Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jul 14: The police department in Dakshina Kannada has undergone another minor surgery in the wake of continued communal tensions in the district. On July 13, As many as 20 probationary police sub-inspectors from Bengaluru were deputed to Western Range that comprises Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada, Udupi and Chikkamagaluru district units. This follows reports that claimed that some

Kochi, Jul 14: Close on the heels of actor Dileep’s arrest in relation to the attack on an actress in February, Kalabhavan Mani’s brother has asked for a probe into Dileep’s role in the mysterious death of Mani a year ago. The Central Bureau of Investigation, which had taken over the case of Mani’s death as per the direction of the High Court of Kerala, is already looking into the complaint of RLV

New Delhi, Jul 14: The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that it is taking steps to deal with the issue of child pornography in its entirety and around 3,500 websites hosting such content have been blocked last month. The government told a three-judge bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra that it has asked the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to consider installation of jammers in

Udupi, Jul 14: The reason for the failure of police in controlling the situation in Dakshina Kannada is the interference of ruling Congress, according to BJP leader and former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa. Speaking at a public meeting organised by the district unit of the BJP against the attacks on activists of saffron groups, here, he said that the police were working under tremendous pressure

Bengaluru, Jul 14: BJP leader Jagadish Shettar on Thursday said findings of Deputy Inspector General of Police (Prisons) D Roopa on irregularities in Bengaluru Central Prison is a testimony to rampant corruption in the government. Speaking to reporters, he said Roopa has stated in her report that the corrupt police at the prison were allowing the inmates access liquor and drugs. Besides, the

Hassan, Jul 14: JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda on Thursday expressed his disappointment over Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner denying permission to former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy to take out a padayatra from Mangaluru to Kalladka on July 15, citing law and order problems. Gowda had announced that Kumaraswamy will take out a padayatra from Mangaluru to Kalladka in Bantwal taluk to create

New Delhi, Jul 14: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to Bengaluru Development Minister K J George, seeking his response in a plea for a CBI probe into the suicide of deputy superintendent of police M K Ganapathy on July 7 last year. Before his death, the officer, then posted at the office of Inspector General of Police, Mangaluru, had in a TV interview accused the minister and senior

Bengaluru, Jul 14: A day after DIG Prisons (Administration) D Roopa submitted a report on corruption in the Bengaluru Central Prison at Parappana Agrahara, DGP (Prisons) H N Sathyanarayana Rao on Thursday termed her an “amateur and unaware of prison rules’’. The brewing discontent between the two came to the fore when Roopa, in a report, pointed at irregularities in the prison and rumours about

Mangaluru, Jul 14: In what can be termed as a legal victory for RSS veteran Prabhakar Bhat Kalladka, the Karnataka High Court of Karnataka on Thursday stayed the sanction granted by the State government for prosecuting him in a case of delivering a communally provocative speech in 2015. The High Court also stayed the summons issued to him by a local court in Puttur which had taken cognisance of

Mangaluru, Jul 14: B Ramanath Rai, Dakshina Kannada district in-charge Minister has said that the principal Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) boycotting the all-party meeting indicates that it does not want restoration of law and order in the district. Presiding over the meeting here, Mr. Rai said that the May 26 stabbing of a minority youth by others at Kalladka was a plot to foment