Karnataka

Koppa, Sept 8: Various organisations have lodged a police complaint against Sringeri MLA D N Jeevaraj of the BJP for his controversial remarks with regard to journalist Gauri Lankesh’s murder. After flagging of the ‘Mangaluru Chalo’ rally taken out by the BJP Yuva Morcha in Koppa on Wednesday, the MLA had publicly said that Gauri wouldn’t have been murdered had she not used the words ‘Cheddigala

Bengaluru, Sept 8: Reformed naxals have strongly objected to the attempts to link journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh’s murder to conflicts among Maoist groups. “This is a deliberate propaganda to protect the right wing. Nothing can be more heinous than this type of propaganda,” Noor Sridhar, a former naxal activist, whom Gauri had convinced to return to the mainstream said. “Conflicts among Maoist

Bengaluru, Sept 8: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday informed the High Court of Karnataka that then chief minister B S Yeddyurappa had directed Urban Development Department (UDD) to drop land from being acquired for formation of Dr Shivaram Karanth Layout in Bengaluru. Senior counsel Ravivarma Kumar appearing for the ACB, in a submission filed in a petition, said that Yeddyurappa had

Bengaluru, Sept 7: The Special Investigating Team (SIT) has started its probe into the murder of journalist- activist Gauri Lankesh with the Karnataka government saying today it was hopeful of nabbing the assailants "as soon as possible." The state government yesterday announced the formation of a21-member SIT team headed by IGP (Intelligence) B K Singh with DCP (West) M N Anucheth as the

Idukki, Sept 7: In a bizarre incident, a woman suffering from jaundice and believed to be dead, was shifted to a mortuary and kept in a freezer for nearly an hour in Idukki, Kerala. It was only around an hour later that she was removed from there and shifted to a hospital, after she was seen to be breathing and moving by some relatives. Rathnam, 40, was undergoing treatment at a hospital in

New York, Sept 7: A leading human rights organisation has called for prompt investigation into the killing of outspoken Indian journalist Gauri Lankesh, saying the “possibility” that it is a “politically motivated” shooting needs to be fully probed. Lankesh, 55, known for her left-leaning outlook and forthright views on Hindutva politics, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Bangalore on

Mangaluru, Sept 7: The city police successfully prevented the BJP Yuva Morcha’s illegal motorbike rally in the city on Thursday by briefly detaining scores of Hindutva agitators including prominent BJP leaders after they violated a ban imposed the cops. In order to prevent untoward incidents such as stone pelting, the Mangaluru city police had denied permission to hold proposed motorbike rally

Mangaluru, Sep 7: Even as millions of Kannadigas are in shock over the killing of journalist and anti-Hindutva activist Gauri Lankesh, hundreds of saffron activists from across Karnataka have gathered in this coastal city for a political cause. Even though the police had granted permission to hold protest meet at Nehru Maidan as part of BJP’s Mangaluru Chalo only for three hours (between 11 a.m

Mangaluru, Sept 7: The first two batches of Hajj pilgrims that had undertaken pilgrimage from this coastal city this year returned on Thursday. Carrying 158 pilgrims, the first flight landed at the Mangaluru International Airport at 8:30 a.m. marking the start of the return of pilgrims from Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu, Udupi, Hassan and Chikmagalur districts, flown on Government subsidy from

Mysuru, Sept 7: BJP leader and Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has sought police protection following an alleged threat to his life from a Twitter user. In a letter to the Mysuru City Police Commissioner, Mr. Simha said a Twitter user by name Ananthamurthy B had given death threat to him following journalist Gauri Lankesh’s murder. Mr. Simha has asked the police to arrest the Twitter user and take