Karnataka

Bengaluru, June 8: Dubbing the current political situation in Karnataka as 'ludicrous,' Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ananth Kumar said the new JDS-Congress coalition government was direction less and only temporary. Speaking to reporters here, he said the newgovernment was direction less with the Chief Minister naming 25 ministers without any portfolios. "Even though the people had

Bengaluru, Jun 8: The same gun was used to kill journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh and rationalist M M Kalburgi in Karnataka, the state forensic science laboratory has confirmed in a report, sources in the SIT said. The forensic report submitted to the Special Investigation Team probing the killing of Lankesh is part of the first charge sheet filed recently by the SIT naming KT Naveen Kumar as an

Bengaluru, Jun 8: Senior Congress leader D K Shivakumar on Friday pacified his fellow party members that missed out on a cabinet berth, saying that even he was excluded from the same in previous governments. "I myself also was kept off the government (cabinet) earlier in Dharam Singh's government. I had patience and belief in the high command, in Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. Ultimately, they

Bengaluru, Jun 8: The political activities in the Congress circle by disgruntled leaders took ugly turn when a youth, demanding Minister post to Legislator N A Haris, threatened to commit suicide by hanging himself with a rope in front of KPCC office in the city on Friday. The state had been witnessing protests from various parts of the state over the non-inclusion of leaders in various districts

Bengaluru, Jun 8: Police have arrested Kannada Film actor Duniya Vijaya, who was wanted in connection with assault and obstructing the police from discharging their duty in connection with death of two stunt actors who died while performing a stunt scene for film 'Masti Gudi' at a lake in the city. Chennammanakere Achukattu Police arrested Duniya Vijaya from a resort on the border of Tamil Nadu

Mangaluru/Udupi, Jun 8: The district administrations in the twin coastal districts have declared two-day holiday for schools as the southwestern monsoon continued to unleash its fury in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi. Though students went to schools in some places on Friday morning, they were sent back. On Saturday schools will remain shut owing to rains. The southwest monsoon that entered the state

Bengaluru, Jun 8: KT Naveen Kumar, the first arrested in the Gauri Lankesh murder case, has said the second accused Praveen had approached him to help kill her. Naveen said in his statement, a copy of which is available with DH, that he attended a religious seminar in Ponda in Goa, where he spoke about protecting Hinduism with arms. Everyone appreciated his views, the accused said. He also told

Bengaluru, Jun 8: The Congress would evaluate performance of its ministers every six months and changes would be made if required, said Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara as he tried to pacify MLAs unhappy over not making it to the ministry. "Every six months there will be an assessment by the party to evaluate the performance of ministers, and ministers will be changed depending upon

Vijayapura (Bijapur), Jun 7: Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, BJP MLA for Vijayapura, has strongly justifies his hate-filled statement against Muslims in constituency and reiterated that elected representatives in the Hindu country should work for Hindus. A video of Yatnal instructing corporators to work only for Hindus, who have voted for him, and not for Muslims, has gone viral on social media. “I had

Mangaluru, Jun 7: The sleuths of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence have arrested a 28-year youth at Mangaluru International Airport for trying to smuggle six tola gold bars (699 grams) into the country. The sleuths kept a watch for one Umar Farook Kannadaguli (28), a resident of Manila in Bantwal taluk, who arrived by Spicejet Flight SG-60 from Dubai to Mangaluru around 6.15pm, Vinayak Bhat