Karnataka

New Delhi, Aug 22: Two months after the United States (US) declared him a global terrorist, the Islamic State has claimed that its operative Shafi Armar from Karnataka's Bhatkal acted as a suicide bomber and killed several people in Syria's Raqqa. There is no confirmation from the Indian agencies about the death of Armar, who is considered a recruiter for the IS from India, though a US monitoring

New Delhi, Aug 22: In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended the triple talaq verdict for the next six months with immediate effect. The top court also asked the Parliament to bring in the new law to govern the issue. Three out of five judges hearing the case have declared triple talaq as 'arbitary' and 'unconstitutional'. A five-judge bench comprising of Chief Justice Jagdish

New Delhi, Aug 22: The Congress high command has instructed the Karnataka unit not to promise the party ticket to anyone, including the seven rebel MLAs of the JD(S), for the next year’s Assembly elections. The party is planning to field many new faces. The MLAs met Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on August 16 and expressed their willingness to join the Congress. They claimed

New Delhi, Aug 22: A petitioner opposing the Yettinahole drinking water project near Sakleshpur informed the National Green Tribunal on Monday that the Karnataka government failed to obtain mandatory Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) approval since it was an irrigation project and required large scale diversion of forest land. Advocate Ritwick Dutta representing petitioner K N Somashekhar said

New Delhi, Aug 22: The Supreme Court on Monday decided not to provide a copy of status report on the investigation being conducted by the Karnataka Lokayukta's Special Investigation Team in cases relating to grant of illegal mining leases to former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and others. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan allowed a plea made by senior advocate Vikas Singh and

Udupi, Aug 22: The Udupi district police on Monday suspended three police personnel for alleged dereliction of duty in bringing the three accused in the Bhaskar Shetty murder case in an air-conditioned Multi Utility Vehicle (MUV) from the prison in Mangaluru to the Court Complex here in Udupi. The three accused — Rajeshwari Shetty, Navneet Shetty and Niranjan Bhat — were being brought from the

Puttur, Aug 22: Police have arrested three alleged sandalwood smugglers in Kodipaddi under Puttur Town police station limits recently. The arrested are Poovappa, resident of Ramakunja, Keshava, resident of Aryapu. The police also seized 39kg of sandalwood logs worth Rs 10,000 Police said during the regular rounds, they noticed three persons roaming suspiciously near Kodipaddi Janardhan temple

Mysuru, Aug 22: A constable attached to Dharwad district police was arrested by Jayalakshmipuram cops in connection with the multi-crore marks cards scam of the Karnataka State Open University. Altaf Ahmed, a constable with the district crime branch, was remanded to judicial custody by a city court on Monday. Days after Altaf, 34, joined the English learning course at VETA centre in Hubballi, he

Mangaluru, Aug 21: With great zeal and enthusiasm ICYM - Episcopal City Deanery organized “YUVA MILAN – 2K17” on Sunday. The Youths of ICYM – Episcopal City Deanery came together under one roof for “YUVA MILAN 2K17” at Rosario Cathedral Hall. Youths of Episcopal City Deanery gathered in a large no. The programme commenced with a prayer song led by ECD Choir Members Ms Chrisel Vas, Jeppu and Ms

New Delhi, Aug 21: The physical police verification for getting a passport will soon be a thing of the past as the government plans to connect the service with a robust national database of crimes and criminals that will check the antecedents of applicants at the click of a mouse. Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi said the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems Project (CCTNS) is