Karnataka

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

Bengaluru, Jul 17: IT-BT Minister K J George has said that 500 gram panchayats (GPs) in Karnataka have already been provided free Wi-Fi services and the rest will have them soon. Speaking after inaugurating free Wi-Fi services for 180 GPs in Belagavi district today, George said that the state government would provide Wi-Fi services to all the GPs in the state in phased manner. The service would

Chikkamagaluru, Jul 17: The Supreme Court of India has set aside a Karnataka High Court order granting anticipatory bail to Khandya Praveen, a Vishwa Hindu Parishadh and Bajrang Dal leader from Chikkamangaluru in connection with an abduction case which had culminated in suicide of a police officer. The court said such a relief cannot be granted to a person against whom a non-bailable warrant has

Mangaluru, Jul 17: A suspected saffron activist has been arrested for spreading communal hatred through and making false and provocative allegations against Muslim college students through WhatsApp groups. Ashish, a resident of Asaigoly, Konaje, was picked up from Kunil Complex at Kankanady in the city by the sleuths of Mangaluru North police station yesterday. He was booked under sections 153 A

Mangaluru, Jul 17: The Public Works Department (PWD) has been instructed to fill potholes on all roads maintained by it in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi from July 23 to make them motorable, said Minister for Urban Development and Housing U T Khader. Addressing media persons after a meeting with MLAs from both the districts to discuss road issues yesterday, the Minister said that the PWD maintained

Manjeshwar, Jul 17: The police registered cases against four cow vigilantes for attacking the occupants of a house at Beripadavu, near Kumbla yesterday. The incident unfurled on Sunday evening when a pick-up van transporting a cow from Mangaluru was waylaid by a group of motorcycle-borne youths at Beripadavu. A youth, Abubacker Siddique, tried to take a video of the incident on his mobile phone