Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jun 23: A day after a businessman shot dead his wife and fled with his three children, the Bengaluru police tracked down and arrested the accused Ganesh H K, in Ramanagaram district on Friday. However, by the time they were able to trace his whereabouts, the father had shot two of his children. “We found his 12-year-old son and nine-year-old daughter lying in the back seat of the car

Bantwal, Jun 23: The High Court of Karnataka on Friday granted bail to Sharief alis Mohammad Sharief (21), main accused in the Sharath Madiwala murder in Bantwal of Dakshina Kannada district in July last year. Justice John Michael Cunha passed the order while allowing the petition filed by Sharief seeking bail. Earlier, the Sessions Court refused to enlarge him on bail, after he was arrested in

Bengaluru, Jun 23: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached term deposits worth Rs 49 crore with the Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd (KPCL), in the coal block allocation case. The ED case is that the Rs 49 crore in the form of term deposits was proceeds of sale of rejects after coal wash and attracted provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering (PML) Act. This case was one of the several

Bengaluru, Jun 22: The much-awaited first six-car Metro coach of Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) hit the tracks in Karnataka capital today. Chief minister HD Kumaraswamy flagged off the train from a decked up Byappanahalli metro station in the presence of deputy CM G Parameshwara and Union minister of state for housing and urban affairs Hardeep Singh Puri. The CM, along with

Mangaluru, Jun 22: A team of police with the help of Mysuru-based NGO Odanadi Seva Samsthe (OSS) today busted a hi-tech prostitution racket raiding a lodge near Pumpwell in the heart of the city. As many as six girls were rescued and 11 persons arrested following the raid. Five girls, who are minors, managed to flee from the spot using a secret hideout. The operation was headed by Uma Prashant

Belagavi, Jun 22: The special investigation team probing the assassination of journactivist Gauri Lankesh has taken terrorist Parashuram Waghmore, who was arrested earlier this month to the jungles of Khanapur, bordering Karnataka and Goa, for investigation. The team reached Khanapur on Thursday and is expected to stay for a few days in the Belagavi district. The team is testing claims by some of

Bengaluru, Jun 22: A fresh row erupted in Karnataka today after a minister said he would discuss with the chief minister renaming of the 'Haj Bhavan' after Tipu Sultan, an 18th-century ruler of the Mysore kingdom. Minority Welfare and Wakf Minister B Z Zameer Ahmad Khan's statement drew a sharp attack from the BJP which said it would launch a statewide protest against the proposal. Khan said that

Vijayapura, Jun 22: Moulana Tanveer Peeran Hashmi, a Muslim cleric from Karnataka, whose recent remarks on animal slaughtering sparked a nationwide uproar, has accused the media of twisting his statements to mislead people. Replying to a statement of lyricist Javed Akhtar who took exception to the cleric’s statement given during his Eid-ul-Fitr public address, the cleric said that he did not make

Bengaluru, June 22: Karnataka minister Zameer Ahmed Khan on Friday blamed the media for exaggerating his demand for a Toyota Fortuner SUV for official use. "Media has made it a huge issue. I simply made a request for an SUV, and not for any particular brand. Am I asking for Lexus or BMW? I am used to travelling in an SUV. One has to tour the entire district. I am asking for a car under the

Udupi, Jun 22: Nearly 2,000 old ration cards were found in a bag in a pit near a school at Shiroor village in Byndoor taluk here on Thursday. Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis said that these were about 2,000 old ration cards which had been taken back while issuing new ration cards. They belonged to Bantwal taluk in Dakshina Kannada district. “We have written to the Department of Food and