Karnataka

Udupi, Jun 7: The court of the Principal Chief Judicial Magistrate rejected the bail plea moved by police constable, Mohan Kotwal, in the cattle trader death case here on Wednesday. Praveen Kumar R.N., Senior Assistant Public Prosecutor, said here on Wednesday that Mr. Kotwal moved the bail plea before the court on June 4. Two other policemen, suspended Sub-Inspector of Police of Hiriyadka police

Udupi, Jun 6: Condemning the arrest of the accused in connection with the alleged murder of an elderly Muslim cattle trader in the district last week, saffron outfits led by Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday staged a protest in front of the DC’s office at Manipal, here. Addressing the protesters, Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Sobha Karandlaje held H D Kumaraswamy-led coalition government responsible

Bengaluru, Jun 6: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday expanded his cabinet by inducting 25 legislators who took the oath of office as ministers at a simple ceremony at Raj Bhavan. In all, 14 legislators from the Congress, nine from the JD(S) and one each from the BSP and the KPJP were sworn in as ministers by Governor Vajubhai Vala. The Congress-JD(S) coalition government came into

Bengaluru, Jun 6: Two prominent Lingayat leaders from Karnataka’s coalition partners – a three time MLA from Congress and a seven time MLC minister from JD(S) – have hit out their respective party leaders for not giving them ministerial berths. Basavaraj Horatti, who had served as Primary and Secondary Education Minister during the 20-month JD(S)-BJP alliance government headed by H.D. Kumaraswamy

Bengaluru, Jun 6: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday directed the state transport department to constitute a panel to look into the allegations against app-based cab aggregators including Ola and Uber that they were paying their drivers less and engaged in 'profiteering'. "There are allegations that the app-based cab services (Ola and Uber) pay their drivers less and are engaged

New Delhi, Jun 6: Aiming at extending ban on the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) beyond January 2019, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led union government has written to all state governments including Karnataka seeking an update on the activities of the outfit. In a communication to all States, the Home Ministry said the ban imposed on SIMI under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention)

Bengaluru, Jun 6: C M Lingappa, Congress leader from Ramanagaram and MLC has hit out at Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president G. Parameshwara for extending the party’s support to the Janata Dal (Secular) candidate in the Assembly byelections in Ramanagaram constituency. He said such a move would ruin the Congress’ growth in the State. “We are ashamed to say that he is our State

Bengaluru/New Delhi, Jun 6: A fortnight after becoming chief minister, H D Kumaraswamy will expand his two-member cabinet Wednesday with over 20 ministers likely to take oath. Sources said while the JD-S will have nine new ministers, the Congress will have nearly 12 of its legislators inducted into the cabinet. Lone BSP MLA N Mahesh will also be a part of the cabinet expansion and will be given a

Bengaluru, Jun 5: U T Khader, the only Congress MLA in twin coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi, will take oath as a minister on Wednesday along with other Congress and JD(S) MLAs, according to highly placed sources. M Khader, four-time MLA from Mangaluru city (erstwhile Ullal) constituency, had served as the Minister for Health and Family Welfare for three years and the Minister for

Bengaluru, Jun 5: A woman had a nightmarish experience after an Ola cab driver allegedly molested and forced her to strip, took pictures of her on mobile and even threatened to call his friends and get her gang-raped while she was en route to the airport here on June 1, police said. Based on her complaint via email to Bengaluru police, the driver has been arrested and a case registered. According