Karnataka

Ariz Khan alias Junaid, an engineer from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, who was facing terror charges, has been arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi Police from the Indo-Nepal border, police said on Wednesday. Junaid, who carries a reward of Rs 10 lakh announced by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), is facing charges of involving in serial blasts in Delhi, Varanasi, Jaipur and Uttar Pradesh. He

Bengaluru, Feb 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address at least four rallies in three weeks in poll-bound Karnataka. According to sources, the PM will participate in BJP rally in Mysuru on February 19; in Davangere on February 27; in Bijapur on March 4; and in Raichur on March 13. Top sources in the party said the Bijapur rally would take care of the Bombay-Karnataka region, which has 50

Kalaburgi, Feb 14: Congress leader Mallikarjuna Kharge took a dig at BJP leaders for what he termed as playing political games in the name of appeasing Dalits. "BJP leaders are constantly publicising that they ate, slept, stayed at dalits' houses. Does that mean dalits are sinners?" asked MP Mallikarjuna Kharge hotly. He was in Kalaburagi to participate in various functions including the launch of

Mangaluru, Feb 14: Muneer Katipalla, who is all set to contest upcoming assembly polls from Mangaluru City North constituency as a CPI-M candidate, has made a serious allegation of large-scale irregularities in awarding contract for Sewage Pumping Main Repair and Replacement Project of Mangaluru City Corporation. In a letter to the Chief Minister and the Chief Secretary, Mr Katipalla, who is also

Firebrand Dalit leader turned MLA Jignesh Mevani has used winking star Priya Prakash Varrier’s viral video clip to counter Sangh Parivar’s opposing to the celebration of Valentine’s Day in India. Extending his wishes on Valentine's Day with the viral video of Malayalam actress, Mevani tweeted: “Viral hit of ‘Manikya Malaraya Poovi’ is the answer to RSS's Valentine’s Day protest and again Indians

Udupi, Feb 14: Denying the reports that the recent raids by Income Tax officials on fish processing units in Udupi district were targeted at him, Pramod Madhwaraj, Minister of State for Fisheries, Youth Empowerment and Sports, has said that he was not bothered about such raids. Replying to queries from media persons whether the recent raids that reportedly unearthed Rs 195 crore were targeted at

A six-year-old girl, who had suffered critical injuries in a freak accident on Monday in Sullia taluk of Dakshina Kannada district on Monday, breathed her last on Tuesday at a hospital. The victim is Aagneya Balu, daughter of Appakunji, resident of Biliyaru in Aranthodu village. She was a student of first standard at KVG School, Sullia. Aagneya had just alighted the school bus and was getting her

Close on the heels of the death of two babies allegedly due to Pentavalent vaccination at Chindagiridoddi village in Malavalli taluk, a two-month old baby girl, who was administered same vaccination recently, died at the Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, on Monday night. The relatives and villagers of two-month-old Namratha alleged that the child had died owing to side-effects of the

Bengaluru, Feb 14: JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday charged the state government with awarding various projects to contractors from outside the state, for a commission. Kumaraswamy's remarks comes days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "10% sarkar" charge against the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government. Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, Kumaraswamy attacked the government for

The Karnataka BJP has demanded a probe into the alleged link of the JD(S) rebel MLA from Chamarajpet B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan in the murder of Kadiresh, a rowdy-sheeter and husband of BJP corporator Rekha. Kadiresh was hacked to death in Bengaluru last week. In a statement, BJP state general secretary N Ravi Kumar said that earlier the name of Urban Development Minister R Roshan Baig was heard in the