Karnataka

Bengaluru, May 26: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the murder of journalist/activist Gauri Lankesh is all set to file a chargesheet against accused K T Naveen Kumar next week. Naveen, a resident of Maddur in Mandya and founder of Hindu Yuva Sena, was arrested by Central Crime Branch (CCB) police in connection with a firearms case in mid-February this year, when his complicity in the

Bengaluru, May 26: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Friday defended his decision to accept the offer of the Congress to head a coalition government stating it was to remove a “black mark” on his father H D Deve Gowda for which he felt he was responsible. Participating in a discussion during a motion for vote of confidence that he had sought in the Assembly, Kumaraswamy said he joining hands with

Bengaluru, May 26: With Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy winning the floor test in the Legislative Assembly on Friday, the ministry formation exercise gained momentum as the coalition partners parleyed on the distribution of key portfolios. Kumaraswamy, his brother-JD(S) leader H D Revanna, former chief minister Siddaramaiah, AICC general secretary in-charge of Karnataka K C Venugopal and Deputy

Bengaluru, May 26: A day after the family of a lynch victim charged that kidney racket was behind the killing, the police continued to ignore the claim and instead, branded the victim as “mentally ill.” Even before the police established any contact with the family of the victim Kalu Ram, City Police Commissioner T Suneel Kumar announced that the deceased was mentally ill and was killed because

Bengaluru, May 26: After 10 days of confinement, Congress and JD(S) legislators walked free on Friday when the alliance proved its majority in the Legislative Assembly. The legislators were holed up together since the night of May 16, a day after the Congress and the JD(S) announced their post-poll alliance, to keep them from being poached by the BJP. Now, however, some legislators are expected to

Bengaluru, May 25: Newly elected Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumarraswamy on Friday said that he will fulfill all the promises made by him to the citizens of of the state. Talking to news agency, the Chief Minister said that he is not going to care about the state-wide bandh on May 28 called by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the issues of farmers' loans waiver. "The real action will start now

Kozhikode, May 25: "Why are we being ostracised? What wrong did we do?" asked a sobbing Sindhu, whose husband Rajan succumbed to the deadly Nipah virus a few days ago. So far, the virus has claimed 11 lives in Kerala's Kozhikode and Malappuram districts. Gradually coming to terms with their huge loss, the family, living in extreme poverty, claimed that health department officials left a plastic

Dubai, May 25: The UAE has asked its citizens to put off unnecessary travel to Kerala where a Nipah virus outbreak has claimed 11 lives while at least 40 others are in quarantine, the health ministry said in a statement. The virus, which commonly affects animals such as bats, pigs, dogs, and horses, can spread to humans and cause serious illness among humans. In Kerala, the Nipah virus has so far

Bengaluru, May 25: Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy comfortably passed the floor test on Friday, after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs staged a walkout from the Vidhana Soudha (state assembly). With this, he successfully proved his majority in the state assembly. The BJP walked out from the state assembly after BJP state chief B.S. Yeddyurappa said his party will hold a state-wide

Bengaluru, May 25: Seeking the trust vote in the Karnataka assembly, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today asserted that the Congress-JD(S) coalition government would complete its five-year tenure. He also said he was conscious that he was not running a majority government. "I am also pained that the people have not placed their trust on me," he said as he moved the motion seeking a vote of