Karnataka

Bengaluru, Sept 15: The Bengaluru City Police have made the first arrest in the grabbing of government land in Doddathogur village near Electronic City. The police have arrested Vinod Kumar, who using a General Power of Attorney (GPA) sold the sites created on a government land. Vinod is the GPA holder for Prabhakar Reddy, a Congress leader and the prime accused in the case. The Madiwala police

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 14: In presence of the police and his own parents, a three-year-old spent nearly 2 hours in the blistering sun, tied on a slanting green leaf-shaped board on a tableau. Dressed as Lord Krishna, he was the heart of a procession meant to celebrate the birth of the god held in Kerala's Kannur earlier this week. A photograph of the child, widely circulated on social media, has

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 14: In a suspected case of gross medical negligence, the family of a nine-year-old girl, who was undergoing treatment at the Regional Cancer Centre here, has alleged that the girl was infected with HIV after undergoing blood transfusion at the hospital. The Medical College police have registered case and launched a probe after receiving a complaint from the girl's parents

Bengaluru, Sept 14: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah reportedly pulled up Ministers M.B. Patil and Eshwar Khandre for issuing conflicting statements on the demand for a separate religion tag for Lingayats on Wednesday. While Mr. Patil supports the demand for a ‘Lingayat’ tag, Mr. Khandre is pushing for Lingayat/Veerashaiva tag. The Chief Minister, during a Cabinet meeting, told the Ministers that their

Udupi, Sept 14: Kannada film actor Shivarajkumar visited the historic Sri Krishna Temple/Mutt in Udupi and offered special prayers on Wednesday. The star interacted with some children participating in the “Muddu Krishna” competition on the temple/mutt premises. He also met Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Paryaya Pejawar Mutt and recalled his father late Dr. Rajkumar’s devotion for Sri Krishna and his

Bengaluru, Sept 14: The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which has intensified its probe into the murder of journalist- activist Gauri Lankesh, questioned Indrajit Lankesh, younger brother of the victim in detail on Wednesday. The questioning was based on the complaint Gauri had filed in 2005 accusing Indrajit of threatening her at gunpoint over a property dispute. Indrajit and Gauri had severe

Bagalkot, Sept 14: In a shocking revelation, Basava Dharma Peeta chief Mate Mahadevi has said that the statement of Siddganga Mutt seer Shivakumara swami on Veerashaiva-Lingayat unity is a "conspiracy hatched by BJP leaders." "I am told that BJP leaders B S Yeddyurappa, V Somanna and G S Basavaraju put pressure on the Siddaganga seer saying that the Union government had considered him (pontiff)

Bengaluru, Sept 14: The Siddaramaiah government, in one stroke, denotified 1,300 acres acquired for the Dr K Shivaram Karanth Layout in March-April 2014, according to former chief minister and BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa. Through his counsel Yeddyurpappa told High Court on Wednesday that the present the government had dropped the land acquisition to facilitate the Congress MLA from KR

Bengaluru, Sept 14: Panicked parents rushed to a private school in T Dasarahalli on Wednesday, where a four-year-old was allegedly sexually assaulted by a security guard. As the case grew foggier, angry parents demanded clarity from the school management. “Our children are also studying here. We need to know if the incident happened or not for our peace of mind,” the parents demanded. To convince

Bengaluru, Sept 14: The Cabinet today approved Karnataka Electric Vehicle and Storage Policy, today. Briefing newsmen after the Cabinet meeting held at Vidhana Soudha, Law and Parliamentary Affairs T B Jayachandra said this will arrest environment pollution and encourage use of electric vehicles in place of polluting fossil fuel vehicles which should be phased out in phased manner in the next two