Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jun 14: After the recent arrest of a prime suspects in the killing of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, the Special Investigating Team of the Karnataka Police has made headway in the case. It is learnt that four teams had been formed to kill Gauri Lankesh. Each team comprised of two members and all teams had just one person as the main coordinator or handler. The teams worked for one

Bengaluru, Jun 15: A day after former minister Tanveer Sait openly expressed his frustration and hit out at two Muslim ministers of chief minister H D Kumaraswamy led coalition government, Urban Development and Housing Minister U T Khader said that a politician should be a representative of all the communities. What Sait said? Sait on Thursday hit out at his party leadership for providing

Udupi, Jun 14: The post-mortem of cattle trader Husainabba Jokatte, whose dead body was found under suspicious circumstances over two weeks ago near Perdoor in Udupi district, has suggested head injury as prima facie cause of death. The investigating officer Rishikesh Sonavane submitted the autopsy report to the court through public prosecutor Shanti Bai on Thursday a day after the judge Venkatesh

Mangaluru/Bengaluru, Jun 14: Muslims in coastal Karnataka will celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Friday, June 15, while rest of Karnataka will observe the festival next day, i.e., on Saturday, June 16. Twaka Ahmed Musliyar and Bekal Ibrahim Musliyar, the Khazis of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi respectively announced the end of the blessed month of Ramadan after the crescent moon was sighted in Kerala’s

Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 14: Four people, including three children, died and at least 10 others were reported missing after a landslide struck a remote village in Kozhikode district early Thursday, as heavy rainfall continued to batter northern Kerala. With this, the toll in rain-related incidents rose to 27 since the onset of the southwest monsoon in late May, official sources said. The four

United Nations, Jun 14: The UN General Assembly has adopted by a strong majority of 120 countries an Arab-backed resolution condemning Israel for Palestinian deaths in Gaza and rejected a US bid to put the blame on Hamas. At least 129 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire during protests near the border with Gaza that began at the end of March. No Israelis have died. The resolution put

Bengaluru, Jun 14: Ignoring the patch-up efforts by the leadership to end disquiet within Karnataka Congress over denial of ministerial berths, disgruntled legislators continued to mount pressure on the party to address their grievances. According to party sources, some Congress MLAs are likely to meet tomorrow under the leadership of senior legislator and former minister M B Patil to discuss

Mangaluru/Udupi, Jun 14: Heavy rains continued to lash parts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts on Thursday throwing normal life out of gear in twin districts. Authorities have declared holiday for schools in Puttur, Belthangady and Sullia taluks of Dakshina Kannada district following overnight rains that raised river levels in the region. Meanwhile Revenue Minister R V Deshpande along with

Uudpi, Jun 14: More than two weeks after cattle trader Husainabba Jokatte died following an attack by Bajrang Dal miscreants near Perdoor in Udupi district, the Karnataka state government has handed over the case to Criminal Investigation Department (CID). The development comes three days after the 62-year-old victim’s body was exhumed from the grave for examination and buried again. According to

Bengaluru, Jun 14: Mohammed Nalapad Harris, the son of Congress MLA NA Haris was granted conditional bail on Thursday by the Karnataka High Court in connection with Bengaluru’s UB City cafe brawl case. The order was delivered by Justice John Michael Cunha. Nalapad is in judicial custody on charge of attempt-to-murder case for attacking Vidvat in a cafe on February 17. Nalapad has been instructed