Karnataka

Bengaluru, Apr 8: The High Court of Karnataka on Friday directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to continue its investigation into the murder of RSS worker Rudresh in Bengaluru. R Rudresh was hacked to death by motorbike borne men near Commercial Street on October 16, 2016, and the four suspects have been arrested. Two of the accused, Mohammed Tahir and Asim Shariff, had moved the court

Belagavi, Apr 8: The Nippani police in the district on Friday arrested six people, including four from Mumbai, and seized gold ornaments worth Rs 2.54 crore and Rs 1.57 crore cash. The police arrested the six near Mangur Cross on Pune-Bengaluru national highway in Chikkodi taluk while they were carrying the gold ornaments and cash from Mumbai to Belagavi without proper documents. The police said

Bengaluru, Apr 8: The CBI has registered a case against a chief cashier of State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH) and other unknown persons for exchanging demonetised notes violating RBI guidelines. Based on a complaint filed by Raghavendra Diggavi, Chief Manager, State Bank of Hyderabad, Nehrugunj Branch, Kalaburagi, the CBI sleuths registered a case against K?Srihari, chief cashier, SBH, Nehrugunj Branch

New Delhi, Apr 8: Refusing to commit to the demand for waiver of farm loans in Karnataka, the Centre said on Friday the state should follow Uttar Pradesh in announcing such a relief to farmers. “I hope the Karnataka government will also follow Uttar Pradesh on farm loan waiver,” Union Minister of Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh said in the Rajya Sabha in response to Oscar Fernandes (Congress) who

Mangaluru, Apr 5: A local court here on Friday ordered the release of 26 activists of Popular Front of India, who were in judicial custody following their arrest during a protest against police atrocity earlier this week. On Tuesday, police had detained as many as 98 PFI activists when they had gathered in front of the office of Mangaluru City Police Commissioner demanding action against cops who

Mangaluru, Apr 7: Issuing a stern warning to those who attempt attack policemen, Mangaluru city police commissioner M Chandra Sekhar has given directions to all policemen to carry weapons while they are on night patrolling. Two policemen were attacked by miscreants in two different occasions under the limits of Commissionerate earlier this week. Aithappa, an ASI attached to Urwa police station

Bengaluru, Apr 7: The Karnataka government today flayed the Goa BJP government’s decision to evict Lambanis, a Kannada-speaking nomadic tribe, from the beaches, terming it "anti-democratic" and an "attack on the federal system". "The controversial remarks by the Goa tourism minister reflects the anti-democratic attitude of the BJP government there. Also, it is an attack on the core intentions of

New Delhi, Apr 7: RSS ideologue and former BJP MP Tarun Vijay today faced accusations of racism after he appeared to suggest that Indians cannot be called racist as they live with black people hailing from the southern states of the country. On a TV programme to defend India against the charge of racism following attacks on African students, he said, "We have blacks, black people around" and asked

New Delhi, Apr 7: Air India today revoked its flight ban on Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad with immediate effect, two weeks after he had assaulted an airline staffer onboard a plane. An airline spokesperson said the move follows a written order from the Ministry of Civil Aviation. The spokesperson said, "AI is committed to ensuring its employees are not assaulted or misbehaved with. We will take

Bengaluru, Apr 7: A delegation of Social Democratic Party of India from Dakshina Kannada district on Friday called on chief minister Siddaramiah in his residence in Bengaluru and demanded his intervention in recent case of alleged police atrocity on a Muslim youth and subsequent brutal crackdown on protest in Mangaluru. Led by Haneef Khan Kodaje, DK district president of SDPI, the delegation