Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jan 23: The Karnataka chief electoral officer (CEO) Sanjiv Kumar on Tuesday halted the transfers of Hassan deputy commissioner Rohini Sindhuri Dasari and Haveri and Ramanagara DCs, citing technicalities. Sindhuri's sudden transfer ahead of the Mahamastakabhisheka starting February 7, had received flak from the opposition, in particular the JD (S). Former PM and Hassan Lok Sabha member

In a setback to Karnataka BJP president B S Yeddyurappa, his right hand man Manjunath Gowda, who lost the last election from Thirthalli by a narrow margin of 600 votes, defected and joined JD(S) on Tuesday at the party's National President H D Deve Gowda's house in Padmanabhanagar, Bengaluru. Manjunath Gowda joined JD(S) in the presence of MLA Madhu Bangarappa, Shivamogga district JD(S) president

Mumbai, Jan 23: Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil faced protests in his hometown Kolhapur on Tuesday for singing a Kannada song. Karnataka and Maharashtra are locked in a bitter border dispute. Maharashtra claims the areas of Belgaum and Karwar and the matter is before the Supreme Court. The minister, invited to a private function near Gokak in Karnataka, sang a Kannada song which

Kannur, Jan 23: Communal extremists belonging to saffron outfits have targeted innocent Muslim families in retaliation to the coldblooded murder of a ABVP activists in Kerala’s Kannur, a district infamous for political killings. Shyam Prasad (24), an ABVP activist, was chased and hacked to death by a group of miscreants when he was riding a motorbike on January 19. Four persons have been arrested

Mangaluru, Jan 23: A teenager was crushed to death under the wheels of a reckless tempo last night at Kallapu near Thokkottu on the outskirts of the city. The victim has been identified as Mohamed Sakib (19), son of Mohammed Bashir, a resident of Amblamogaru. According to sources, Sakib was riding a two-wheeler when the fish-laden tempo knocked him down. A case has been registered at

Vijayawada, Jan 23: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Monday seized imported machinery worth Rs 189 crore belonging to Brahmani Industries, promoted by controversial mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy, at Kadapa on Monday. The case under investigation with the DRI for evasion of customs duty on capital goods and machinery imported through the Chennai port in 2009, purportedly for

Bengaluru, Jan 23: A 24-year-old girl was killed after a speeding BBMP garbage truck struck her scooter and ran her over on the busy Race Course Road in Central Bengaluru on Monday. The victim has been identified as B N Sahithya, of Rajajinagar, and a final year student of architecture at a college near Hesaraghatta Road. Her father Nagaraj runs a printing press. She was interning at the firm on

Abu Dhabi, Jan 23: Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, bid farewell on Monday to an Indian office assistant who worked around 40 years at the Crown Prince’s Court. Shaikh Mohammad exchanged friendly talks and expressed his thanks and appreciation to Kunhi Mohiuddin, 63, for his hard work and dedication. He wished him

In what can be termed as an interim relief for Hadiya, a Hindu convert Muslim college student from Kerala, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court upheld her right to select her husband and observed that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) cannot probe her marital status. The court said that the NIA probe will not have any bearing on the legitimacy of Hadiya's marriage to Shafin Jahan which

The Department of Pre-University Education (DPUE) is taking all necessary steps to prevent the leakage of question paper and curb the fake question paper mafia that fool students and make money during examination period. A senior official said that the department will begin to caution students to use social media carefully. It will soon issue a circular asking colleges across the State to conduct