Karnataka

Bengaluru, Feb 28: She may have been a fierce activist-journalist for many but Gauri Lankesh was a dear friend for film-maker Pradeep KP, who has made a documentary on the slain editor. Pradeep said he was left numb when he received the news of Lankesh's murder on the night of September 5 but he did not want to make a documentary. He changed his mind when he saw people come out in her support. "I

Koppal Feb 28: “Prime Minister Modi's words are worth nothing. I have not come across a PM who speaks so lowly," hit out Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, in Koppal on Wednesday. "Before becoming PM, he used to refer to himself as a chowkidar (guard). Where was this chowkidar (PM) when Lalit Modi and Nirav Modi fled the country? They have fled with the protection of Prime Minister Modi," the chief

Palakkad, Feb 28: Five persons have been arrested by the Mannarkad police in Kerala’s Palakkad district in connection with the murder of the Safeer, who was an activist of Youth League, the youth wing of the Indian Union Muslin League (IUML). 22-year-old Safeer, a native of Kunthippuzha, was stabbed to death by the assailants who barged into his textiles shop last Sunday night. He is the son of

Bengaluru, Feb 28: The Karnataka state government has promoted 34 senior KAS officers to the IAS rank under promotional quota. The Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions has cleared the list of KAS officers recommended by the State for promotions. However, promotion of KAS officers will come into effect only after the disposal of cases pending before the Supreme Court and the

Bengaluru, Feb 28: Police have managed to arrest three persons for allegedly sexually harassing a 29-year-old female journalist and beating up her two male friends near Poorvankara park in the city. According to the police, the woman and her friends were confronted by three men on a motorbike who began passing lewd comments. When she objected, the trio got down from their bike and began to

Mangaluru, Feb 28: A local court has sentenced four alleged associates of underworld operative Vikki Shetty to life on finding them guilty of the murder of garage owner Keshava Shetty (35) in Soorinje on January 6, 2015. The convicted are Satish Soorinje (33), Lithesh (28), Shobharaj (26), and Yuvaraj (26). Nerale Veerabhadraiah Bhavani, Judge of the Fourth Additional District and Sessions

Bengaluru Feb 28: The state government will launch Universal Health Coverage scheme which intends to bring all the health schemes under a single umbrella on March 1. "The scheme will be launched on Thursday by chief minister," said Ajay seth, additional chief secretary, department of health and family welfare. He said that the scheme will start in 10 hospitals across the state, out of which three

Shivamogga Feb 28: Rock climber Jyothi Raj aka Kothiraj who went down Jog Falls in search of a missing youth, who had allegedly jumped into the water falls, has himself reportedly gone missing from the falls near Kargal, Sagar taluk on Tuesday. Three days ago, a youth, identified as Manjunath (23) from Bengaluru, arrived at Jog Falls on a high-end motorcycle, parked it near the Falls with a

Udupi, Feb 27: Two labourers, engaged in construction work about 14 feet below the ground at an underground drainage (UGD) site, died when loose soil from above fell on them at Kaup in Udupi district on Tuesday. The deceased have been identified as Dasappa, 43, from Mesarahalli near Davangere; and Umesh, 45, from Nandipur near Chitradurga. Both of them were digging for the new underground drainage

Davangere, Feb 27: In a blistering attack on the Siddaramaiah government in Karnataka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today dubbed it as "seeda Rupaiya sarkar" (money first) which should not be allowed to continue 'even for a minute'. "It is now certain that this Karnataka government will go," he told a BJP farmers' rally here, asserting that there was public anger against the Siddaramaiah regime