Karnataka

Bengaluru, Mar 15: The JD(S) on Wednesday decided to initiate legal action against the seven rebel MLAs who voted in favour of the Congress candidate during the 2016 Rajya Sabha election. In a statement, JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda said that the party will move the High Court against the MLAs for defying its whip in the election.The party's candidate B M Farookh lost the election due to the cross

Bengaluru, Mar 15: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday took a dig at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for the BJP's defeat in the by-elections to the Lok Sabha from Gorakhpur and Phulpur constituencies. Siddaramaiah said that he now hopes that Adityanath will stop "lecturing" Karnataka on development. The duo were recently engaged in a Twitter war, on the issues of development and

Magadi (Ramanagaram district), Mar 15: Three local JD(S) leaders, including a Magadi Town Municipal Council member, were injured after they were attacked by the Congress party workers during wee hours of Wednesday. The attack took place over certain remarks on WhatsApp messages, said the police. The victims, K V Balaraghu, Hosahalli Muniraju and Javaregowda, have been admitted to KIMS, Bengaluru

Mangaluru/Udupi, Mar 14: Parts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts received thundershowers on Wednesdayfollowing the depression over southeast Arabian Sea. The areas included Puttur, Sullia, Bantwal and Belthangady taluks, besides Mangaluru and surrounding areas. The Met Department said the depression has moved northwest and lay centred over southeast Arabian Sea, about 130 km southeast of

Mangaluru, Mar 14: The city police have busted a fake certificate racket after conducting a raid on Mangalore Institute of Technological Science (MITS) located on TC Road in Thokottu on the outskirts of Mangaluru. The staff of the MITS which came into existence in 2016, reportedly used to sell fake certificates of various courses dated since 2013. Following the raid, the police arrested Godwin D

Bengaluru, Mar 14: The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday dismissed the bail petition of Mohammed Nalapad and others. Justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar dismissed the petition after completion of the arguments. Nalapad, son of Shantinagar MLA N.A. Haris is lodged at the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison for allegedly assaulting 24-year-old Vidwath at un upmarket bristo in Bengaluru’s UB City. He

Uttar Pradesh topped the list of states with maximum communal violence incidents in the country last year, the Lok Sabha was informed today. Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said 822 communal incidents took place in the country in 2017, whereas as many as 703 such incidents occurred in 2016 and 751 incidents in 2015. Among the states where the highest number of such cases

Hyderabad, Mar 14: In a boost to Anna Hazare's proposed fast to press his demand on the Lokpal issue, retired Supreme Court judge and former Karnataka Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde, today said he would join the social activist's stir. The former Solicitor General of India, who was a key part of the Hazare-led anti-corruption movement in 2011, said he was planning to be with the octogenarian in New

Geetha Shivarajkumar, wife of actor Shivarajkumar and daughter of the former Chief Minister late S. Bangarappa, who had contested the previous Lok Sabha election from Shivamogga segment as a candidate of Janata Dal (Secular) will campaign for the party in Shivamogga district from March 19 to 24 for the forthcoming Assembly election. It may be mentioned here that, in the Lok Sabha election Ms

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court stayed the Single Judge's order for a CBI inquiry into the murder of Youth Congress leader Shuaib. The police had arrested a few CPI(M) workers in connection with the murder. The party had also suspended a few of its members. While ordering the CBI investigation into the case, the Single Judge had come down heavily on the police for the delay in recovering