Karnataka

Bengaluru, Oct 7: Reiterating that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed to crack the killing of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh will solve the case soon, Karnataka Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy on Saturday said that the cops are just a few steps away from catching the culprits. Speaking to media persons in Hubballi on Saturday, he said the SIT formed specially for the case is a short

Kasaragod, Oct 7: The Kerala state government has Kerala rejected the claims made by the Centre's National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the Supreme Court that the Hadiya case, involving conversion of a Hindu woman to Islam and her marriage to a Muslim man, is part of a “pattern” of religious conversions and radicalisation happening in the southern State. In fact, Pinarayi Vijayan-led CPI (M)

Mangaluru, Oct 7: Narcotic menace is spreading to rural areas in Dakshina Kannada district because some of the Congress leaders are supporting drug mafia, according to BJP leader and local MP Nalin Kumar Kateel. Addressing media persons in the city the MP said that that ganja was found with 10 school students in Savanur village in Puttur taluk recently. It indicated its percolation from the city

Kasaragod, Oct 7: The agrarian economy of the Kasaragod district has been severely affected and there has been a visible lull in business volumes. Buses plying on the bustling eastern belt of the district are largely empty, hitting hard the business volumes while cash transactions have come down drastically as a fallout of demonetisation, said K.R. Balraj, State secretary of the Bakers Association

Bengaluru, Oct 7: Bharathi Shankar, chairperson of Karnataka State Women’s Development Corporation has stirred a controversy by saying that women were raped at "unwanted parties, but not at jatres (melas)". She was speaking at a panel discussion on women's safety during the launch of 'A Billion Eyes' campaign by B.Pac and Bangalore City police. The campaign calls upon bystanders to intervene when

Bengaluru, Oct 7: The Karnataka BJP has welcomed holding simultaneous polls for Lok Sabha and assemblies. The Election Commission of India had informed the Centre that it will be “logistically equipped” by September 2018 to hold simultaneous polls. BJP state spokesperson S Suresh Kumar told reporters in Bengaluru on Friday that parties across the political spectrum can hold a comprehensive

Bagalkot, Oct 7: BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa on Friday clarified that he had earlier decided to contest from Teradal Assembly constituency in Bagalkot district but withdrew his decision following the pressure by the people of Shikaripur, who, he said, shaped his political career. Speaking to reporters here on Friday, Yeddyurappa said, “I was considering a proposal to contest from Terdal or

Bengaluru, Oct 7: Ten ministers and 40 legislators of the ruling Congress came under severe criticism by the party leadership for not using social media platforms to promote the state government’s achievements. AICC general secretary in-charge of Bengaluru district K C Venugopal, who held marathon meetings on Friday to review preparations for the upcoming Assembly elections, lamented that only a

Bengaluru, Oct 6: Four college students lost their lives when their speeding car was crushed under a truck on the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway in the early hours of Friday. The incident occurred near Kempanahalli/Sangabasavana Doddi village, Ramnagaram district, on the outskirts of Bengaluru. The car was coming towards Bengaluru from Mysuru, when it hit the median, crossed the lane and rammed into a

Bengaluru, Oct 6: With approximately six months to go for the 2018 assembly elections, chief minister Siddaramaiah said his second son Dr Yathindra is almost certain to enter the poll fray. Yathindra, who was virtually pushed into politics after his brother Rakesh's untimely death, has got political visibility over the past one year, leading to speculations that he will continue the Siddaramaiah