Karnataka

New Delhi, Mar 13: Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu said on Sunday that Muslims will get representation in the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh even though the party did not field any candidate from the community in the recent Assembly elections in the state. The minister said in an interview to Hindustan Times - “If (a Muslim) MLA is not there, an MLC (member of legislative council) will be there

Udupi, Mar 13: Former Minister and Kaup MLA Vinay Kumar Sorake escaped unhurt after the car in which he was ravelling met with an accident at Urlandy near Puttur bypass on Monday morning. According to sources, the ministers car involved in a head-on collision with a Maruti Omni van. The front portions of the both the vehicles were damaged in the mishap. It is learnt that Omni driver, identified as

Mangaluru, Mar 13: The newly formed Coastalwood Artists and Technicians Association, Mangaluru will be organizing a Cricket Tournament for the players of Costal film industry under the title Coastalwood Premier League from April 4 to 8 at Nehru Maidan, Mangaluru. The players of the film industry will represent in 8 teams named 1. Glitz Gladiators, 2. M W Strikers, 3 Kadandale Tigers, 4. Kalkude

New Delhi, Mar 13: The restrictions placed on cash withdrawals from bank accounts after Centre’s demonetisation drive on November 8, 2016 was completely removed today. The Reserve Bank of India had announced last month that the all caps on cash withdrawals would end on March 13. The limits were imposed after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the decision to scrap 86 per cent of total currency

Panaji, Mar 13: A group of Congress legislators in Goa were "upset" and blamed the party's top leadership for the failure to form the government in the coastal state despite emerging as the single largest party in the assembly polls. "I am very upset with the way our party leaders handled the situation after the (Goa Assembly poll) results, which gave us the first right -- as the single largest

Gadag, Mar 13: In a shocking incident, four persons belonging to Muslim community including two minors were stripped and assaulted in Nargund town of Gadag district on Saturday by a group of Hindutva activist for allegedly circulating an ‘incendiary’ video clipping. Police sources said that, as many as nine members of a right wing outfit (according to victims, there was a group of around 40 people

Davangere, Mar 13: Thinker and Kannada writer Yogesh Master was attacked by half a dozen motorbike-borne youths, belonging to a saffron outfit in Davangere on Sunday. The youths manhandled him, blackened his face and shirt and insulted him in public view. The author was in the city on Sunday to participate in a programme to mark the 82nd birth anniversary of journalist P Lankesh and memorial day

Tumakuru, Mar 13: The security guard of the Vidyavaridhi International School, Huliyar, in Tumakuru district, who was battling for life in the ICU of the district hospital since Thursday morning, failed to respond to treatment and died on Sunday morning. Ramesh (45), and four children, were hospitalised after they complained of uneasiness after eating rice and sambar laced with poison on Wednesday

Bengaluru, Mar 13: With the saffron party leaders riding high on the party’s thumping victory in Uttar Pradesh, the ruling Congress in the state has decided to unleash an aggressive campaign in the byelections to Nanjangud and Gundlupet Assembly constituencies. Sources in the state Congress said that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has decided to deploy more than a dozen ministers in each of the

Nanjangud, Mar 13: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said the byelection to the Nanjangud Assembly constituency is a fight between a socialist and a communal party and not between individuals. The chief minister was addressing Congress workers at a party workers’ convention organised by the Mysuru District Congress unit, here. Siddaramaiah said former MLA V Srinivas Prasad who is BJP’s