Karnataka

Bengaluru, Apr 11: Atreyee Majumdar, a 35-year-old anthropologist, missing from Bengaluru for nearly a week, has now been reportedly found in a city hotel. “She was found in hotel Taj Vivanta on MG Road in the city this morning,” a senior police officer said. According to reports, the hotel staff informed the police that Atreyee was there after recognising her from the pictures that were being

Mangaluru, Apr 11: RSS veteran Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat, who recently delivered an inflammatory speech under the limits of Konaje police station, is now facing the ire of Nalike community for allegedly disrespecting ‘Bhootaradhane’. Nalike community is known for performing Bhoota Koala in coastal Karnataka. Members of Nalike Samaja Seva Sangha on Tuesday lodged a caste abuse complaint with

Bengaluru, Apr 11: The senior leaders of BJP are reportedly considering to field a member of former chief minister S M Krishna’s family in the Karnataka assembly polls, in an effort to retain him in the saffron party. Rumours are doing rounds that Krishna has threatened quit BJP and return to Congress for "neglecting" him. Krishna, a Vokkaliga, who was chief minister from 1999 to 2004, quit the

Bengaluru, Apr 11: In a relief for Mahesh Vikram Hegde, the founder and editor of Postcardnews, the high court has ordered an interim stay on the Central Crime Branch (CCB) police investigation against him, in connection with creating a communally provocative fake news to disturb the peace. On Tuesday, Justice Aravind Kumar heard the petition filed by Hegde and ordered the stay on the lower court

New Delhi Apr 11: A purported list of 131 Congress candidates for the May 12 Karnataka Assembly elections sent leaders into a tizzy on Tuesday even as party's top brass continued its deliberations on finalising the contestants here. As Congress Screening Committee headed by Madhusudhan Mistry was busy finalising the candidates for the forthcoming elections, a list of 131 names, including that of

New Delhi Apr 11: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is trying hard to convince Congress leadership to allow him to contest from Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency in Mysuru district despite the high command's reluctance. Siddaramaiah, who wants to filed his doctor-son Yathindra from Varuna segment in Mysuru district, feels his contesting from the neighbouring Chamundeshwari seat will help in

Bengaluru, Apr 10: Rumours are rife that former Congress leader SM Krishna, who had joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a year ago, is thinking of going back to the Congress party. Chief Minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah, however refused to comment on the speculations. "I don't know," he told ANI when asked about Krishna's change of heart. Another Congress leader, K Rahman Khan said, "All are

Udupi, Apr 10: Karnataka BJP secretary and Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje has accused the chief minister Siddaramaiah-led government of misusing administrative machinery. "The government officials were removing the BJP's symbol and saffron flags even from private buildings across Udupi and Bagalkot districts and painting them with black colour," she said after receiving rice at the

Udupi, Apr 10: Former police officer Anupama Shenoy has expressed her desire to contest the May 12 Karnataka Assembly elections from her native place Kaup in Udupi district. Speaking to media in Bengaluru, she announced the first list of 15 members from her Bharatiya Janashakti Congress who will be contesting the elections. She said the EC has approved her party’s symbol as the ladies finger. "I

Mangaluru, Apr 10: A 16-year-old girl, who sustained severe head injuries in an accident, lost her two-week battle for life at the hospital on Monday. Nikitha Cutinha was a II PUC student at a private college in the city. On March 25, when Nikitha was walking by the roadside near a church in Derebail, a Bengaluru-based woman named Sharmila, who owns a flat in the city, rammed her car into the girl