Karnataka

Vijayapura, Sept 6: Veteran BJP leader and Vijayapura MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal has said that former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah lost the Assembly election from Chamundeshwari because he allegedly entered a temple after eating meat. “Similarly, AICC president Rahul Gandhi will also lose elections because he is going to Mansarovar pilgrimage after consuming chicken soup. These leaders are

Bengaluru, Sept 6: The Baratiya Janata Party under the leadership of its Karnataka unit chief B S Yeddyurappa has reportedly intensified its effort to pull down the Janata Dal (S)-Congress coalition government by wooing some of the disgruntled MLAs from the ruling combine. According to sources, BJP is constantly in already in touch with some of the MLAs from the ruling parties. “We have been

Bengaluru, Sept 6: When a large number of intellectuals and activists from across the country gathered in Bengaluru on Wednesday for the ‘Freedom of Expression’ convention to mark the first anniversary of the martyrdom of journactivist Gauri Lankesh, her opponents staged a counter protest. Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS), an affiliate of Sanatan Sanstha, took out a protest march against any

Bengaluru, Sept 6: A management consulted has been arrested by the Cyber Crime cell of Bengaluru police for allegedly siphoning off funds and stealing data belonging to an education group that runs a chain of schools in Dubai and Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The accused, Abhilash Rao Magavanna, 35, is a resident of Bharath Nagar in BEL Layout in Bengaluru. He was arrested based on a

Mysuru, Sept 6: In a gruesome incident, a 3-year-old boy was ruthlessly branded with red-hot knife after he relieved himself in the day-care centre on Tuesday in an Anganwadi Centre in Mysuru. Based on a complaint lodged by the child’s parents, the police have booked a case against an anganwadi worker for the crime. The worker has been suspended pending inquiry. Police said Neelamma, who works

Mangaluru, Sept 6: “When we were going to school and college, we were not allowed to watch films. We would bunk classes and watch films. Now it is the other way round. Institutions have realised the educational value of films,” said noted Tulu playwright and film director Vijay Kumar Kodialbail. He was speaking at the inauguration of Chrysalis 2018, a two day multi-language film festival organised

Bengaluru, Sept 6: Two ghastly road mishaps claimed the lives of seven persons including three medical students in Tumakuru and Bengaluru on Wednesday. Three MBBS students, all in their 20s, died on the spot when the car they were travelling in collided with a truck laden with iron rods that had been parked on the side of the road in Devanahalli early Wednesday morning. A fourth medical student in

Bengaluru, Sept 5: On the first anniversary of the martyrdom of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, who was gunned by saffron extremists in front of her house this day a year ago, her friends and activists from across the country gathered in Bengaluru on for the ‘Freedom of Expression’ convention to highlight the futility of attempts to silence the voice of dissent. “Gauri Lankesh has today become

Hassan, Sept 5: The Shiradi Ghat stretch of National Highway 75 was finally reopened for light motor vehicles today. The 26-km ghat stretch was closed for three weeks owing to massive landslips triggered by heavy rains and floods last months. The National Highways Division, after considering experts’ opinion, had suggested that the Shiradi Ghat stretch of the highway could be opened for the light

Newsroom, Sept 5: The Karnataka government has appointed senior IAS officer A B Ibrahim as the as Administrator of the Karnataka State Board of Wakf with immediate effect. Mr Ibrahim is currently serving as the Managing Director of Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation (KUIDFC), Bengaluru. The new appointment will be for a period of Six months or till the composition