Karnataka

Kottayam, Jul 31: Stones were today thrown at the district committee office of the CPI-M's trade union wing CITU while a petrol bomb was hurled at the RSS district office in fresh incidents of violence in Kottayam town. The BJP district unit alleged that CPI(M) workers hurled a petrol bomb at the RSS district office, causing extensive damage to the building situated at Thirunakkara in the town

A group of 114 armed forces veterans have written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemning the recent attacks on Muslims and Dalits in the country. The Armed Forces comprise of the Indian Army, Indian Navy, and Indian Air Force. The veterans expressed frustration over the relentless vigilantism of the self-appointed protectors of Hinduism. In the letter, the veterans said they

Bengaluru, Jul 31: BJP president Amit Shah had reportedly offered Rs 10 crore each to the Congress MLAs in Gujarat to switch their loyalty to the saffron party. This shocking revelation was made by Senior Congress leader B K Hariprasad, who said that the horse trading attempts of BJP forced the Congress to bring its 40 MLAs from Gujarat to Karnataka to keep them safe. “Three of our MLAs stayed

Bengaluru, Jul 31: JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using “devious” political ways to “saffronise the entire country.” “By 1972,the Congress ruled all the states except Tamil Nadu. Now, Modi wants the BJP to wrest all the states and saffronise the entire country. He is using devious ways of politics,” Gowda told reporters when asked to comment on over

Udupi, Jul 30: Former chief minister and Janata Dal (Secular) state chief H D Kumaraswamy has condemned the media trial in the unnatural death of Kavya Poojary, a Class 10 student of Alva’s High School in Moodbidri. 15-yr-old Kavya, who was also a state level badminton player, was found hanging from ceiling fan in the hostel room on July 20. The police have registered a case of unnatural death

Mangaluru, Jul 30: Dakshina Kannada District has recorded its second H1N1 death this year with a pregnant woman succumbing to the viral pneumonia on Sunday. The woman has been identified as Pushpavati, 27, resident of Yedapadavu, Ganjimutt, about 30 kms from here. Dr BV Rajesh, DK district surveillance officer, said the woman had contracted H1N1 a fortnight back and she was on treatment at a

Bengaluru, Jul 30: The Congress today paraded its all legislators from Gujarat before the media in an effort to put to rest all speculation, including internal bickering in the party, as charged by BJP. The party has sent 44 of its legislators to a resort outside this city. Of the 57 Congress MLAs in Gujarat, six resigned from the party in the last two days. Three of them joined the BJP yesterday

Kozhikode, Jul 30: The Congress on Sunday asked the BJP and CPI(M) in Kerala to immediately end violence that the two parties are engaged in, as peace and tranquillity have vanished in the state. The Congress came down heavily on both the parties after the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party called for a shutdown on Sunday, following a 34-year-old Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader’s murder

Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 30: Police on Sunday detained 10 persons in connection with the murder of RSS activist S N Rajesh (34) here even as a familiar blame-game continued to play out regarding political affiliation of the suspects. Governor P Sathasivam summoned Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and State Police Chief Loknath Behera seeking details of action taken in connection with law and order

Bengaluru, Jul 30: Over Congress legislators from Gujarat, who were shifted to a private resort near Bengaluru on two days ago, have held the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for creating “an atmosphere of fear” in their state, forcing them to move to Karnataka ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls to be held on August 9. The MLAs staying at the Eagleton Golf Resort have also unanimously conveyed that they