Karnataka

Chennai, Mar 17: "I can send this man straightaway to jail. I will ask police officers to take him to jail now itself," thundered Justice R Mahadevan of the Madras high court on Friday at a man who claimed himself to be the secret son of former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa who died on December 5. The man, J Krishnamoorthy, moved the court saying he was born to Jayalalithaa and the late

New Delhi, Mar 17: A day after Congress Goa MLA Vishwajit Rane quit the party, another party leader, Savio Rodrigues, also resigned, saying he "can't accept Rahul Gandhi as my leader," Times Now reported today. "The Congress vice president (Rahul) is not taking responsibility, Digvijaya (Singh) is responsible for the loss," Rodrigues reportedly said. He was referring to the Goa Assembly floor test

Mangaluru, Mar 17: The newly established Coastalwood Artists and Technicians Association, Mangaluru, is all set to host a cricket tournament, ‘Coastalwood Premier League’, for the players of the Tulu film Industry from April 4 to 8 at Nehru Maidan in the city. The players’ auction was held at Forum Fizza Mall on Wednesday. Suhan Prasad, Arnald, Sandeep Bonde, Suhas Rai, Sandy, Gautham Kayya from A

Bengaluru, Mar 17: After placing a cap on ticket prices at Rs 200, the Congress government of Karnataka has decided to allow farmers to sell tender coconuts at multiplexes. Replying to BJP's M K Pranesh in the legislative council on Thursday, municipal administration minister Eshwar Khandre said the objective is to help coconut growers reeling under drought. A circular to this effect would be

Kannur, Mar 17: Three persons, including the former chairman of Wayanad Child Welfare Committee (CWC), charged with covering up the rape of a minor girl allegedly by a catholic priest in Kottiyoor, surrendered before police today. CWC Chairman, Fr Thomas Joseph Therakam and one of the committee members, Betty Jose and Superintendent of the orphanage in Wayanad Sister Ophelia, surrendered before

Islamabad/New Delhi, Mar 17: Two Indian clerics, including the head priest of New Delhi's Nizamuddin Dargah, have gone missing in Pakistan, prompting India to take up the matter with the Pakistani government. According to official sources in New Delhi, Asif Nizami, the chief priest, and Nazim Nizami had gone to visit the famous Daata Darbar shrine in Lahore and were to catch a flight from there to

New Delhi, Mar 17: After the massive victory in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, BJP has started the ground work on winning Karnataka and has decided not to field any sitting MPs, barring B S Yeddyurappa, in the Assembly polls next year. Several MPs including Pratap Simha, Shobha Karandlaje, B Sriramulu, P C Mohan, Karadi Sanganna, Suresh Angadi, Ananth Kumar Hegde and G M Siddeshwara have expressed

Mangaluru, Mar 17: Police have increased the security cover for rationalist and human rights activist Narendra Nayak after an alleged murder attempt by unknown miscreants near his house two days ago. Nayak, who has exposed several godmen and fraudsters, faced several life threats after he spearheaded the movement to provide justice in the murder of RTI activist Vinayak Baliga. NaMo Brigade founder

Bengaluru, Mar 17: Social Welfare Minister H?Anjaneya has announced that the socio-economic survey report being prepared by the Backward Classes Commission would prevail over all the old reports pertaining to caste categorisation. On Thursday, the minister was replying to questions by BJP?MLA?Govind Karjol, in the Legislative Assembly. Karjol drew the attention of the government to agitation by

Bengaluru, Mar 17: The Revenue Department on Thursday took over land in Mangala village near Bandipur Tiger Reserve on which former BJP MLC G Madhusudhan had set up a resort and demolished the structures built on it. Regional commissioner M V Jayanthi had recently directed the deputy commissioner of Chamarajnagar district to reclaim the 30 acres of land in Hangala hobli. Then principal chief