Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jun 22: Janata Dal (Secular) leader G T Deve Gowda who had refused to accept Higher Education portfolio in chief minister H D Kumaraswamy led cabinet and sought a major portfolio, has finally related. He will take charge as the Minister for Higher Education on Friday, according to sources close to Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy. Disappointed with the allocation of Higher Education

Mangaluru, Jun 22: A case of cheating has been registered at Sullia police station in Dakshina Kannada against a consultancy firm’s representative for alleged failure in getting visa issued to a local resident. In a complaint, Ponnamma Murugesh stated that Amarjeet (47) of Certis Cisco Consultants received from her on May 7 Rs. 75,000 towards cost of getting visa to Malaysia for her son. She has

Kasaragod, Jun 22: Excise officials arrested two youths and seized 32 kg of ganja while the contraband was being transported in a car at the excise check-post at Tholpetty on the Kerala-Karnataka border around yesterday. The arrested were identified as Neeraj, 21, of Narankovil at Puzhathi and Yasar Arafath, 23, of Cherucath at Kunhipally in Kannur district. A team led by M.K. Sunil, excise

Bantwal, Jun 21: Bantwal police today arrested three persons including Tulu film actor Surendra Bhandary for their alleged involvement in a case of an attempt to murder three persons in Baddakatte in Bantwal on June 11. The trio was accused of assaulting Bharatiya Janata Party activists Ganesh, Pushparaj and Charan at a hotel in Badakatte. Ganesh and Pushparaj were admitted to a hospital. The

Mangaluru, Jun 21: An unidentified thief made a futile attempt to break open an automated teller machine (ATM) and steal money at Panemangaluru on the outskirts of the city today. According to a complaint with the Bantwal Town police, the manager of Syndicate Bank’s branch in Panemangaluru got a call from a man around 4 a.m. informing of a siren from their ATM. The manager went to the branch to

Mangaluru, Jun 21: Urban Development and Housing Minister U T Khader inaugurated the international yoga day celebrations organised by the district administration and department of Ayush at Mangala indoor stadium in the city today. He performed yoga with Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, Manggaluru South MLA Vedavyas Kamath and others. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Khader said that it was

Bengaluru, June 21: The International Yoga Day was celebrated by thousands of people with full vigour across Karnataka today. While a frenzied Yoga Day fever gripped the city with events organised in schools, colleges and army training centres, it did not figure much in the government scheme of things except for a message by chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on the microblogging site Twitter. In his

Bengaluru, Jun 21: Noted transgender activist Akkai Padmashali on Thursday said she fears being evicted from her rented house after she was denied a home loan by banks, which she claimed was because of her sex. "I am living in fear of being evicted from my rented house because of the lease period, which expires on June 28. I had approached the banks, but they have denied me a loan of Rs 10 lakh

Bengaluru, Jun 21: A Karnataka minister revved up a controversy on Thursday, saying he has sought a Toyota Fortuner SUV for official use as he is accustomed to travelling in "big cars since childhood", a remark that drew criticism from the opposition BJP but was defended by the Congress. Food and Civil Supplies Minister B Z Zameer Ahmad Khan, who comes from a family of businessmen, said he has

Bengaluru, June 21: Congress leader DK Shivakumar has been accused of operating a hawala network by the Income Tax department on Thursday. In this regard, the Department has filed a complaint before a Special Court in Bengaluru. According to the complaint filed, the evidence gathered and the statements recorded established that Shivakumar held unaccounted cash of Rs.8, 54, 66,100 "DK Shivakumar