Karnataka

New Delhi, Mar 23: Veteran politician S.M. Krishna, who yesterday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has clearly blamed Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for his exit from the grand old party, stating that one should be serious if one has to rebuild the party from grass root level to the paramount level. "I have been watching from past two and a half years that the leader of the Congress

New Delhi, Mar 23: Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad punched and hit a 60-year-old Air India Duty Manager with his slippers nearly 20 times and tore his shirt at IGI airport here today just because he could not travel business class in an all-economy flight. The airline will be filing an FIR against the MP. It has also constituted a committee to look into the incident and will be submitting its report

New Delhi, Mar 23: The Supreme Court today asked BJP leaders L K Advani, M M Joshi and other accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case to give their written submissions and adjourned the matter for two weeks. A bench comprising Justices P C Ghose and R F Nariman asked all the parties in the case to file their written arguments by April 6 and posted the matter for further hearing on April 7. At

New Delhi, Mar 23: As many as 4,870 Indian workers have returned from Saudi Arabia after facing job-related difficulties, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Replying to a written question, Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh said presently, a section of Indian workers facing difficulties in two major Saudi companies - Saudi Oger and the Saad Group - are being brought back to

Bengaluru, Mar 23: Three youths in their early 20s, from the northeast Indian states, were beaten up by their neighbours over an altercation about loud music, in Koramangala 8th Block, here on Tuesday As per the complaint lodged with Koramangala police, the three youths were attacked with wooden logs by two neighbours. A case of assault was registered against the two men, Praveen and Rajat, who

New Delhi, Mar 23: Television (TV) serials and its ill-effects came up for discussion again in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday with Congress MP P Bhattacharya demanding “necessary steps” to regulate it, saying it has a “terrific impact” on teenagers. Raising the issue during the Zero Hour, the lawmaker from West Bengal said the serials telecast on TV have “created a lot of problems” in society. “It

New Delhi, Mar 23: Three meat shops have been torched by unknown persons in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district. Police have registered a case in the incident which took place on Tuesday night. The attack on the meat shops comes in the wake of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's crackdown on slaughterhouses. Yogi Adityanath has directed the UP police to prepare an action plan for closure

Mangaluru, Mar 23: Liquor shops situated within a distance of 500 meters from the state and national highways in Dakshina Kannada district have started getting notices from the excise department to shift their business adhering to the Supreme Court order. The apex court had ordered a ban on sale of alcohol along the national and state highways. This meant that around 316 liquor shops situated

Bengaluru, Mar 23: On World Water Day on Wednesday, the government presented a grim picture of the water situation. Groundwater levels in 143 of the total 176 taluks in the state have depleted during the last 10 years due to over-exploitation. Static groundwater levels were measured from 1,774 borewells maintained by the Groundwater Directorate across the state. No water is drawn from these

Mangaluru, Mar 22: Abdul Rahim Uchil, the vice president of minority morcha of Bharatiya Janta Party, has claimed that he received death threats on social media by fringe elements that also tarnished his image by spreading fake messages against him. Speaking to media persons here on Wednesday, Mr Uchil took umbrage at continuous efforts by vested interests to target him personally. Rahim, also the