Karnataka

Raichur, Sept 4: Veteran Kannada actor and politician Doddanna has been hospitalised after he fell down at the restroom of the guest house of RTPS at Shaktinagar in Raichur district on Tuesday morning. The incident occurred when the actor had gone inside to relieve himself. After being informed by his wife, the guest house staff lifted him and brought outside. His wife started weeping as Doddanna

Bengaluru, Sept 4: Karnataka is likely to get seven new ministers, while 30 legislators of the Congress and the JD (S) will be adjusted as chairmen of top corporations and boards in the state, according to party leaders. The Karnataka state cabinet will be expanded by the third week of September to its full strength of 34, with the addition of seven new ministers, JDS Secretary general Danish Ali

Udupi, Sept 4: Over eight years after the coldblooded murder of reputed paediatrician Dr Sharath Kumar, a local court in Bengaluru has convicted all the seven accused in the case. The 63rd additional city civil and sessions court awarded life imprisonment to the seven convicts — Ravi Kumar, 36, of RMS Colony in Sanjaynagar; Aswathgowda, 33, of Geddalahalli; Shivaprathap, 33, of Nandini Layout

Udupi, Sept 4: After receiving a drubbing in the elections to the four urban local bodies in Udupi district, the Congress has gone into an introspective mode. The ULB poll results are the second major blow to the Congress in the coastal district after losing all assembly constituencies in the district to BJP in May this year. Janardhan Tonse, President of the District Congress Committee, said the

Kasaragod, Sept 4: The police here have arrested two people in connection with the smuggling of 1.2 kg of 24 carat gold to the tune of Rs. 38 lakh from a Gulf country. On a tip off, a team led by Kasaragod Town Police Principal Sub-Inspector P. Ajithkumar on Sunday evening arrested Abdul Shahid, 25, a resident of Nellikkunnu here, and Shamir, 30, from Vidyanagar here. The arrest was made when

Chennai, Sept 4: An NRI woman research scholar was arrested on Monday for allegedly raising slogans against the “fascist” BJP government, when she came in contact with the saffron party’s Tamil Nadu state unit president, Tamilisai Soundararajan, at the Tuticorin airport. Lois Sofia, 28, a research scholar at the University of Montreal, Canada, and a native of Thoothukudi, was picked up on the

Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 4: Amidst rumours of Malayalam superstar Mohanlal’s inclination towards Sangh Parivar, a highly placed source said that the RSS was pushing him to contest the 2019Lok Sabha election from Thiruvananthapuram constituency in Kerala on a BJP ticket. It is learnt that the RSS working on building a "social activist profile" for Mohanlal ahead of the next Lok Sabha polls, as it

Mangaluru, Sept 3: Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister U T Khader has proposed a dedicated centre for the assistance for those returning from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries after losing their jobs. Speaking to media persons here today, Mr Khader, whose home turf is known for people’s inclination to work in gulf countries, said that thousands of Indians are losing jobs in Gulf

Bangalore, Sep 3: After numbers indicated Congress' victory in the Karnataka civic polls, Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Monday said that city voters have shown full support to the coalition government led by the Janata Dal (Secular) and the Congress. "City voters normally vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), but with the outcome of this result (it indicates that) even city voters have

Ahmedabad, Sept 3: Liladhar Vaghela, a veteran leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and MP from Gujarat’s Patan constituency, is slowly recuperating the intensive care unit of a hospital after he was attacked by a cow, which is considered as “god” and “mother” by the saffron party. Two ribs of 83-year-old Vaghela were fractured in the cow attack that took place on Friday outside his residence in