Karnataka

Bengaluru, Oct 5: Family members of the slain journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh on Thursday said that they cannot be happy even if the investigating team will catch murders. Addressing the media persons in Bengaluru, Gauri’s sister Kavitha Lankesh said, “It’s been a month. Our family cannot be happy anymore because we have lost our elder sister. We are honoured as her work is identified in

Mumbai, Oct 5: The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his promises made during his election campaign, alleging he has betrayed the people of the country. "The entire nation including me trusted you.. voted for you.. You promised 'Acche Din'. But you betrayed us. Prime Minister Modi had promised that he would get back black money and deposit Rs

Mysuru, Oct 5: In a gut-wrenching tragedy, at least six persons were killed and few others injured when they were struck by thunder bolt and lightning at Nandinathapura village of Periyapatana taluk in Mysuru district on Thursday. The victims were identified as Sujay, Puttannaiah, Sudeep, Suvernamma, Umesh and Thimmegowda. The injured were identified as Nagesh, Mahesh and Vishwa. The incident took

Bengaluru, Oct 5: Journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, who was shot dead by unknown assailants on September 5, has been posthumously accorded with the prestigious Anna Politkovskaya Award, instituted by Reach All Women (RAW) in War. RAW, in a statement, said that it was honoured to award the annual Anna Politkovskaya Award for women human rights defenders from war and conflict zones jointly to Gauri

Bengaluru, Oct 5: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said that his government would seek a Constitution amendment to ensure 70% reservation for the SC/ST communities in education and public sector services. Reservation would be sought on the lines of Tamil Nadu model, he said. He was addressing a dispersed gathering during the Valmiki Jayanti celebrations in Vidhana Soudha, which

Mangaluru, Oct 5: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath called the coastal city of Mangaluru a sacred land which had attracted religious figures in the past. The priest-cum-politician, who stayed at Kadali (Kadri) Yogeshwar (Jogi) Mutt, in front of the Kadri Park here, last night after returning from the Janaraksha Yatra in Kerala, he asked the local residents not to ignore Dharma and

Bengaluru, Oct 5: A meeting between Veerashaiva and Lingayat leaders held on Wednesday on the formation of a committee to determine a common ground, remained inconclusive as both the camps failed to iron out differences. The Akhila Bharata Veerashaiva Mahasabha wants Veerashaiva-Lingayat to become a religion, whereas the Lingayat camp argues that Lingayat is a religion in itself with Veerashaiva

Bengaluru, Oct 5: The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday directed the state police to start taking action against illegal slaughterhouses in the state. While hearing a petition filed by two members of the Gau Gyan Foundation, Justice Aravind Kumar directed the NGO to file details of their contentions in a chronological order with regard to the illegal animal slaughters and the slaughterhouses

Bengaluru, Oct 5: Taking on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for his remark that his was ‘kam ki bath’ as against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘man ki bath’, Bharatiya Janata Party State general secretary Shobha Karandlaje has alleged that it had become ‘loot ki bath’ in Congress-ruled Karnataka. At a press conference in Bengaluru on Wednesday, Shobha Karandlaje alleged that there were irregularities

Bengaluru, Oct 5: Slain journalist Gauri Lankesh’s mother Indira Lankesh has slapped a legal notice on filmmaker A M R Ramesh against making a movie based on Gauri’s life and against the Karnataka Film Chamber Of Commerce (KFCC) for registering the title “Gauri Lankesh”. In the notice, she sought Rs 10 crore as compensation if he made a film on Gauri. “Grabbing the opportunity to make a film for