Karnataka

Bengaluru, Dec 21: The final rules for fee regulation in private schools will be published by January, Primary and Secondary Education minister Tanveer Sait announced on Wednesday. The draft rules with formulas to decide the fee for schools in different areas was made public in 2016. After running into some trouble in court, the state government amended the Karnataka Education Act to make fee

Udupi, Dec 21: Most Rev. Dr Gerald Isaac Lobo, Bishop of Udupi Catholic Diocese, hosted a get-together programme at as part of the Christmas celebrations and cut the Christmas cake at his official residence yesterday. “The festival of Christmas gives the message of peace and compassion in society,” he said. Delivering the Christmas message, Dr Lobo said Christmas heralded the birth of Jesus Christ

Belagavi, Dec 21: In a major blow to Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka, the wife of a murdered BJP leader has formally joined Congress party claiming that the saffron party tried to take political advantage of the murder. “I am a victim of BJP’s ugly politics. They use murders for political benefits,” said Mallamma, widow of late Yogesh Gouda, the BJP member of the Dharwad Zilla Panchayat, after

Four prominent Hindu seers from a well-known 'ashram' (mutt) in Yogi Adityanath-ruled Uttar Pradesh’s Basti district have been accused of holding girls hostage and gang-raping them for several years. Police sources here said on Wednesday that four 'sadhvis' (female disciples) of Sant Kutir Ashram in Basti had lodged a complaint against four 'mahants' (religious heads) of the ashram, charging them

Karwar, Dec 20: The wife of a police officer has allegedly committed suicide under mysterious circumstances in coastal Karnataka’s Uttara Kannada district. The deceased has been identified as Vijayalakshmi Hoogara (28), wife of the Haliyal police sub-inspector Mallappa S Hoogara. The two were married six years ago and have two sons. The incident came to light when the PSI finished his night rounds

Mysuru, Dec 20: Tension prevailed in Mysuru on Wednesday morning after an anonymous bomb threat call to the city police. According to reports, an anonymous caller called the Mysuru City police control room at about 8 am, threatening that a bomb had been placed in the People's Park in the city. Situation turned tense for a while because the park is opposite the public bus stand. The city police

In what could be a major blow for the infamous D-Company, there are reports doing the rounds that underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's closest aide Chhota Shakeel is dead. A report in a national English said that Shakeel had died in January and there were two versions to the story. While one version says that he had died of a heart attack, the other states the ISI ordered a hit considering he was

Vijayapura Dec 20: Tension reigned in Karnataka’s Vijayapura following the rape and murder of a school girl belonging to Dalit community. Jurisdictional Adarsh Nagar police has registered a case against Deepak, who is said to be main accused along with five other persons, but the police is still looking for the accused. Meanwhile Dalit leaders have demanded immediate arrest of the accused. They

Mangaluru, Dec 20: Multilingual actor and activist Prakash Raj will inaugurate the 'Karavalli Utsava 2017' being held in Mangaluru this month. The 10 day utsav will be held from December 22 to 31 at Karavali Utsav ground. District in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai told media persons on Wednesday that as part of the Beech utsav, a beech fest will also be held from December 29 to 31. A variety of

Sri Ram Sene founder Pramod Mutalik has claimed that a Muslim MLA in Karnataka has been giving shelter to Bangladeshis in Karnataka. Speaking to media persons at his family home in Belagavi, he lamented that even BJP was not helping the Hindutva cause. “Belagavi North MLA Firoz Sait is directly behind most of the law and order disturbances in the city. He has been giving illegal shelter to