Karnataka

Mangaluru, Oct 27: The city police have busted an interstate drug racket by arresting four youngsters who involved in selling of banned Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD), Methylene Dioxy Meth Amphetam (MDMA) and Methylene Dioxy Methamthetami (MDM) tablets on Thursday. The Anti-Rowdy Squad of the Mangaluru City Police has arrested Nikhil K B (24) from Kanhangad in Kasaragod district of Kerala

Bengaluru/Gadag, Oct 27: A group of 20 Lingayat legislators and writers on Thursday petitioned Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to take an early call on asking the Centre to accord religion status to Lingayat community. Led by Water Resources Minister M B Patil, the group met the chief minister at a private resort and reiterated their demand for being declared a separate religion. Mines and Geology

Bengaluru, Oct 27: A draft bill which seeks to replace the ordinance pertaining to legalisation of Kambala will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature, Law Minister T B Jayachandra said on Thursday. The session is scheduled to be in held in Belagavi from November 13 onwards. Following protests in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts, the Legislative Assembly in February passed a bill

Raichur, Oct 27: Kannada actor Pooja Gandhi was made to wait an entire day at a court here on Thursday as she arrived late for a hearing. She was made to wait from 11 am to 5.30 pm and was not allowed to go out for lunch. She was later granted bail. An FIR was registered against her over the alleged violation of the model code of conduct as she had contested the Legislative Assembly election from

Bengaluru, Oct 27: The CBI on Thursday registered an FIR against Bengaluru Development Minister K J George and two senior IPS officers, Pranob Mohanty and Ashit Mohan Prasad, in connection with the death of DySP M K Ganapathy. The CBI has re-registered the FIR, which was earlier registered by the Madikeri town police station. The Supreme Court had ordered the CBI probe on a petition filed by

Bengaluru, Oct 27: Several Kannada television channels on Thursday aired a secret sex video featuring a Hindu religious leader and a young woman which led to public outrage. Dayananda S, junior pontiff of the Hunasamaranahalli Samsthana, was caught on camera in a compromising position. Dayananda is the son of Pattada Sri Parvatharaja Shivacharya Swami, who heads the mutt. The mutt, in

Bengaluru, Oct 26: Abdul Karim Lala Telgi, convicted in the Rs 32,000-crore counterfeit stamp paper scam, died in a Bengaluru hospital on Thursday. He was 56. "He died of cardiac arrest in the ICU in the afternoon," confirmed authorities of Victoria Hospital, where he was brought from the Central Jail (Parappana Agrahara) on October 16 in a serious condition. He is survived by his wife and a

Hadiya aka Akhila, who is kept under house arrest for renouncing Hinduism and embracing Islam, has appealed the world to rescue her from the atrocities of her father, who is desperately trying to portray her marriage with a Muslim man as so called ‘love jihad’. Even though Supreme Court of India has questioned the controversial decision of Kerala High Court, which forced 24-year-old Hadiya to stay

Mangaluru, Oct 26: Air India Express will be commencing its new international flight operation between Mangaluru and Sharjah from this month end. The flights will operate every Tuesday and the first flight will operate next Tuesday (October 31), stated a release issued by the airline authorities. Flight IX 883 will departure from Mangaluru at 8:40 a.m. and reach Sharjah at 11: 05 a.m. (local time)

Mangaluru, Oct 26: An ardent fan of Prime Minister Narendra Modi tried to disrupt the speech of civil rights activist Teesta Setalvad when she criticized the ruling party’s anti-people policies on Wednesday. The incident took place during a discourse on ‘Talking Peace In Times Of Hate’ organized by Samarasa at Bishop Jathanna Auditorium, Balmatta, Mangaluru. Ms Setalvad was the chief guest. The