Karnataka

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

New Delhi, Aug 24: WhatsApp has rejected India's demand for a solution to track the origin of messages on its platform, saying building traceability will undermine end-to-end encryption and affect privacy protection for users. Emphasising that people use its platform for all kinds of "sensitive conversations", the Facebook-owned company said the focus is on educating people about misinformation

Newsroom, Aug 24: The government of United Arab Emirates, which had reportedly offered a massive financial aid towards the relief and rehabilitation works at flood-ravaged Kerala, has reportedly changed its mind following the reluctance shown by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led union government to accept the foreign aid. The development comes amidst the debate over whether India should accept

Hassan, Aug 24: Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who heads the coordination panel of Congress and JD(S) that was formed for the smooth functioning of coalition government in Karnataka, has openly expressed his desire to become the CM once again. “I wish to become Chief Minister again. I am confident that people of Karnataka will bless me,” the Congress leader said at Hadya in Holenarsipur taluk