Karnataka

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

Bengaluru, Sept 8: The Karnataka witnessed its first ever conviction in a cyber crime case on Friday when a court in Bengaluru sentenced Shivaprasad Sajjan, a software engineer-turned-lawyer, to two years imprisonment and Rs 25,000 fine. Sajjan (38), a resident of Bagalkot, had quit his engineering job to become a lawyer and defend himself in court! The conviction at the Additional Chief

Mangaluru, Sept 8: By arresting two youths from Kerala, the crime intelligence bureau of Dakshina Kannada district police has managed crack the murder case of a man whose dead body was found in a stream under the limits of Uppinangady police station recently. The accused are Aurangazeb, 37, a resident of Ernakulam, and Mohammed Shamnaz, 23, a resident of Palakkad. The two accused have confessed to

Belthangady, Sept 8: In a bizarre incident, a teenage boy, instigated by his neighbors, thrashed his own mother as part of a conspiracy and then the neighbors attacked two policemen who had visited the spot to nab the accused. The incident took place at Moojinadu in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada. The police have arrested four persons including the minor boy in connection with the two

Mangaluru, Sept 7: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Friday said that his government would focus more on developing Mangaluru as the hub of economic activities since it is next to Bengaluru when it comes to revenue generation in the state. Speaking to reporters after holding a review meeting of development works and rain-related damages in the district, Mr Kumaraswamy said he would convene another

Belagavi, Sept 7: The Congress high command avoided a tug-of-war between the Hebbalkar and Jarkiholi groups in the election to a local cooperative, by electing compromise candidates. Mahadev Patil was elected president and Bapu Saheb Jamadar as vice president of the Belagavi taluk co-op and rural development bank in Belagavi on Friday. They are said to belong to the group of Lakshmi Hebbalkar, but