Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jun 26: Saffron extremist Parashuram Waghmore, who was before the Additional Metropolitan Magistrate yesterday by the Special Investigation Team probing the Gauri Lakesh murder case, has been remanded in judicial custody. The SIT had arrested Waghmore on June 11 from his hometown Sindagi in Vijayapura district and produced him before the judge the next day. It was granted 14 days

Bengaluru, Jun 26: BJP leader and Belagavi MP Suresh Angadi has accused the Congress of conspiring to divide Hindus and Muslims by naming the Haj Bhavan in Bengaluru after Tipu Sultan. Angadi told reporters in Belagavi on Tuesday, that the Haj Bhavan was sanctioned by the Yeddyurappa-led BJP government and funds were also released for its construction then. However, now, the Congress seeks to

Bengaluru, Jun 26: Is Bharatiya Janata Party secretly planning to overthrow chief minister H D Kumaraswamy-led coalition government by snatching some of the disgruntled MLAs from Congress and JD(S)? Karnataka BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa’s sudden visit to Ahmedabad to meet the party’s national president Amit Shah has sparked off such speculations in political circles. Rumours also doing rounds that

Hassan, Jun 26: IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri Dasari, who had challenged her “premature” transfer from the post of Deputy Commissioner of Hassan earlier this year, is back in the district as its DC again. The chief minister H D Kumaraswamy-led state government on Monday told the Karnataka High Court that she would be posted back to Hassan by withdrawing the transfer order of the previous government

Mangaluru/Bekal, Jun 26: A youth sustained severe injuries after he was shot at by a miscreant at Palakunnu, near Bekal police station in Kasaragod district. The incident occurred inside a leading shopping complex around 10 p.m. on Sunday. Fayiz, 19, son of Muhammed of Palakunnu, sustained injuries on the right leg. The police suspect a feud between two groups engaged in ganja peddling. Bekal sub

Bengaluru, Jun 26: Minorities Welfare and Wakf Minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan had convened a meeting of the community leaders on Monday, in a bid to ascertain the demands of the Muslim community ahead of the budget. Around 15 Muslim MLAs and MLCs from the JD(S) and Congress were present at the late evening meeting, which was held at a private hotel. Before the meeting, Khan said he had sent out

Bengaluru, Jun 26: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Friday admitted that there's a rift in the JD(S)-Congress coalition government over presenting a full-fledged Karnataka budget. "Some have suggested that let the budget be presented after the parliament election, so there are issues," said the Janata Dal (Secular) leader and son of former Prime Minister of India HD Deve Gowda

Chamarajanagar, Jun 25: Around five dozen passengers who were traveling on board a Kerala-bound bus from Chikkamagaluru had a narrow escape when a mother elephant attacked the vehicle at Mulehole near Gundlupet town of the Chamarajanagar district last evening. When the mother elephant ran after the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus and attacked it with its trumpet, the driver

Mangaluru, Jun 25: Even as the torrential rains continued to unleash its fury in coastal Karnataka, a prominent bridge over River Phalguni at Mularpatna village on the outskirts of the city collapsed today. Authorities said that the bridge was razed to the ground after its columns were destroyed by debris carried in the fast-flowing river. Fortunately, there was no vehicle or pedestrian on the ill

Mangaluru, Jun 25: Hours after a bunch of burkha-clad girls staged a protest in front of St Agnes College in the city today against ban on headscarf inside classrooms, the principal downplayed the issue and justified the rules. In a statement issued to the media, Sr Dr M Jeswina AC, principal, said that her college is a minority institution catering to women’s education in particular. “We respect