Karnataka

Mangaluru, Sept 9: The day-long Bharat Bandh called by an alliance of Opposition parties and trade unions on Monday (September 10) against the rising prices of petroleum products and daily essentials is likely to affect normal life in coastal Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts. With the ruling Congress-JD(S) coalition in Karnataka supporting the cause, the bandh is expected to cause

Sullia, Sept 9: Police are on lookout for a youth who allegedly raped and impregnated the 13-year-old daughter of a couple that had taken care of him since his childhood when he had lost his parents. The accused, Gopalakrishna (28) was staying in the victim’s house and her parents were treating him like their own son. In her complaint, the victim’s mother stated that for past couple of months, he

Udupi, Sept 9: A wild leopard which entered Shiriyar village in Udupi district on Saturday accidentally fell into a well and drowned. The 4-year-old leopard was chasing a dog when it fell into the well at Haryady area at around 4 a.m., said Gopal A., Range Forest Officer, Shankarnarayana. The Forest Department was informed and its workers reached the spot around 8 a.m. But the leopard was not to

Bengaluru, Sept 9: A delegation led by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Monday, September 10, when the non-BJP parties will be observing Bharat Bandh to protest high fuel prices. According to an official release, Mr. Kumaraswamy will seek relief funds for the flood-affected districts of the State, including Kodagu, on the occasion. The

Belagavi, Sept 8: Congress leader and Municipal Administration Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi today said he will make sure that his younger brother Satish Jarkiholi becomes the Chief Minister. Satish is currently an MLA representing Yamkanmardi constituency. He was a former Minister of Small Scale Industries and also was a Minister of Excise in the Siddaramaiah cabinet. Speaking to media persons Ramesh

Bengaluru, Sept 8: The Janata Dal (Secular) has decided to support the Bharat Bandh call given by the Congress party to protest the rising fuel prices and decreasing value of the Indian rupee on September 10. “The JD(S) will support the bandh. Our party workers will stage protests at all district headquarters on Monday," JD(S) state president H Vishwanath told reporters. Vishwanath came down

Bengaluru, Sept 8: Two Vokkaliga giants of Congress party in Karnataka - Water Resources Minister D K Shivakumar and his younger brother Bengaluru Rural MP D K Suresh - are fearing arrest by the central agencies as part of the BJP’s “politics of revenge.” The duo was raided by I-T sleuths last year and about 80 places linked to them were searched. The I-T department has filed four prosecution

Bengaluru, Sept 8: The ‘Bharat Bandh’ called by the Congress and other organisations on September 10, is likely to evoke good response in Karnataka where the party is a coalition partner with Janata Dal (S). Various organisations including AITUC and other left party organisations like CITU have called for the shut off agitation and JD(S) is most likely to extend its support, sources said here on

Bengaluru, Sept 8: Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered complaint against five Bruhut Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials and an individual demanding bribe for regularising illegally constructed building, based on recording made by Journalist of a private TV channel. ACB in a release here on Saturday said that based on a complaint by Reporter Muralidhara of the private TV Channel

Madikeri, Sept 8: The Karnataka Social Welfare department has supplied nutritious food and supplies to over 400 families of the Kudiya community- a scheduled tribe –who were affected in the recent floods. More families will be brought under the welfare umbrella, and this is expected to go a long way in meeting the sustainable and people-oriented development goals of the State. The decision