Karnataka

Newsroom, Aug 25: Congress supremo Rahul Gandhi has landed in a fresh controversy by comparing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to Muslim Brotherhood (MB), a prominent Islamic organisation, which is known for its fight against monarchy in Middle Eastern countries. “The RSS’ idea is similar to the idea of Muslim Brotherhood in the Arab world,” Mr Gandhi said at the International Institute of

Mangaluru, Aug 25: The Cyber Crime police in Mangaluru arrested a man in Goa on charges of cheating a few youths of the city of jobs in Canada by collecting Rs. 5.96 lakh. The accused has been identified as Kiran Tilagol, a native of Punjab and resident of Pandeshwar in Mangaluru. He was picked up from Calangute in Goa. According to Tilagol, he received a mail about jobs in Canada. He contacted

Mangaluru, Aug 25: The police have cracked the recent murder case of cloth merchant Sudarshan Jain from Moodbidri by arresting three persons including his own brother. The arrested are victim’s brother Sudhir Jain, 24, a resident of Hosabettu; Sandeep Shetty, 19, a resident of Siddakatte; and Balaraj, 23, a resident of Arambodi. A court remanded all the accused in police custody until Monday

Udupi, Aug 25: Kota Srinivas Poojary, Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Council released the manifesto of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC) polls, here on Friday. Speaking on the occasion Udupi MLA K Raghupati Bhat said that if voted to power, the BJP would reduce the trade permit fee to Rs 500 in the first meeting of the CMC instead of the

Bengaluru, Aug 25: Nearly a year after the coldblooded murder of journalist-cum-activist Gauri Lankesh, the Special Investigation Team probing the case has managed to seize a Maruti Omni van allegedly used at the time of plotting the murder. The team has continued search for the motorbike used by the shooter and the accused rider, who committed the crime in Rajarajeshwari Nagar on September 5

Madikeri, Aug 25: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who paid a visit to Karnataka’s flood-hit Kodagu yesterday to review the army's relief operations, lost her cool at a press conference and blasted district in-charge minister Sa Ra Mahesh publicly. The union minister got upset after the Karnataka minister asked her to wind up the press conference at the district commissioner PI Sreevidya’s

Bengaluru, Aug 25: Medical education minister DK Shivakumar on Friday justified the state government’s decision to increase fees for medical seats this year with some whataboutery: “If people can afford to pay Rs 50,000 for a lower kindergarten seat, why can’t they pay more for a medical seat?” Shivakumar, who paid a surprise visit to the Karnataka Examination Authority premises where the final

Ajmer, Aug 24: Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, his son and Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy along with their family members recently under took a pilgrimage to two holy places in Rajasthan. The family travelled along with their palmist. The family conducted a special ritual for two hours in a closed room at Brahma temple in Pushkar on Thursday. In the evening, they also went to Ajmer

Belagavi, Aug 24: The police have arrested a person from Belagavi in north Karnataka for spreading communally provocative messages through a WhatsApp group. The accused has been identified as Akshay Angolkar (20), a resident of Udyambag locality in the city, and administrator of the WhatsApp group called ‘Belagavi Star’. Police Commissioner D C Rajappa told media persons, he was arrested on Friday

Newsroom, Aug 24: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a history of mispronouncing the names of great personalities. At least twice he had called the ‘father of the nation’ as Mohanlal Karamchand Gandhi instead of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Now, a popular television journalist of the country has sparked a controversy by giving a wrong name to Mahatma Gandhi. In a recent television debate on his