Karnataka

Bengaluru, Oct 13: A police constable attached to the City Armed Reserve (CAR) has been caught at Bengaluru Central Prison while allegedly trying to take two smartphones with SIM cards to be handed over to T Nazir, an accused in 2008 Bengaluru serial bomb blast case. The constable, identified as Dinesh, has been working for the CAR (South) for the last five years. According to the police, Dinesh

New Delhi, Oct 13: India has a “serious” hunger problem and ranks 100th out of 119 countries on the global hunger index — behind North Korea, Bangladesh and Iraq but ahead of Pakistan, according to a report. The country’s serious hunger level is driven by high child malnutrition and underlines need for stronger commitment to the social sector, the International Food Policy Research Institute

Bhopal, Oct 13: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leaders, including its chief Mohan Bhagwat, has also paid tributes to slain journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, who had led a crusade against the Hindutva till her last breath and called RSS the biggest enemy of the country. At its three day long Akhil Bhartiya Karyakari Mandal baithak or the “Diwali Baithak,” which began in Bhopal from Thursday, the RSS

Bengaluru, Oct 13: Upset with JD(S) youth leader Prajwal Revanna’s “bucket culture” comment, the JD(S) leadership is learnt to have advised him to exercise restraint while making public speeches. No sooner than Prajwal’s statements on the “prevalence of sycophancy” in the JD(S) were widely reported on Wednesday, than JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda telephoned his grandson and reprimanded him

Bengaluru, Oct 13: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who had many a times reiterated that he would continue to be the CM of the state after 2018 polls, this time pacified the other Congress leaders by stating that newly elected Congress legislators will select the next CM. The chief minister, who was in New Delhi on Thursday to attend the meeting convened by Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi to

Bengaluru, Oct 13: Tipped to take over as Congress president soon, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday told party leaders from Karnataka not to show any laxity in preparing for the high-stakes Assembly polls next year which would set the tone for the Lok Sabha elections in 2019. Rahul met top leaders from the state including Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, KPCC president G Parameshwara, working presidents

Bengaluru, Oct 13: The state government has initiated the process of bringing high school education and pre-university under one wing, a full five years after a government-appointed committee recommended doing so to provide barrier-free education for students. At present, high schools comprising Classes 8 or 9 till 10 come under the Department of Public Instruction whereas pre-university is under

Mangaluru, Oct 13: Expressing confidence that police will take necessary action against those involved in sale and consumption of cannabis in the coastal region, Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai has said that the cops also need full cooperation of people in tackling the menace. He was speaking to reporters in the city after a meeting with Inspector General of Police

A hardline Hindutva leader has indirectly advised the Hindu father of Akhila aka Hadiya, who embraced Islam and married a Muslim man in Kerala, to go to jail after murdering her instead of allowing her to lead life with her Muslim husband. “Had I been the father of Akhila (Hadiya), I would have torn her veil, thrown it into fire and separated her head from her body”, wrote C P Sugathan, state

Bengaluru, Oct 12: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday reduced serial killer 'Cyanide' Mohan Kumar's death penalty to life imprisonment in the rape and murder case of one Anita of Kolimane in Bantwal taluk. The division bench of judges Ravi Malimath and John Michael Cunha modified the death penalty judgement passed by the trial court. They directed the prison authorities to not release Mohan