Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jun 3: Karnataka North Congress working President SR Patil on Sunday tendered his resignation on moral grounds owing to party’s performance in recent assembly elections in the state. Patil has sent his resignation letter to Congress President Rahul Gandhi. “I have sent my resignation to Shri Rahul Gandhiji through an email some days back after taking up moral responsibility for the

Bengaluru, Jun 3: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has asked all government staff members in the state to cut down on unnecessary expenditure. The move by the Janata Dal Secular (JDS) leader is aimed at strengthening the financial condition of Karnataka. The office of the Chief Minister released an official statement in this regard, asking the officials to reconsider the requests raised for

Bengaluru, Jun 3: A pilot project employing Israeli model of farm practices will be launched on the 900-acre Vishweshwaraiah Canal (VC) Farm/College of Agriculture, in Mandya soon, according to Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy. Kumaraswamy, who had led a JD(S) delegation to Israel to study innovative agriculture methods last year, told media persons yesterday that the technology would

Bengaluru, Jun 3: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday dismissed reports that his father and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda was continually “interfering” with the functioning of the newly formed coalition government. He also denied speculation that Gowda had intervened to ensure that his sons - himself and his brother H D Revanna - landed plum portfolios such as finance and energy. Kumaraswamy

Bengaluru, Jun 3: An Indian expatriate worker, who found himself trapped in Kuwait where he was reportedly harassed by his employer forged an Indian passport so that he could return home. He, however, was caught by Immigration officials at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Karnataka’s capital soon after he landed. He is now in judicial custody. The man, identified as Sunny Mathew, hails

Bengaluru, Jun 3: Three miscreants barged into the office of a prominent businessman at Raheja Arcade in Koramangala, an upmarket locality in southeast Bengaluru, on Saturday afternoon, and opened three rounds from a country-made pistol sending shockwaves across the business community. helmet-wearing assailants opened three rounds from a countrymade pistol on a businessman inside his office at

Mangaluru, Jun 2: A 75-year-old man allegedly murdered his 50-year-old son-in-law at Baditutte in Bantwal taluk following a drunken brawl today. Police arrested the accused Mutthu Poojary who murdered Rajaram by using a chisel. Rajaram, a native of Banakal in Chikkamagaluru district, was staying in his father-in-law’s house. The two worked as carpenters and were addicted to alcohol. There was

Mangaluru, Jun 2: J R Lobo, former Congress MLA, who had expressed strong suspicion over EVM and VVPAT after being defeated by BJP’s Vedavyas Kamath in recent assembly polls at Mangaluru City South constituency, has decided to approach the high court. Speaking to media persons, here Mr Lobo said that he would move his petition before the high court within a week. The Petition will be filed through

Kalaburgi, Jul 2: Bhagwanth Khuba, the Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Karnataka’s Bidar constituency today dropped a bombshell saying that neither his party nor prime minister Narendra Modi had ever promised to bring back black money stashed in tax havens and distributing it among the citizens. Giving a report card of the Modi-led NDA government’s performance in the last four years at a press

Udupi, Jun 2: Superintendent of police Laxman Nimbargi has confirmed the arrest of four suspects in connection with the recent attack on cattle transporters, after which one of the transporter’s body was found under suspicious circumstances at Perdoor in Udupi earlier this week. The arrested are Vishva Hindu Parishad leader Suresh Mendan alias Soori, and three Bajrang Dal activists Prasad Kondadi