Karnataka

Udupi, Aug 11: Rajeshwari Shetty, prime accused in the murder of her husband and NRI husband Bhaskar Shetty, on Thursday withdrew her plea seeking bail after the Supreme Court indicated to her counsel that it cannot consider her appeal at present as the police wanted to carry out additional investigation in the case. When Rajeshwari's petition seeking release on bail came up for hearing before a

Bengaluru, Aug 11: Over 30 heads of Lingayat mutts met here on Thursday and passed a five-point resolution to press ahead with the demand for minority religion status for the community on the lines of Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism. Later in the day, the seers also presented a joint memorandum to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, demanding that the State government forward it to the Union government

Bengaluru, Aug 10: The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to the former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy in a case registered against him by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Lokayukta for alleged misuse of his office to show a favour to a mining company when he was the Chief Minister. Justice Rathnakala passed the order while allowing Mr. Kumaraswamy’s petition

Mangaluru, Aug 10: The Social and Media Committee of the Mangaloru Diocesan Pastoral Parishad held a demonstration in front of D K DC’s office on Thursday demanding amendment of Constitutional Order 1950 (Scheduled Caste) in order to include Dalit Christians also in the Scheduled Caste. The Catholic Bishop’s Conference (CBCI) of India, New Delhi office for SC/BC observed August 10 as ‘BLACK DAY’

New Delhi, Aug 10: Indians and nationals of 46 other countries can now stay for up to 60 days in Qatar without getting a prior visa. Qatar Airways on Thursday spelt out the fine print of Qatar's policy of doing away with prior visa requirements for citizens of 80 countries that was announced on Wednesday. The 80 countries have been divided into two parts with different stay periods, 60 days and 90

New Delhi, Aug 10: WhatsApp will soon facilitate instant money transfer via the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transaction system, shows a new Beta update by the Facebook-owned mobile messaging platform. According to a blog website WABetaInfo late on Wednesday, WhatsApp was finally giving shape to its plans towards bank-to-bank transfer using the UPI system. In the new version '2.17.295' through

Bengaluru, Aug 10: Amid growing differences among the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community leaders on the issue of separate religion status, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said the government has no stand onthe matter. The chief minister also said that a "misconception" is being created that he instigated the separate religion demand. "Government has no stand on this. There is this

Mangaluru, Aug 10: City based Anti Pollution Drive (APD) Foundation has been recognized with excellence award by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPBC) in the category ‘NGO for contribution towards environmental awareness in Dakshina Kannada district. APD Team comprising organization’s Founder Abdullah A. Rehman, Director Arjun Rai, Co-coordinators Kruthika Shenoy, Ruhia Hussain, Naveen D

New Delhi, Aug 10: Vice President-elect M Venkaiah Naidu today rejected as "political propaganda" the view that there is a sense of insecurity among minorities in the country, apparently a rejoinder to outgoing Vice President Hamid Ansari. Though Naidu did not name anyone, his comments are seen as a response to Ansari's remarks in a TV interview that there was unease and a sense of insecurity

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 10: The Kerala government today said 420 people died and over 22 lakh persons were affected by various kinds of fever in the state since January. Health Minister KK Shylaja informed the state Assembly that of the total deaths due to fever, 74 people died due to H1N1 and 24 persons to dengue. Replying to a notice seeking adjournment motion by Congress-led UDF opposition over