Karnataka

Slamming the ‘beef politics’ of BJP in Karnataka, Congress MLA from Belagavi North Firoz N Sait has asked the saffron party why did it not pressurize Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led union government to completely ban beef trade and export from India. Responding to a drive by local BJP leaders to close all cold storages and slaughterhouses in Belagavi, Mr Sait said: “If the BJP is so opposed to

Udupi, Mar 14: Days after Lakshmivara Tirtha Swami of Shiroor Mutt accused the local BJP of corruption, Mattar Ratnakar Hegde, president of the Udupi district unit of the saffron party, said that there’s no need for anyone to join the party with the intention of repairing it. Speaking to media persons Hegde expressed dissatisfaction over the seer’s statement that he would like to join the party to

Several Muslim and Christian leaders in Karnataka Congress have reportedly expressed concern over Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s eagerness to woo Lingayats by recommending minority tag them. Lingayat community is in fact politically, economically, and educationally is the most powerful community in the state. Muslim and Christian leaders, including Cabinet ministers, have reportedly warned

Mangaluru, May 14: A 20-year-old woman breathed her last at a private hospital here recently after she set herself on fire due to alleged atrocities by her husband and in-laws. The victim has been identified as Arshiya Banu, who had been staying with her mother and brother at a rented house at Turkalike Gundimane in Belthangady in Dakshina Kannada district since December. In a statement given from

Hassan, Mar 14: H S Chandra, a soldier from Arkalgud taluk in the district, was among those martyred in an attack by Naxals in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday afternoon. Chandra had visited home a few days ago, his family recalled. The mortal remains of the soldier are expected to reach the village on Wednesday night.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has expressed confidence that all three Congress candidates from Karnataka will win in the upcoming Vidhana Sabha to Rajya Sabha elections. Speaking to media persons in Davanagere the CM said that the cabinet of ministers would meet to decide on the matter of granting separate religion tag to Lingayats on March 14. "Protest is the lifeblood of a democracy and religious

Mangaluru, Mar 13: The Dakshina Kannada district police have arrested a youth from Meramajalu in Bantwal taluk booked under Pocso Act, six years after he bail. 32-year old Lawrence Melwyn D’Souza alias Jeevan was selling fish in Moodbidri posing as a Muslim man with a new name, Mohammed Salman, on Sunday when he was caught by the police. According to a police officer at the Bantwal Rural police

Jaya Bachchan, the first lady of Bollywood, and Samajwadi Party leader, has emerged the richest candidate among all who filed nominations for the March 23 Rajya Sabha polls in India. She has declared assets worth Rs 1,000 crore. Jaya, who recently filed her nomination as an SP candidate for the Rajya Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh, had declared assets worth Rs 493 crore in 2012. According to her

Hubballi, Mar 13: A visually impaired seer from Dharwad district is is keen on getting the BJP ticket for contesting from Kalaghatagi Assembly constituency in looming Karnataka assembly polls. Basavanand Swami, seer of Sri Guru Basava Mahamane at Managundi in Dharwad, said he had already completed a “Desha Bhakti Jagruti Abhiyana”, which he had started on January 1 under which he had travelled 2

Dr Anup A Shetty, Superintendent of Police of Koppal, has lodged a complaint with the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) questioning his sudden transfer. In the complaint, Shetty, who is yet to complete eight months in his current position, has challenged the sudden transfer. In his petition, he has termed the transfer orders 'not as per norms'. CAT has stayed Shetty's transfer order. The date