Karnataka

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

Bengaluru, Sept 8: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, has started interrogating hardline Hindutva chauvinist Sudhanva Gondhalekar after getting his custody. Gondhalekar (39) hailing from Satara in Maharashtra and a member of the Shivpratishthan Hindustan, was arrested by August 10 and booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act

Bengaluru, Sept 8: Yielding to Karnataka’s pressure, the Centre has finally turned down Uttar Pradesh’s proposal to shift Aero India show to north India. The Asia's largest military aviation exhibition will be held in Karnataka’s capital from February 20 to 24 in 2019, confirmed Ministry of Defence on Saturday. “The government has decided to hold Aero India 2019 in Bengaluru from February 20-24

Uppinangady, Sept 8: “We need not to do anything to ‘protect’ our religion. Instead, if we tread the religious path, the religion itself will protect us,” said Esha Vittaladas Swami, the chief pontiff of Kemaru Sandeepani Sadhana Ashrama. He was speaking at the goodwill programme to mark the launching ceremony of the K M Shafi Memorial Public Library and Shanti Centre established by the local unit

Bengaluru, Sept 8: Senior leaders of Congress and JD(S) have reportedly expressed their displeasure after Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy appointed Syed Mohid Altaf as the Special Representative of Karnataka in Delhi without discussing the matter in the coordination committee headed by the former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Mr Altaf unsuccessfully contested against Minister K J George of the

Udupi, Sept 8: The State government would rejuvenate the ailing Brahmavar Cooperative Sugar Factory if the farmers in Udupi district were ready to grow sugar cane in ample quantity, said chief minister H D Kumaraswamy. Speaking to media persons after chairing a review meeting here, the CM said water from the Varahi Irrigation Project, construction of which is ongoing, could be used to grow sugar