Karnataka

Sirsi, Dec 12: A day after unleashing violence in Kumta town in Uttara Kannada district, the saffron groups on Tuesday resorted to violent protest at Sirsi town in the name of Paresh Mesta, whose dead body was found in Honnavar under mysterious circumstances last week. The saffron groups had called for a bandh in Sirsi on Tuesday in order to exert pressure on the police to arrest the “culprits”

Mangaluru, Dec 12: Hundreds of people belonging to various secular and progressive organizations and political parties took part in the much awaited amity walk on Tuesday under the leadership of Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai. Mr Rai formally inaugurated the walk at Farangipete in Bantwal taluk at around 9 a.m. by releasing balloons into the air in the presence of

Mangaluru, Dec 12: Trouble mongers pelted stones at a few buses belonging to Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation at Farangipete in Bantwal taluk when people were gearing up for the launch of a harmony walk on Tuesday morning. Passengers of a Rajhamsa bus had a narrow escape when some of the stones pelted by the miscreants entered inside the bus through windows. Dakshina Kannada district in

Bengaluru, Dec 12: JD(S) president H D Kumaraswamy on Monday urged the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) to link Aadhaar numbers to voters' IDs to ensure free and fair polling during the 2018 Assembly elections. In his letter to the CEO on Monday, Kumaraswamy has said that if Aadhaar numbers are linked to the voter's ID, the Election Commission of India could weed out several problems

Bengaluru, Dec 12: Senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily on Monday hit out at BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa for calling Chief Minister Siddaramaiah a 'bachcha' (child). "Who is the bachcha? Modi or Siddaramaiah? We will soon know the answer to this. The fate of the BJP will become clear in the Gujarat and Karnataka elections," Moily told reporters here. Moily also launched a tirade against

Bengaluru, Dec 12: The Income Tax (I-T) department has informed the High Court that Energy Minister D K Shivakumar has made a 'benami' deposit of Rs 4 crore, for the the Bengaluru Palace Grounds property contract, and got the agreement made in his relative's name. The I-T department has stated the minister has transacted in the name of his relative Shashikumar and handed over a cheque of Rs 1

Mangaluru, Dec 12: Rubbishing the claims of Sangh Parivar leaders about the cause of death of a youth in Honnavar, Inspector General of Police (Western Range) Hemant Nimbalkar has said that trouble mongers have been deliberately spreading baseless rumours on social media to divide the society on communal lines. The dead body of Paresh Mesta was found in the Shetty lake behind Shani temple in

Udupi, Dec 12: A marriage of a 17-year-old girl was prevented by the officials of various departments at Perampalli in Udupi taluk on Monday. Following the direction of Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis, Women and Child Development deputy director Gracy Gonsalves, tahsildar, circle inspector, CDPO and Child Protection officer visited the house of priest Srisha Bhat where the marriage was

Mangaluru, Dec 11: Even though Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai has urged all non-communal organizations irrespective of political and religious to attend his harmony walk, many groups have decided to boycott the event. On December 12, the apolitical rally would commence at 9 a.m. at Farangipete and culminate at Mani at 5 p.m. The walk titled ‘samarasya nadige

New Delhi, Dec 11: The Supreme Court, on Monday, admitted for consideration a plea made by the Karnataka government against the stay of investigation into the role of former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa in de-notifying lands, thereby causing losses to the state exchequer. A bench of Justices R K Agrawal and Abhay Manohar Sapre issued notice to Yeddyurappa on a special leave petition filed by the