Karnataka

Mangaluru, Aug 19: The Dakshina Kannada police have arrested two more persons in connection with the murder of RSS activist Sharath Madiwala, on Saturday. The police gave the names of the arrested persons as Suleha alias Swaleh (27), Sadiq Pasha (35), both residents of Hassan, and Rahim Alady (32), a resident of Uppinangady. They have been charged with harbouring persons involved in the murder

Mangaluru, Aug 19: In what can be termed as a crime of passion, a working woman was brutally hacked to death by her husband at a residential locality in Kottara Chowki in Mangaluru last night. The victim, Blossom Lobo (30), was an employee of a private firm. It is learnt that suspecting Blossom’s fidelity, her husband William Lobo (35) hacked her to death. According to police, William, who worked

Belagavi, Aug 19: Janata Dal (Secular) National President H D Devegowda said that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has reduced Indian National Congress to being Siddaramaiah Congress and voice of senior leaders of the grand old party has been silenced during his regime in the state. Speaking to reporters here on Saturday, Gowda said, minus Siddaramaiah there was no voice of Congress party or its senior

Bengaluru, Aug 19: BJP Karnataka unit president B S Yeddyurappa today sought 10 more days to appear before the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in connection with an alleged illegal land de-notification case. The former chief minister had been asked to appear before the bureau today for questioning in the case of de-notification of over 257 acres in Dr K Shivaram Karanth Layout in northern Bengaluru

Mysuru, Aug 19: The NITI Ayog of the union government is preparing a road map to ensure that only electric vehicles will be produced and sold in the country by 2030, according to Piyush Goyal, Minister of State for Power and Renewable Energy. Interacting with media persons here on Friday, Goyal said that different ministries had given their inputs and ideas, which are being worked out by experts

Bengaluru, Aug 19: the Karnataka High Court has granted stay on the investigation into the FIR filed against five Hindutva leaders accused of creating riots in Bantwal in Dakshina Kannada district during funeral procession of RSS worker Sharath Madiwala. Justice Aravind Kumar granted stay on the FIR registered against Satyajit Surathkal, BJP backward class morcha state secretary, Sharan Pumpwell

Madikeri, Aug 19: A video of Congress MLC S Veena Achaiah pushing away the hand of Kodagu district Congress committee former president TP Ramesh who tried to hold her hand during the Independence Day celebrations here, has gone viral creating a new controversy. Achaiah said her family was hurt by Ramesh’s actions and condemned his "mean mentality". Achaiah said her family, after watching the video

Bengaluru, Aug 19: The Karnataka BJP has decided to intensify its agitation against the ruling Congress dispensation. At a meeting of the core committee headed by party state president B S Yeddyurappa in Bengaluru, it was decided to take the agitation of the party against the Siddaramaiah government to the Assembly-constituency level. The party on Friday held a protest in Bengaluru against the

Bengaluru, Aug 19: The Congressstrategy of raising the issue of a separate identity for the Lingayats and now assuring to induct seven rebel JD(S) MLAs may impact the Congress-JD(S) alliance in the BBMP council. In the wake of the seven MLAs led by BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan meeting Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi to formalise their joining the party, JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy appears

Bengaluru, Aug 19: Thousands of BJP workers led by party state president B S Yeddyurappa on Friday staged a demonstration, demanding resignation of Energy Minister D K Shivakumar and Small Scale Industries Minister Ramesh L Jarkiholi in the wake of searches and seizures by the Income Tax Department sleuths on their houses. The police took Yeddyurappa and other BJP leaders, including Leader of the