Karnataka

New Delhi, Apr 16: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while raising the triple talaq issue on Sunday, said that "justice should be done to Muslim women." "Our Muslim sisters should also get justice. Injustice should not be done with them. Nobody should be exploited," PM Modi asserted while speaking at the BJP's national executive meet in Odisha's capital Bhubaneswar. "The Prime Minister said if there

Mangaluru, Apr 16: Within two days after the murder of an elderly man in Moodbidri, police have cracked the case and arrested the son of the victim. According to police, property dispute between father and son led to the murder. Paul Goveas(83), a resident of Hosabettu village in Moodbidri, was brutally murdered on Good Friday (April 14). On Easter Sunday the police arrested victim’s 42-year-old

Bengaluru, Apr 16: A?day after being trolled for his tweet likening H?D?Deve Gowda to Perverz Musharraf, the JD(S)?on Sunday decided not to take up the issue. JD(S) National General?Secretary Danish Ali on Sunday said that people will decide on the caliber of those who make caustic remarks against former prime minister H?D Deve Gowda. “Abdullah is educated is London. He can use his knowledge to

Bengaluru, Mar 16: The chief executive officer of a private Kannada TV news channel here has been arrested on charges of extortion and blackmailing, a senior police official said on Saturday. Janasri News channel CEO Lakshmiprasad Vajapai had used the channel as an “instrument” to run his “network” of extortion, Additional Commissioner of Police Hemant Nimbalkar (Bengaluru East) told reporters.

Lucknow, Apr 16: Striking a defiant posture on the contentious issue of triple talaq, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) today asserted that it had the "constitutional" right to implement Muslim personal law. On the Babri Masjid issue, AIMPLB General Secretary Maulana Wali Rehmani said the board would accept the Supreme Court's decision on the matter while stressing that "no outside

Agra, Apr 16: A Bajrang Dal leader from Agra has announced a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh for “anyone who can bring the head” of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah. Govind Parashar dubbed Abdullah anti-national for allegedly defending insurgents, who had attacked security forces recently. Parashar, is the city chief of Gau Raksha cell of the Bajrang Dal. He hogged media attention

New Delhi, Mar 16: Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas, without taking any names, indirectly criticised the AAP government in Delhi and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on corruption. “If after riding the plank of anti-corruption to form a government in Delhi, your own people indulge in corruption and if you(the leader) try to save them and issue no statements, people will question you,” he

New Delhi, Apr 16: The Supreme Court has said that Karnataka has "no right" over the historic Beaulieu Estate in the heart of the Bengaluru city as it was purchased nearly 117 years ago by the Dewan of Mysore on behalf of the First Princess. The estate, measuring over 24 acres, is a heritage property located in Bengaluru's prime Palace Road and now houses a hotel and a number of commercial

Kalaburgi, May 16: With the suicide of a BBA student in Central University of Karnataka, Kalaburagi, still fresh in the minds of the people, another student of Gulbarga University, Kalaburagi, committed suicide here on Saturday. Shreedeve, 31, a Ph.D. student in the Economics Department, killed herself by throwing herself before a moving train near Old Jevargi Road. In her two-page death

Bengaluru, Apr 16: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday obtained the Congress central leadership’s approval to expand the State Cabinet and fill up three vacancies in the Legislative Council. Mr. Siddaramaiah, who left for Delhi on Friday, called on Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday and discussed the issues. Party sources said the CM is expected to