Karnataka

Bangalore, Jan 15: Is it possible to run a business from inside the prison? Apparently, yes. Look at Chandrakanth Ramalingam, the owner of Ramalingam Construction Company. He was raided by the income tax department and arrested by the CBI. He allegedly brokered deals and looked after the cash belonging to top government officials. But even while in jail, the staterun Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Ltd

New Delhi, Jan 15: Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu today joined Congress ahead of assembly poll in Punjab after meeting party Vice President Rahul Gandhi. Sidhu's wife Navjot Kaur had joined Congress in November last year leading to speculation that he may follow suit. "Indian National Congress (INC) welcomes S Navjot Singh Sidhu into Congress family and we thank Congress Vice

New Delhi, Jan 15: In an alarming scenario, a whopping 2.8 crore cases are pending in district courts across the country which are short of nearly 5,000 judicial officers. The situation has led to suggestions in two Supreme Court reports to increase the judicial manpower "manifold" -- at least seven times -- to overcome the crisis by appointing about 15,000 more judges in the coming few years. The

Yadgir, Jan 15: Apart from monitoring of the checkposts, the police had even, for the first time, deployed a drone camera in the hilly area where over 1 lakh pilgrims were expected. While jallikattu in neighbouring Tamil Nadu remains under heavy scrutiny, another prohibited tradition involving animals surfaced in Yadgir in Northern Karnataka on Saturday. As tens of thousands of devotes gathered to

Mysuru, Jan 15: Progressive seer and Nidumamidi Mutt pontiff Veerabhadra Channamalla swami has opined that country's democracy will be under threat and it will shift to fascist administration under Prime Minister Narendra Modi if BJP manages to win all the five states that are going for polls. Speaking at a programme here recently, the seer, said that PM Modi is a dictator and fascist. The

Bengaluru, Jan 15: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Saturday that the government would conduct a resurvey of the physically challenged to extend facilities to the needy among them. He was speaking at a programme to formally distribute mobility aids to select physically challenged persons at the Vidhana Soudha. Siddaramaiah said about 3% of the total population in Karnataka were physically

Bengaluru, Jan 15: A day after 34-year-old advocate Amith Keshavamurthy was shot inside his friend's car near Hessaraghatta in Bengaluru, police on Saturday arrested realtor Gopalakrishna and his son Rajesh G for the murder and recovered the pistol used in the crime. Even though it was initially reported that Gopalakrishna murdered Amith for his alleged affair with his daughter-in-law Shruthi, the

Mangaluru, Jan 15: A calf has been killed in an attack by a leopard at Kallakumeru Palke in Niddodi village in Mangaluru taluk in the early hours of Friday. While initial media reports speculated it to be an attack by a tiger, G D Dinesh, Moodbidri range forest officer who discounted this theory, affirmed that that the calf had fallen victim to a leopard and that the department has received

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 14: Like how fortune proverbially favours the reckless, it seems a billionaire has to only covet something and it comes to him dirt cheap. At the much-awaited auction of new 'CA' series of vehicle registration numbers, the fancy number KL-CA 01 was bid and won by M A Yusuff Ali for, hold your breath, just Rs 2,000. Only three bidders participated in the auction held at the

Haryana, Jan 14: Haryana health and sports Minister Anil Vij on Saturday courted a controversy by saying that PM Modi is a better brand name than Mahatma Gandhi. His remarks came in connection with the row over the photo of the Modi's image replacing Gandhi in the 2017 wall calendar and table diary published by KVIC. “Replacing Gandhi's photo on the khadi calendar is a good step. PM Modi is a