Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jul 13: Energy Minister D K Shivakumar on Wednesday said that despite insufficient rainfall in Karnataka, the state government would take steps to ensure there was no power disruption in the coming months. Speaking to journalists here, he said the southwest monsoon had been deficient so far and there had been inadequate inflow into the reservoirs. Water levels in most of the reservoirs

Bengaluru, Jul 13: Karnataka has sought a meeting with its two other riparian states Goa and Maharashtra for an amicable resolution of the Mahadayi Waterdispute among them. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah wrote to his Goa counterpart Manohar Parrikar seeking tentative dates of his availability for the meeting after Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis expressed his willingness for the meeting on

Bengaluru: Jul 13: Congress leader Dinesh Gundu Rao and his wife Tabassum on Wednesday took exception to BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje for commenting on their personal life. Participating in a protest organised by the BJP to condemn the state government’s ‘inability’ to control communal violence in Dakshina Kannada district, Shobha had sought to know why Dinesh has not married a Dalit. She also said

Mangaluru, Jul 12: Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Alok Mohan on Wednesday said experts from different parts of the state have been roped in to crack the murder of RSS worker Sharat Madiwala. Sharath, who was stabbed on July 4 at Bantwal, died at a hospital in Mangaluru on July 7. “It is a professional challenge and special teams have been formed to probe the case. Experts

Hisar, Jul 12: A Muslim trader from UP was allegedly slapped by an unidentified person when he refused to raise 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' slogan during a protest by Bajrang Dal activists here against the attack on Amarnath pilgrims, police said today. The activists of the Dal took out a march near a mosque here yesterday to protest the attack on pilgrims in Kashmir Valley.The Muslim trader hailing from

Mangaluru, Jul 12: Dakshina Kannada district police has arrested three more persons in connection with the stone pelting during the funeral procession of slain RSS activist Sharath Madivala in BC Road on Saturday. According to sources, two among the three arrested are members of the Hindu Jagarana Vedike a hardline Hindutva organization. With these fresh arrests, the number of total arrests is up

Kannur, Jul 12: At least nine CPI (M) workers were injured in a bomb attack in Kakkampara near Ramanthali in Kannur district on Tuesday. The attack was against the party workers, who came for the commemoration of late CPI(M) worker Dhanaraj. The CPI (M) accused the Rashtriya SwayamSevak (RSS) of carrying out the attack. Later, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Payyannur Mandal committee office and RSS

Asansol, Jul 12: A senior functionary of Bharatiya Janata Party, who allegedly posted fake images and video on social media to create communal tension, has been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). The arrested has been identified as Tarun Sengupta, BJP’s information technology cell secretary from Asansol, West Bengal. Sengupta is the third person to face action since Sunday on

Bengaluru, Jul 12: In a bizarre incident, around 200 madrasa students between the age of 8 and 14, along with a few adults accompanying them, were detained for eight hours at Cantonment railway station on Tuesday after they got off an inbound train on Tuesday. The railway police showed the unusual zeal on the basis of a dubious WhatsApp audio message that claimed the boys had been trafficked for

Bengaluru, Jul 12: JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday accused Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of turning a blind eye to the communal tension in Dakshina Kannada district for the past two months and asked him to clamp down on those who stir violence in society. “The chief minister gets daily briefing on the law and order situation from the Intelligence department. Situation has been tense in