Karnataka

Dubai, Jul 18: An Indian man working with a bank in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been found dead, a week after he had gone missing, a media report said on Tuesday. Jabar K.P., who hails from Kerala, stayed in Abu Dhabi city, but his body was found from the Mussafah industrial area on the city’s outskirts, local media reported. Jabar’s body was initially kept in a mortuary as an unidentified

New Delhi, Jul 18: The Centre today asked the Karnataka government to submit audit reports on procurement of paddy and other crops at minimum support prices to receive pending dues of Rs 954 crore. Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today called on Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan here to discuss pending procurement dues. "The MSP procurement bill of Rs 954 crore is pending with the

Hubballi/Vijayapura, Jul 18: Former chief minister Jagadish Shettar on Tuesday sought an impartial enquiry into senior Congress leader and MLA M B Patil’s ‘relationship’ with Bengaluru’s notorious history-sheeter ‘Cycle’ Ravi. M Ravikumar alias ‘Cycle’ Ravi (42), involved in over 30 cases, was shot at and nabbed by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) police in Bengaluru on June 27, 2018. “Patil has

Mangaluru, Jul 17: The Central Crime Branch police have arrested have arrested one more person in connection with the murder of Deepak Rao at Katipalla 2nd block in Surathkal police station limits on January 3. City Police Commissioner T R Suresh said the arrested is Safwan alias Chappu (23), a resident of Krishnapura 4th block, Surathkal. He was arrested at Mukka near Surathkal. Deepak Rao (30)

New Delhi, Jul 17: Questioning Karnataka Government's move to distribute iPhones to 40 MPs from the state, a BJP MP has returned the costly gadget and said the state should not waste public money when farmers and civic workers are in distress. Asked about the issue today, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, who was in the national capital, said that he was not aware of it. "I don't know about this

Bengaluru, Jul 17: The Congress in Karnataka on Tuesday asked its spokespersons to defend its alliance partner and Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, saying he is "an emotional person" -- a reference to his recent teary outburst on coalition compulsions. "We have been told to defend the chief minister as well as the government because he is now our partner in the government. We cannot leave certain

Belagavi, Jul17: Upset over not getting a fair price for their produce, a group of farmers from Maharashtra tried to drain around 25,000 litres of milk from three milk tankers from the Belagavi KMF plant in Karnataka. The agitating farmers were waiting near Chandagarh on the Karnataka-Maharashtra border on Monday night. They stopped the tankers and tried to empty them. This is part of the strike

Pakur, Jul 17: A group of self-proclaimed saviors of Hindutva have brutally attacked prominent social activist and progressive seer Swami Agnivesh in Pakur district of Jharkhand. The attack took place when Agnivesh visited Littipara of Pakur district to take part in an event. According to the victim, the assailants were the activists of BJP Yuva Morcha and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. “As

Kasaragod, Jul 17: A five-year-old boy has become the talk of the town after he exhibited presence of mind and rescued two of his friends from drowning in a lake in Kasaragod district. The hero is Zainul Abideen (5), a student of UKG. He is son of Zainuddin and Asma couple. It is learnt that two five-year-old boys — Shamil (5), son of Arif Nisan and Basim Saman (5), son of Muneer, resident of

Mangaluru Jul 17: U T Khader, Minister for urban development and housing today inaugurated the newly built Indira Canteen at Pumpwell Circle in the city. This is the fifth Indira Canteen in Mangaluru. Four Indira Canteens were opened in Mangaluru city – near State Bank, Kavoor, Urwa Store and Suratkal – when Siddaramaiah was chief minister of Karnataka. Due to the delay in construction and sudden