Karnataka

Bengaluru, Feb 20: The Bengaluru Police on Tuesday said that Congress MLA NA Haris's son Mohammed Haris Nalapad, who was booked for allegedly thrashing and threatening a man in a pub, has confessed to the crime. The Police further added that the fiasco started between Mohammed Haris Nalapad and the victim, Vidwat with a verbal spat. "We found that it started with a verbal spat between Haris and

Bantwal, Feb 20: The Congress has swept the Pudu gram panchayat by-polls in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada by winning 27 of the 34 seats where polling was held last weekend. As many as 81 candidates had contested in 34 seats of 10 wards of the Pudu gram panchayat. The counting was held at Mini Vidhana Soudha in BC Road on Tuesday. While Congress backed candidates won in 27 seats BJP bagged six

Bengaluru, Feb 20: With the issue of assault on youth by Congress MLA N A Haris’ son Mohammed Nalapad at Farzi Café in Bengaluru’s UB City taking a political turn, the names of several other VIPs who either involved in the brawl or became mute spectators have come to light. According to reliable sources, the son of a former BJP Minister from north Karnataka, son of Bengaluru Central BJP MP P C

Mangaluru, Feb 20: Four persons including two from Kerala have been arrested by the Ullal police in connection with the assault on a group of college students at Talapady. The arrested have been identified as Jeevan D’Souza (23), Micheal (20), both from Talapady, and Shobit (20) and Nikesh, both from Manjeshwar in Kerala. Ahmed Imran and Faizal, students of a city college, were hospitalised after

Pramod Mutalik, a self-proclaimed Hindutva saviour and leader of Sri Ram Sena, has begun his new innings in politics essaying the role of the State unit president of the Shiv Sena. After returning to Karnataka from Mumbai following a meeting with Uddhav Thakre and other Shiv Sena leaders, he opened the party office in Uttarahalli in Bengaluru on Friday. He announced that Shiv Sena would contest at

Udupi, Feb 20: Close on the heels of Congress MLA N A Haris’ son Mohammed Haris Nalapad brutally assaulting a businessman, a Congress councillor from Udupi City Municipal Council along with his supporters has allegedly beat up two youths at Gundibailu in the coastal district over a property issue. According to a complaint given by Ganesh Acharya (27) to the Udupi Town Police, he (Mr. Acharya)

Udupi, Feb 20: The Udupi district unit of the Congress Information Technology (IT) Cell on Monday urged Bharatiya Janata Party supremo Amit Shah to come clean on various issues, including corruption. Addressing presspersons here, Vishwas Shetty, president of the district Congress IT Cell, said that Mr. Shah should explain what was the status of investigation of his son, Jay Shah’s illegal property

The legal hurdles for the continuation of Kambala — the traditional slush-track buffalo race of the coastal districts of Karnataka — are cleared with the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Karnataka Amendment) Bill, 2017, finally getting the Presidential assent. The Bill, which exempts Kambala from the ambit of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, was passed in the legislature session

Managluru, Feb 19: BJP president Amit Shah has kick-started his coastal Karnataka tour as part of the party's election campaign for the upcoming assembly election in the state. After arriving in Mangaluru in evening, he addressed a small public meeting near the airport. He will start the day with a visit to the Kukke Subramanya temple before he inaugurates Nava Shakthi Samavesh at Sullia. Later

Mysuru, Feb 19: Prime Minister Narendra Modi being felicitated by a saint as he arrives at Bahubali Mahamasthakabhisheka Mahotsava at Shravanabelagola Prime Minister Narendra Modi today lashed out at Karnataka's Siddaramaiah government over corruption, saying new scams and charges of graft were surfacing "every day" under its watch. Addressing a BJP rally here, Modi said after he levelled the "10