Karnataka

Quamarul Islam, a young engineer, started his political career in the 1970s as a leader of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) in Kalaburagi. Nicknamed as ‘Sher-e-Karnataka’ (Tiger of Karnataka) he is also an educationist and mass leader. Qamarul Islam, who made a bow into electoral politics as a Muslim League candidate by defeating heavyweights such as the former Minister, Mohammed Ali, Iqbal

Belagavi, Sept 18: Anand Appugol, a film producer and chairman of the Sangolli Rayanna Cooperative Society, has been arrested by the Belagavi police on charges of failing to repay money to depositors. His depositors have alleged that he has swindled money to the tune of Rs 300 crore. Some depositors had held protests rallies in the last few months, asking the government to ensure that they got

Bengaluru, Sept 18: Qamarul Islam, former minister and prominent Muslim leader and educationist from the Hyderabad-Karnataka region, passed away following a brief illness in the city on Monday. He was 69. The veteran Congress leader was admitted to hospital 11 days ago for cellulitis of the leg and poor cardiac function. Dr. Shivaprasad, Senior Consultant and In-charge of Medical ICU, Department

Udupi, Sept 18: In a major setback to BJP leader and former Udupi MLA Raghupathi Bhat, the Supreme Court has set aside the 2014 order of the Karnataka High Court, which directed a trial court in Udupi to order further investigation against Athul Rao on charges of abetting Padmapriya, wife of Mr. Bhat, to commit suicide, adultery and enticing a married woman. Athul was a close friend of Padmapriya

New Delhi, Sept 18: After doing away with hand baggage tags at over a dozen airports, aviation security agencies are now planning to dump the boarding pass collection system. The CISF chief said that they have begun “exploring” the technology that is required to usher in the boarding card-less system of air travel at the 59 airports that it guards at present and at the rest of such civil

Bengaluru, Sept 18: Drag-racing turned tragic for three minors as one of them was killed on the spot, while the other two sustained serious injuries on Saturday night. The deceased is Arfan (16), while the injured are Srinivas (16) and Anirudh (16). They are being treated at a private hospital. Arfan's father Saleem is a businessman, while Srinivas' father Govindaraju and Anirudh's father

Davangere, Sept 18: A Class 7 student of Morarji Desai residential school in Kariganur near Basavapatna in the district died at McGann Hospital in Shivamogga on Sunday. However, her parents have lodged a complaint with the police, raising doubts over the cause of the her death. The deceased has been identified as Aishwarya. According to the complaint lodged by the girl’s father Rangappa, he got a

Shivamogga, Sept 18: BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav on Sunday said that dragging Prime Minister Narendra Modi into the killings of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh and scholar M M Kalburgi is foolishness as it is the duty of the state government to ensure security to every citizen in a democratic set-up. “Modi is being dragged into the killings in Karnataka. It is utter foolishness. Then

Bengaluru, Sep 17: The Special Investigating Team, probing the Gauri Lankesh case, has recorded the statement of writer Vikram Sampath in connection with the killing of the journalist-activist. "After I came from London a couple of days back, an SIT official visited my house to record my statement in connection with Gauri Lankesh case," he told PTI here. Sampath said though he felt it was not a

Bengaluru, Sep 17: Karnataka BJP president B S Yeddyurappa will contest from North Karnataka instead of Shikaripura in the 2018 assembly polls, his media adviser said today. The former chief minister took this decision in the interest of the party after the central leadership suggested him to contest from North Karnataka, the Lingayat Leader's Media Advisor Anand Vijayender told PTI here. However