Karnataka

Bengaluru, Oct 22: Union minister of state for Skill Development and Uttara Kannada MP Ananth Kumar Hegde on Saturday warned chief minister Siddaramaiah against printing his name in 'Tipu Jayanthi' invitation and said that he would disclose the complete details of the ruler on the stage. He was talking to the media person in Sirsi. Hegde said, "This year also I have asked chief minister to not to

Bengaluru, Oct 22: JD(S) leader H D Deve Gowda on Saturday said he will not tolerate any mischief from youngsters like his grandson Prajwal Revanna, who, according to him had a bright future in the party. “Prajwal Revanna’s statements before the media seem to provide entertainment value for certain people. I will not condone it. While I am adept at shaping careers of young politicians by grooming

Bengaluru, Oct 22: Income tax sleuths conducted a search at the residence of an auditor Somesh on Saturday. He is one of the auditors for Energy Minister D K Shivakumar. The search began on Friday and went on till late Saturday evening. The sleuths reportedly seized documents related to properties and transactions. The operation was in continuation of searches at the minister’s properties in the

Bengaluru Oct 22: The state BJP on Saturday opposed the state government’s decision to organise Tipu Sultan Jayanti celebrations on November 10, accusing it of triggering communal hatred. BJP general secretary and MP Shobha Karandlaje told reporters that the party will launch a protest if the government goes ahead with the celebrations. There is a strong opposition to the Jayanthi celebrations

Tumakuru, Oct 22: KPCC president G Parameshwara said on Saturday that he would not think of joining any other party as the Congress had treated him with respect by giving him the high post. He was reacting to a recent statement by state BJP general secretary C T Ravi that the Congress was not treating him with respect. “May be, it is BJP which is not treating Ravi properly. Hence, he has made such

New Delhi, Oct 21: Jango, a two-and-a-half-year-old golden retriever, hid beneath a bed with paws on his ears, to escape the deafening sound of crackers this Diwali night. His owner, Punit Narula, a resident of Lajpat Nagar in south Delhi, says his immediate neighbour blows up a "huge quantity of high-decibel fireworks" every Diwali, making lives of dogs miserable. "They (dogs) have a highly

Bengaluru, Oct 21: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Saturday that his government would not force anyone to attend Tipu Sultan Jayanti fete on November 10. However, he said that the government will not hesitate to mention the name of Union Minister of State for Skill Development Ananth Kumar Hegde in the official invitation. It was up to the union minister to attend the celebration or not, the

Manglauru, Oct 21: A 55-year-old woman hailing from Haveri presented with vague symptoms of early satiety, fullness of stomach and lump involving the whole of abdomen which after CT scan and guided biopsy, was diagnosed to be neuroendocrine tumour. She underwent surgery in the form of total gastrectomy that entailed removal of the tumour en masse along with whole of stomach. Patient is completely

Udupi, Oct 21: Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje said on Saturday that she had written to the deputy commissioners of Udupi and Chikkamagaluru, asking them not to mention her name in the invite for the Tipu Jayanti celebrations in the two districts. Opposing the celebrations organised by the Congress government in the state, she called Tipu Sultan "anti-Hindu and anti-Kannada". The

Bengaluru, Oct 21: BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa on Saturday released documents, alleging a Rs 417-crore scam in the Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL), where Chief Minister Siddaramaiah serves as the chairman and Energy Minister D K Shivakumar as the vice-chairman. “This is the biggest loot of public money I have ever seen in my political life,” Yeddyurappa told a press conference