloodiest days since protests began on March 30, six Palestinians, including two teenagers, were killed by Israel forces along the Gaza border, Pakistan Daily Dawn reported. One of the boys, Nasser Mosabih, aged 12, was shot dead along the frontier east of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, Dawn quoted ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra as telling AFP. Fourteen

Newsroom, Sept 29: After the unopposed election of all three candidates from Congress and JD(S) combine to the Karnataka legislative council, the two ruling parties are now focusing on the members who are to be nominated. Three posts under the nomination category are vacant because of the resignation of M.D. Lakshminaryana of Congress and the terms of Tara Anuradha and K.B. Shanappa of BJP ending

Mangaluru, Sept 29: The principal district and sessions court (the designated NDPS court) has awarded 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1 lakh to two youths convicted for peddling ganja. The convicts are Chandrakumar alias Sinnavan (36) and Shanthakumar (24) from Gudaluru Nadugaani in Tamil Nadu. The duo was arrested by the and District Crime Investigation Bureau (DCIB) of Dakshina

Udupi, Sept 29: The Assistant Commissioner of Kundapur sub-division has accepted the closure report filed by the district police on the suspicious death of Lakshmivara Tirtha Swami of Shiroor Mutt. Speaking to media persons, Laxman Nimbargi, Superintendent of Police, said that the medical report had stated that the Shiroor seer had died a natural death. There were no objections from his younger

Mangaluru, Sept 28: An official from official from the Karnataka Housing Board was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) here after he was caught red handed while accepting a bribe on Friday. ACB sources said they trapped and arrested the official while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from the complainant. A resident of Bajpe near here had sought documents and an NOC from the Karnataka