Karnataka

Bengaluru, Aug 4: The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday ordered notice to former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa in a criminal revision petition filed by advocate Vinod B, who had filed a private complaint before the Lokayukta against the senior BJP leader and his son B Y Raghavendra. Vinod had contended that Yeddyurappa and Raghavendra had encroached upon 66 acres of reserve forest area in

Mangaluru, Aug 4: Three youths have been arrested by the crime branch of Mangaluru city police the charge of selling ganja to students. The cops also seized 1.2 kg of the contraband, a two-wheeler and three mobile phones valued at Rs. 68,500 from the accused. The accused are: Loy Vegas, 24, resident of Jasmin Villa, Konchadi-Derebail, Almed Karkada, 24, Prashanth Nilaya, near Falnir Tower

Mangaluru, Aug 3: Minister for Food and Civil Supplies U.T. Khader has termed the Income Tax raids on D.K. Shivakumar as politics of vendetta. He told presspersons here that the BJP has been misusing the official machinery to target Mr. Shivakumar as he is hosting Congress MLAs from Gujarat in Karnataka. The MLAs felt unsafe in Gujarat in the run up to the Rajya Sabha elections, for which BJP is

Mangaluru, Aug 3: More than five years after then president of Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy Rahim Uchil was brutally attacked with lethal weapons by the miscreants, the principal district and sessions court on Thursday sentenced two main accused to four years rigorous imprisonment. The court which directed the accused to pay a fine of Rs 1 lakh each, at the same time let off five other accused

Bengaluru, Aug 3: To plan strategies on how best social media can be used to reach out to the masses ahead of the 2018 Assembly elections, the BJP will hold a social media conclave here on Sunday. Briefing media persons, convener of BJP social media cell Balaji Srinivas said the event will be the “biggest ever” conclave focusing on social media in the State. “Already, 13,000 volunteers, including

Bengaluru, Aug 3: The Congress government in Karnataka has objected to the use of CRPF personnel during searches at the properties linked to state minister D K Shivakumar, saying it casts an aspersion on the credibility, integrity and professionalism the state police. In a letter to Union Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia, state Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Subhash Chandra said established

Bengaluru, Aug 3: The Supreme Court has pulled up Karnataka government for raising a bill of about Rs 15 lakh for police escort, accompanying Kerala's People Democratic Party leader Abdul Naser Ma’adani on his visit to home state for attending son's marriage. "Is this the way you carry out the orders of the Supreme Court? Don't scuttle these things. We expect some seriousness on the part of the

Bengaluru, Aug 3: Income Tax department officials continued for the second day on Thursday their raids on properties linked to Karnataka energy minister DK Shivakumar, who is in charge of hosting Congress MLAs from Gujarat shifted outside to avoid a break in their ranks. Officials said in Karnataka alone 39 locations were being searched, in addition to some in Chennai and Delhi. Media reports

Bengaluru, Aug 3: The stand-off continued between the Akhila Bharata Veerashaiva Mahasabha and Lingayat community members who claim Lingayat dharma is different from Veerashaiva. The Mahasabha on Wednesday stuck to its stand that Veerashaivas and Lingayats are one and the same and that separate religion status should be given for Veerashaiva-Lingayat dharma. Executive committee of the Mahasabha

Mangaluru, Jul 3: High drama prevailed at the SC/ST grievances meeting in the city when the Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner K G Jagadeesha chose to walk out after a few Dalit leaders repeatedly held him responsible for the alleged delay in allotment of sites to them under the Depressed Class Manna land — meant for the welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. As Jagadeesha was