Karnataka

New Delhi, June 18: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Monday. As per media reports, the two leaders discussed the recently- formed the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CMA). Discussions were reportedly held on the issue of shortage of coal for Karnataka's thermal power plants as well. Earlier in the day, Kumaraswamy met Union Water Resources

Mysuru, June 18: Second Additional Sessions Court has issued an order to file First Information Report (FIR) against former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and three others who are accused of allegedly involved in illegal land grab case when he was Deputy Chief Minister 25 years back. This 25-year-old land grab case surfaced following a complaint by N Gangaraju, an Advocate, who has filed a

New Delhi, June 18: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy wrote a letter to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh appealing for higher allocation of funds for drought relief in the state. In a letter to the Home Minister, Kumaraswamy requested a revision of the Centre-approved funds worth Rs 1, 527 crore for Karnataka's State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), as it is only a fraction of what several

Mangaluru, Jun 18: T R Suresh, who was transferred to Bengaluru to months ago, today returned to take charge as the Mangaluru Police Commissioner once again. It was on June 12, 2017 that Mr. Suresh took charge as the Police Commissioner replacing M Chandra Sekhar. Following directions by the Election Commission, the State Government transferred Mr. Suresh to the Fire and Emergency Services

Mangaluru, Jun 18: Police in Mangaluru have registered a case against a non-Indian resident from coastal Karnataka who is currently staying in the middle east. According to police, Basheer, the accused posted content derogating Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, a 17th century king. Hailing from Adyar near Mangaluru, Basheer works at Dhahran in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia. The police in Barke

New Delhi Jun 18: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Monday met AICC President Rahul Gandhi and discussed the issues relating to functioning of the JDS-Congress coalition government in the State. Mr Kumaraswamy, who was here to participate in the Niti Aayog Council Meeting yesterday at Rashtrapathi Bhavan, had extended his stay by a day to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other Union

Mangaluru, Jun 18: A Class 10 student has committed suicide by jumping into the well in the compound of her house at Manjeshwar on the outskirts of the city. She was apparently upset about her brothers not handing over the television remote control. Pratibha, daughter of Jayanthan, a resident of the nearby Kunjathur, took the extreme step around 11 p.m. on Saturday after entering into a heated

Bengaluru, Jun 18: Continuing his tirade against non-communal intellectuals, Anant Kumar Hedge, Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, has called them ‘foolish’ and ‘sold-out’. Speaking at the launch of Kannada version of Vinayak Savarkar’s book Hidutva on Sunday, Hegde reiterated his definition of a secular persons as one who does not know his parents. “The so-called

New Delhi, Jun 18: A fringe right-wing outfit's chief yesterday likened slain Bengaluru journalist Gauri Lankesh to a dog. Pramod Muthalik, chief of the right-wing outfit Sri Ram Sene, made this comparison while hitting out at critics who have been asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi to break his silence on Lankesh, who was murdered last September. "Many wanted PM Modi to react after Gauri Lankesh

Bengaluru, Jun 18: Former chief minister Siddaramaiah’s disagreement over a new full-budget for 2018-19 has not only upset Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, it has also discomfited his own party colleagues, forcing them to take sides. On Sunday, Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara and cabinet colleague D K Shivakumar indirectly batted for Kumaraswamy, by saying they were uncertain about the intent