Karnataka

New Delhi, May 7: Sacked Delhi minister Kapil Mishra alleged today that he witnessed his AAP colleague Satyendar Jain give party chief Arvind Kejriwal Rs 2 crore in cash. Mishra added that he informed Delhi's Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) about this transaction immediately. Yesterday, when he went to meet the AAP chief, Mishra told him he's informed the ACB. Mishra implied that's why he was sacked

Mangaluru, May 7: The authorities of the New Mangalore Port authorities have saved the life of a Ukrainian national, who suffered a stroke on board a ship off Mangaluru coast. The authorities received a ‘distress message / medical assistance require’ through email from master of MT flagship Orchid on Saturday at 8: 10 p.m. The ship was enroute to Sikka in Gujarat and coming from Singapore. The

Mysuru, May 7: The rift in the State BJP came to the fore again at the executive committee meeting at Mysuru on Saturday, with party president B S Yeddyurappa making ample use of his presidential address to take indirect potshots at his bete noire K S Eshwarappa and other detractors. Yeddyurappa at a press conference on Friday had claimed that all was well in the party but his Saturday address

Belagavi, May 7: The Belagavi police have arrested seven illegal immigrants, including a woman from Bangladesh, who had been staying in the city. The police have registered two cases under The Foreigners Act, The Passport Act against the seven and produced them before the second additional judicial magistrate first class court, which sent six persons including the woman to judicial custody. The

New Delhi, May 7: An estranged couple from Bengaluru, who drew attention for filing 67 cases against each other, have been told by the Supreme Court to try and part happily as “friends” on a positive note. A software engineer and his MBA wife have been asked by a bench of Justices Kurian Joseph and R Banumathi to adopt “a bit of positive thinking”. When they recently appeared before the court with

Bengaluru, May 7: State BJP president B S Yeddyurappa and Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister H N Ananth Kumar have been directed to appear before the cyber crime police to provide their voice samples in connection with a complaint filed by the Congress regarding payments made to the BJP high command. While disposing of a petition on Saturday, the First Additional Chief Metropolitan

Bengaluru, May 7: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday warned officials of stern action if they failed to effectively implement the flagship Bhagya schemes of the government like Anna Bhagya and Ksheera Bhagya. Addressing district in-charge secretaries at the Vidhana Soudha, he directed them to camp at district headquarters at least once a month and review implementation of programmes announced

Mysuru, May 7: Former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa said on Saturday that BJP leaders would undertake a 45-day tour of the state. The tour will begin in all district headquarters on May 18 to understand the problems of the people and organise an agitation against the Congress government. Presiding over the inaugural function of the two-day executive committee meeting of the state BJP here, he

Bengaluru, May 7: Software giant Wipro stepped up its security on Saturday after receiving a threat mail by an unidentified person, who claimed he would poison the company's campus using a toxic drug if he is not paid Rs 500 crore. Bengaluru cybercrime police have started investigating the threat, and have registered a case under Section 66 F of the IT Act (cyber terrorism). According to sources

Mangaluru, May 6: Ahmed Qureshi, who was allegedly tortured by the police in Mangaluru, has secured a conditional bail in connection with an attempt to murder case almost one and a half month after he was detained. The bail was granted by the sixth additional sessions court against a personal release bond of Rs 1 lakh and a condition that the accused should visit the local police station thrice a