Karnataka

Hubballi, Feb 25: Leader of the opposition in the Assembly Jagadish Shettar said that the Congress-led Karnataka government has not spent the amount that was mentioned in the 2017-18 budget presented by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on February 16. Shettar said that while the government claimed to have spent Rs 1,86,561 crore, it has spent only 1,12,146 crore. "Is it possible to spend the remaining

Meleveettil Muhammad Akbar aka M M Akbar, an Islamic orator, educationist and founder Director of Niche of Truth, a religious organization based in Kerala was on Sunday reportedly detained in Hyderabad for unknown reasons. According to reports, Akbar had arrived in Hyderabad from Australia, and was scheduled to board a flight to Qatar’s capital Doha on Monday. However, he was picked up from

Bengaluru Feb 25: With Assembly elections round the corner, the BJP and the JD(S) leaders on Saturday went all out to please the Brahmin community. Participating in the 'Bengaluru Mahanagara Viprara Samavesha' organised by Akhila Karnataka Brahmana Mahasabha, JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy said that if his party comes to power, his government would set up a Brahmin Development Authority, as

Bengaluru, Feb 25: Prajwal Revanna, who had exposed the ‘bucket culture’ and ‘suitcase culture’ within Janata Dal (Secular), and coaxed the party supremo H D Deve Gowda to make him the state general secretary of the party, is now all set to contest the upcoming assembly polls in spite of Despite his uncle and JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy’s strong opposition to his candidature. After

Jubail: Arathi Krishna, Deputy Chairperson of the NRI Forum of Karnataka, who is currently on Saudi Arabia tour, on Saturday visited the industrial city of Jubail in the eastern province and interacted with the Indian expatriate community. Clad in black, Ms Krishna visited various business companies owned by Kannadigas, especially Mangalureans in Jubail including Expertise, Realtech and Al-Muzain

Athani (Karnataka), Feb 24: Dismissing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement that strict action would be taken in the PNB fraud case, Congress President Rahul Gandhi today asked him to first explain how the money was taken away from the bank under his government's RPT government's nose. "A scam of Rs 22,000 crore happens, Nirav Modi runs away with Rs 22,000 crore from Indian Banks and Modiji

Arathi Krishna, Deputy Chairperson of NRI Forum of Karnataka government, who has been associated with non-resident Indians and persons of Indian origin for several years, is now considering to tread the path of her father by entering the state politics. In a candid chat with coastaldigest.com during her visit to Jubail in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, Ms Krishna said that she’s ready to contest the

Moodbidri, Feb 24: In a gut-wrenching tragedy, a 48-year-old man lost his life while his two daughters suffered critical injuries after a mini truck knocked down their two-wheeler at Kelagina Pete on the Moodbidri-Guruvayankere national highway on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Uday Kumar, a local agriculturist. His daughters Nikitha (18) and Mayuri (20), who were riding pillion are

Bengaluru, Feb 24: Suspended Congress leader S Narayanaswamy, who had threatened to set a civic ward office at Horamavu on fire, was remanded in judicial custody for 14 days after he surrendered to the police on Friday morning. On February 16, he had poured petrol on the office premises after officials refused to register a disputed property in his name. He was expelled from the Congress party for

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 24: An 18-year-old Keralite law student has filed a police complaint alleging cyber bullying by right-wing groups after she posted a poem on her Facebook page on taboos attached to menstruation. The abusers alleged that the poem on a menstruating goddess hurt their religious sentiments, Navami Ramachandran from Mallappally in Pathanamthitta district said. The woman claimed