Karnataka

New Delhi, Aug 27: The BJP has decided to take out "Nav Karnataka Parivartan Yatra" to expose corruption in chief minister Siddaramaiah's government ahead of next year's assembly election. The move was firmed up after a three-and-half-an-hour meeting of BJP's Karnataka core group which was convened by BJP president Amit Shah on Saturday. Emerging out of the meeting, the party's CM candidate BS

Kasaragod, Aug 27: Cybersecurity, alleged religious radicalization, and Left extremism are likely to be important areas of focus when police chiefs of five southern States convene here for a crucial meeting on August 30. Kerala Police Chief Loknath Behera will host the meeting which is viewed as a precursor to a nationwide conclave of State Police Chiefs to be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra

Bengaluru, Aug 27: As the festivities for Ganesh Chaturti began on Friday in the city, as many as 2.08 lakh idols were immersed in various tanks in the city. Though the Plaster of Paris (PoP) variety dominated the bigger idols that were taken out in processions, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials said it was heartening to note that only around 12,000 idols immersed were PoP

Bengaluru, Aug 27: Congress leader C M Ibrahim on Saturday took oath as a member of Karnataka Legislative Council. Council Chairman D H Shankarmurthy administrated the oath. Ibrahim won the recently held byelection to the council.

Jamakhandi (Bagalkot district), Aug 27: A farmer was killed in a crocodile attack in River Krishna waters near Halingali village of the taluk on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Dharmanna Jinnappa Khanagonda (45). He had ventured into the river to change the dysfunctional footvalve of a irrigation pump. The crocodile attacked him and dragged him into the river. The body of the farmer

Bengaluru, Aug 27: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has dismissed as “lies” the BJP’s accusation that the state government “tampered with evidence” pertaining to the suicide of DySP, M K Ganapathi. “(BJP state president) Yeddyurappa never speaks the truth. He always lies... Can I reply to all that he Yeddyurappa speaks?” he asked when journalists sought his comment on the BJP leader’s demand that the

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 26: An international cargo ship rammed a country fishing boat about 38 nautical miles off the coast of Kollam on Saturday. The incident left the boat broken but all the six men on the boat were rescued by fishermen in other boats. Preliminary reports said the fishing boat is registered in the name of a native of Kulachal in Tamil Nadu and the six fishermen are from the

Bengaluru, Aug 26: A five-year-old girl who was allegedly sexually assaulted last week and also had health problems died at a private hospital here, police said. The girl who died last night, was undergoing treatment at the hospital since August 17. "A complaint was received on August 17, based on which we registered a case under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) and Section

Mysuru, Aug 26: Following a directive from chief minister Siddaramaiah, Mysuru district administration has assured a poor Muslim family living in a dilapidated shed on the roadside at Bharatnagar to provide a new house. Abdul Khader, 70, who has a petty shop, was living with his wife Noor Jahan and three children Thabasum, Sania Banu and Mohammad Saifulla. They live in a shed attached to a shop at

Kasaragod, Aug 26: The police have registered cases against 16 students of two institutions here on charges of ragging. The police registered cases against 12 students of Iqbal Higher Secondary School for allegedly harassing junior students by forcing them to shell out money and later tortured them for failing to oblige, the police said. Similar cases were registered against four wards of Sree