Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jul 16: V K Sasikala, the convicted Tamil Nadu politician, enjoys the services of a cook inside her cell on the first floor, sources said, quoting a report submitted by DIG (Prisons) D Roopa. The jail staff have also given her a special room with a table and chair. Four chairs for visitors facilitate regular “office-like” meetings with Sasikala, the report purportedly says. Sasikala’s

Kalaburagi, Jul 16: Four members of a family were found hanging dead at their house in Saraswati Godown Layout in the city on Saturday night. The deceased have been identified as Srikanth Kamalapurkar, 57, his wife Dhanushree, 50, and their children Chetan, 21 and Sakshi 16. The family was residing in the rented house on the first floor of a building for around 17 years. Srikanth, a double

Bengaluru, Jul 16: Legislative Council Chairman D H Shankaramurthy on Saturday said he will consult the Advocate General regarding the next course of action on a complaint that eight MLCs had claimed lakhs of rupees by submitting fake travel bills. Shankaramurthy told reporters in Bengaluru that he will meet the Advocate General on Tuesday next to seek legal opinion on the issue. BJP leader in the

Bengaluru, Jul 16: A day after Chief Minister Siddaramaiah warned DIG (Prisons) D Roopa over a fracas with her boss, she marched into Parappana Agrahara jail for an inspection. Her visit came within hours of her superior, director-general H N Satyanarayana Rao, went around the jail on Saturday. She also submitted a second report, accusing the prison authorities of destroying evidence of the wrong

Mangaluru, Jul 15: U T Khader, minister for food, civil supplies and consumer affairs has urged Sri Rajashekharananda Swami of Vajradehi Mutt to share with the police whatever 'explosive' information the seer has with regard to murder of RSS worker Sharath Madivala. Swami, who is the honorary president of Hindu Rakshana Samiti, had claimed on Friday that he has an 'explosive' lead in the Sharath's

Mangaluru, Jul 15: The prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPc clamped in Dakshina Kannada district entered 50 days on Saturday. Currently the Section is in place in Bantwal, Sullia, Puttur and Belthangady taluks. Following stabbing of a youth from minority community by saffron activists on May 27, the Dakshina Kannada district administration first imposed prohibitory orders in Bantwal. Few

Pathanamthitta (Kerala), Jul 15: A 17-old-girl was allegedly set on fire by her lover after she refused to accede to his request to come out of her house at Kadammanitta near here, police said today. The accused, who also suffered burn injuries, has been arrested today, they said. The incident occurred last night when the girl's parents were not at home. According to the police, the 23-year-old

New Delhi, Jul 15: The government on Saturday asked traders to get registered under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime by July 30. However, traders with turnover of below Rs 20 lakh or those engaged exclusively in the supply of exempted goods or services need not register under the new tax regime which has kicked in from July 1. “As per the GST laws, one is required to take registration on or

Mangaluru, Jul 15: Dakshina Kannada district police has neither confirmed nor rejected the media reports that claimed that a few suspects have been detained in connection with the murder of RSS activist Sharat Madivala. According to unconfirmed reports four persons were taken into custody by men in khaki and the suspects were subjected to interrogation in an undisclosed location. Earlier this week

Udupi, Jul 15: District in-charge minister Pramod Madhwaraj has clarified that he would not bow to lobbying from private bus operators on running low-floor Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation buses in Udupi. Speaking after inaugurating the Janasamparka Sabhe (mass contact programme) of Manipal Municipal Ward organised by the Udupi City Municipal Council, he said Mr. Madhwaraj said low-floor