Karnataka

Jammu and Kashmir, May 10: Days after a resident of Chennai died in a stone pelting incident in Jammu and Kashmir, a similar incident has surfaced where the vehicle in which the District Judge of a Bengaluru Family Court was travelling in was pelted with stones. B. S. Bharathi, along with her family, was on vacation in the state when on May 7, their car was pelted with stones near Narbal

Bengaluru, May 10: Asaduddin Owaisi, the president of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM), has courted a controversy by wearing a saffron turban when he addressed a Janata Dal (Secular) rally in poll-bound Karnataka. Owaisi, who is facing allegations of helping BJP candidates in several states by fielding his party’s candidates to divide Muslim votes, had decided to field around 50 MIM

Newsroom, May 10: The police in Assam have taken six workers of Bharatiya Janata Party into custody in connection with the discovery of a pro-ISIS banner in the Nalbari district of the northeast Indian state. ISIS, a dreaded terror outfit which has its network across the world, normally carries out attacks in Muslim dominant countries to destabilise the region in the name of Islam. Islamic

Bengaluru, May 10: Why does Prime Minister Narendra Modi often resorts to personal attack against Congress supremo Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi? When media persons in Bengaluru posed this question to Rahul Gandhi, he gave a simple and straight forward answer: “Modi has anger inside him and he personally attacks me and my mother, because he sees a threat from me." On the last day of

Bengaluru, May 10: Reaching out to Dalits and other backward communities in poll-bound Karnataka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said his government was trying to fulfil Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s dream of a powerful and prosperous nation. Hitting out at the ruling Congress in Karnataka, he said the party failed to confer Bharat Ratna on Ambedkar when it was in power. Addressing the SC, ST, BC

Bengaluru, Nov 10: The Supreme Court of India today refused to intervene in a plea by Rashtriya Hindu Sena chief Pramod Muthalik, who alleged that the Congress party in its election manifesto in Karnataka is seeking votes in the name of religion. The allegation is rubbished as baseless by the Congress party. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A.M. Khanwilkar and D.Y

Bagalkot, May 10: Three policemen including a deputy superintendent of police (DySP) were killed on the spot, in a ghastly road mishap occurred last night. The victims have been identified as CID DySP Bale Gowda (55), CID PSI K H Shivaswamy (55) and jeep driver Venugopal (25)--all three policemen. They were killed when a truck collided with their police jeep head-on at Kudala Sangama Cross in

Bengaluru, May 10: A day after the raid and seizure of 9,746 original voter ID cards from a flat in Jalahalli under Rajarajeshwari Nagar Assembly constituency, the police on Wednesday collected a few cards to trace its holders. The police suspect these cards were taken from the holders as collateral security in exchange of goodies/cash distributed by political parties. However, inquiries and

Bengaluru, May 10: The Central Crime Branch (CCB) police have filed the charge sheet against Mohammed Nalapad, son of Shanthinagar MLA N A Haris and six others for attempt to murder (IPC section 307) and other offences in connection with the pub attack case on February 17. Mohammed Nalapad and his six associates had assaulted Vidwath L, son of a businessman at Farzi Cafe in UB City. The gang later

Mangaluru/Udupi, May 9: Ghulam Nabi Azad, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha today campaigned for the Congress candidates in coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi for May 12 Karnataka assembly polls. Speaking to media persons in Mangaluru, the former union minister hailed the achievements of chief minister Siddaramaiah led Congress government and urged the people to save the state