Karnataka

New Delhi, May 3: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to grant bail to 12 people belonging to the Deendar Anjuman group, who have been awarded life term for carrying out a series of blasts at various places in Karnataka in year 2000. A bench of Justices P C Ghose and R F Nariman put the appeals filed by them against their conviction and sentence for consideration after the summer vacation

New Delhi, May 3: The Karnataka government has defended before the Supreme Court its law granting protection to ‘Gau Rakshaks’ for prevention of cow slaughter. It, however, maintained that the act done only in “good faith” was protected under the law and not any violent or criminal activities bringing disharmony between communities. The Congress government opposed before the court a PIL filed by

New Delhi, May 3: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has set a three-point agenda to AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal and his team for Karnataka – spend more time in the state, forge unity among all leaders and retain power. Venugopal and his team of four secretaries – Manickam Tagore, Madhu Yashki Goud and P C Vishnunadh had detailed discussions with Rahul on Tuesday morning before setting

Bengaluru, May 3: BJP?state president B?S?Yeddyurappa on Tuesday appointed former minister V?Srinivas Prasad as vice president of the state unit. Prasad is a recent entrant into the party from the Congress. Yeddyurappa also appointed M Nagaraj, former Congress corporator of Bengaluru, a special invitee to the BJP’s state executive committee. The three-time corporator joined the BJP about six

Mangaluru, May 3: Home Minister G. Parameshwara on Tuesday said law and order in Dakshina Kannada was better than before even as he cautioned that police will sternly deal with those attempting to break the law. He was addressing presspersons here after a review meeting with senior police officers from the Western Police Range as well as Mangaluru Police Commissionerate. The Minister said law and

Mangaluru, May 2: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president G Parameshwara on Tuesday said that many leaders from BJP and JD(S) are willing to join Congress in the state. Speaking to media persons in the city Mr Parameshwara said that both BJP and JD(S) are facing severe internal dissidence. “Many leaders those two parties in the state are willing to join Congress, but I cannot disclose their

Mangaluru, May 2: U T Khader, Karnataka’s minister for Food and Civil Supplies, has refused to fall in line with the central government's ban on red beacons in VIP vehicles, saying he would remove it if Chief Minister Siddaramaiah instructs him to do so. "If the Chief Minister asks me to remove the red beacon light, I will obey his instruction and remove it," Food and Civil Supplies Minister U T

Mangaluru, May 2: Speakers at the ‘Mangaluru Chalo’, a protest meet organized at Nehru Maidan in the city on Tuesday in the wake of alleged police atrocity on Ahmed Qureshi, resolved to unitedly fight against the human rights violations and illegal detentions of Muslim youths in Dakshina Kannada. The protest meet was organized by the Muslim Sanghatanegala Okkoota, Dakshina Kannada (MSO), an

Mangaluru, May 2: The national integration camp for youth, hosted by Yenepoya University in collaboration with national youth project and the national social service scheme, was formally inaugurated at the university campus near here on Tuesday. A week-long camp commenced yesterday, with the purpose of inculcating peace through integration of culture amongst the youth from the nation over

New Delhi, May 2: A team of officials from the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) have reached London for discussions on the extradition of former liquor baron Vijay Mallya. A four-member team led by CBI Additional Director Rakesh Asthana will apprise British authorities about the finer points of the loan default cases against Mallya, CBI sources said. Two senior ED officials are also part