Karnataka

Panaji, Jan 11: In an apparent snub to 'gau rakshaks', Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday said that if anybody who interferes in the legal import of beef would be punished. He said this a day after meat traders in the state withdrew their strike called to protest harassment by cow vigilantes. The beef traders called off their four-day-long strike yesterday, citing assurance by the

Mangaluru, Jan 10: After a bullet tanker toppled and started leaking LPG on National Highway 75 near Gundya on Wednesday afternoon, the police banned vehicular movement via Shiradi Ghat till Thursdaymorning. The tanker was on its way from Mangaluru towards Bengaluru when it toppled near Kodyakallu near Gundya after the driver lost control of the vehicle. As LPG began leaking in small quantity, the

Chennai, Jan 10: Tamil Nadu government today said Karnataka has so far released 111 tmcft of Cauvery water of stipulated 192 tmcft annually (April-May) and steps were being taken to get the remaining quantum. Chief Minister K Palaniswami, referring to the 2007 tribunal award on the Cauvery water sharing dispute, said Karnataka has to annually release 192 tmcft (thousand million cubic feet) of

Mangaluru, Jan 10: Based on the information provided by the accused in connection with the murder of Ahmed Basheer, the Mangaluru city police have launched a search operation for the murder weapons in Netravati River on the outskirts of the city. The expert divers hired by the police are searching the depths of the Netravati near the bridge on NH 66. The arrested accused have revealed that after

Holalkere, Jan 10: BJP President Amit Shah on Wednesday hit out at Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah claiming that his government in the state is anti- Hindu. "This govt of Karnataka is doing vote bank politics, it is an anti-Hindu govt. They have withdrawn all cases against SDPI, which is an anti-India organisation," Amit Shah said while addressing the 'Parivartana Yatra' in Chitradurga in

Expressing frustration over the communal violence unleashed by the Sangh Parivar, Chief Minister has compared the members of saffron outfits to terrorists. Addressing a Sadhaneya Samevesha rally at Chamarajanagar district on Wednesday, he said: "Members of RSS and Bajrang Dal are the terrorists." Reacting to scribes’ questions on why the outfit Popular Front of India, had not yet been banned, the

Udupi, Jan 10: In what appears to be a case of doctor’s negligence, a teenage girl died of multiple organs’ failure on Wednesday allegedly due to overdose of drug after she consumed allopathic tablets prescribed by an Ayurveda practitioner at Parkala Agrahara in Udupi. The victim has been identified as Namrita (17), a resident of Parkala Agrahara and a student of first year PU at Vidydoya PU

The Income Tax Department today conducted country-wide searches at over 100 stores and other premises belonging to two major south-India based jewellery chains on charges of alleged tax evasion, official sources said. The action is being carried out against Kerala-based jewellery group Joyalukkas and another firm connected with it. I-T sleuths are raiding 130 premises of the business houses in the

Mumbai, Jan 10: Rishi Sunak, son-in-law of Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy, has been inducted in the British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government. Indian-origin lawmaker Sunak was inducted into Theresa May’s government in the reshuffle of her top team of ministers and secretaries on Monday. The 36-year-old has been appointed as an under secretary of state in Britain's Ministry of Housing

Bengaluru, Jan 10: Tanveer Sait, primary and secondary education minister, has lodged a complaint with the DG-IGP stating he received a threat message and call on his mobile phone from a person claiming to be underworld terrorist Ravi Poojary. The call was over Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) and came through to the minister’s phone while he was on a tour to Sira and was returning back to the