Karnataka

Manglauru, May 21: When a group of Congress workers in this coastal city celebrated victory after chief minister B S Yeddyurappa tendered resignation without facing trust vote last Saturday, a few miscreants added a “pro-Pak slogan” to the video of their celebration and posted it on social media platforms. The 139-second video, wherein sloganeering in support of Pakistan was inserted using an

Mangaluru, May 21: The green activists of coastal Karnataka who have been protesting against the multi-billion Yettinahole water diversion project have not forgotten the words of chief minister designate H D Kumaraswamy, who as an opposition leader not only had termed it as a “money looting project” but also had promised to conduct a detailed enquiry into it if he became the chief minister. Even

Bengaluru, May 21: Joining issue with actor Rajinikanth over his comments on release of Cauvery water + by Karnataka to Tamil Nadu, JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy on Sunday invited him to come to the state and see the situation for himself, after which he would change his stand. "If there is water in Karnataka it is possible for us to give them water. I request Rajinikanth, please come and see the

Kasaragod, May 21: In a daredevil operation, the Kasaragod police arrested two youths as they tried to extort Rs 1 lakh ransom from a Mangalurean youth at Bekur near Kumbla early on Sunday. A team of police headed by Kumbla Circle Inspector K Premsadan arrested local youths Munawar alias Munna, 20, and Sahid alias Sajir, 31, both involved in a series of criminal cases. One Lester D'Souza, 33, a

Bengaluru, May 21: Though it is almost certain that Dalit leader G Parameshwara will be a deputy chief minister in H D Kumaraswamy-led Cabinet, the Congress has mooted a proposal to create another deputy chief minister in order to accommodate a Lingayat leader too. While Dalits are considered the Congress’s vote bank, the party wants to placate the Lingayat community which is said to be upset with

Mangaluru, May 20: Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil S. has extended prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code imposed on Dakshina Kannada, except under the jurisdiction of Mangaluru Police Commissionerate, from Sunday to 10 a.m. of May 22. It is applicable to Bantwal, Belthangady, Puttur and Sullia taluks. Earlier he had imposed the orders from 8 a.m. on May 19 to 10

Jamshedpur, May 20: The Centre should enact a law with a provision of life imprisonment to check cow slaughter, VHP leader Sadhvi Saraswati said here today. The sadhvi, president of Sanatan Dharma Prachar Seva Samity, said though some states have enacted legislations to prevent cow slaughter, a law should be framed and implemented properly at the national level. The VHP leader said she will carry

New Delhi, May 20: Events in Karnataka may have not gone according to plan, but the BJP believes it can make a comeback, thanks to the "inherent contradictions" in the Congress-JD(S) alliance in the state. The likely consolidation of a section of voters, especially Lingayats, behind the BJP would also help keep the party in pole position in the run-up to the 2019 general elections, its leaders

Bengaluru, May 20: Ahead of his swearing-in as the Karnataka chief minister, JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy will meet Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in Delhi on Monday to discuss the modalities of government formation. Clarifying that no discussion has taken place so far on the allocation of ministerial berths, Kumaraswamy termed reports on the power-sharing formula of 30 months each

Bantwal, May 20: A teenage boy lost his life when the two-wheeler on which he was riding pillion met with an accident on Vittla-Mangaluru road near Vittla in Bantwal taluk today. The victim has been identified as Mohammed Afrid (18), son of Kunhi Monu a resident of Okkettur village near Vittla in Bantwal taluk. He was working in a jewellery shop at Vittla. The tragedy occurred when he was riding