Karnataka

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

Sakleshpur, Jun 5: Two elephant calves lost their lives when they were hit by a train on the railway tracks deep inside the Shiradi Ghat forest near Yedakumari in Sakleshpur taluk of Hassan district. It is assumed that the incident took place on Sunday night when a freight train from Mangaluru to Bengaluru passed through the area. One was seven months old and the other was fifteen months hold

Bengaluru, Jun 5: As expected the Janata Dal (Secular) has withdrawn its official candidate Kalegowda from the Jayanagar Assembly constituency, which is going to polls on June 11. In a statement, party supremo H D Deve Gowda has announced that the party will instead support Congress candidate Sowmya Reddy, daughter of former minister Ramalinga Reddy in the constituency. The election in Jayanagar

Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 5: The World Health Organisation has paid glowing tributes to Kerala's young nurse Lini Puthussery, who died of Nipah virus last month, after treating one of the patients. Lini died on May 21 after being infected by a patient, whom she treated initially at the Perambra Taluk hospital, where she was a nurse. In a tweet, WHO'S Health Workforce Director Jim Campbell said:

Karwar, Jun 5: A former Navy personnel, who took voluntary retirement eight years ago murdered his 17-year-old daughter by slitting her throat, and injured his wife and father-in-law during a clash with his family in Hubballi yesterday. After committing the crime, the killer was admitted to hospital with injuries on his right wrist. Mohan Henagannavar, 44, who is currently unemployed, allegedly

Bengaluru, Jun 5: Congress president Rahul Gandhi is holding a meeting with party leaders from Karnataka on Tuesday in New Delhi to finalise the names of MLAs to be inducted into the Council of Ministers in the H D Kumaraswamy government. Rahul returned from a tour of the US early on Tuesday, sources said. The leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, Mallikarjuna Kharge, former chief minister