Karnataka

Kasargod, Jan 12: Tension prevailed at Bovikkanam in Kasargod where the car of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) district working president Vamanachari was set on fire allegedly by a group of DYFI workers in the town late on Wednesday evening. The tension began after a group of DYFI workers, numbering about 50, were taking out a procession in the town, 10 km east from here, hailing the Supreme Court

Bengaluru, Jan 12: Despite the state government facing stiff opposition from various quarters to execute the multi-crore Yettinahole project, the work has not stopped on ground zero. Also, the government has no intention of stalling the work. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had convened a meeting on December 27, 2016 to discuss the Yettinahole project, which aims at bringing water from Sakaleshpur in

New Delhi,Jan 12: The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed mining baron and former minister G Janardhana Reddy to visit Ballari for five days to perform certain rituals as part of the first festival (Makara Sankranti) after the marriage of his daughter. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and R K Agrawal granted permission to Reddy to visit his daughter from January 12 to 16, “to perform the necessary

New Delhi, Jan 12: In a pleasant development for Haj pilgrims, the government of Saudi Arabia has increased India's annual Haj quota from 1.36 lakh to 1.70 lakh It is the biggest such expansion in the Haj quota in the last 29 years by the Saudi Arabian government, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Wednesday. An agreement to this regard was inked by Minister of State for Minority Affairs

Bengaluru, Jan 12: Senior BJP leader K?S?Eshwarappa on Wednesday said the suspension of former mayor D?Venkatesh Murthy from the party has made him acquire the status of a state leader and, the state party president B?S?Yeddyurappa needs to be thanked for the same. “I congratulate Yeddyurappa for suspending Murthy from the party. Till now Murthy was a leader in Bengaluru. By spending 50 paise to

Udupi, Jan 11: Renowned writer and critic G Rajasekhar's work `Bhahuvachana Bharatha' published in 2016 got him the Karnataka Sahitya Academy award. However, he refused to accept it citing “continued atmosphere of intolerance” in the country and in the State. The senior thinker said, "I am thankful for the award but I have decided not to accept it since many writers in 2015 had rejected awards

Mangaluru, Jan 11: The Mangaluru city police arrested four persons in connection with the mysterious death of a young businessman. Umesh Shetty, a resident of Kelanjur village, who had given old currency notes on loan days after announcement of demonetisation, was killed by his close friend and accomplices when he failed to repay them in legal tender. Announcing the arrests of Prasad Acharya, 27

New Delhi, Jan 11: The family of the BSF jawan, who claimed poor quality food was being served to soldiers on the LoC through social media posts, today came out in his defence saying he was just bringing out the truth by his act even as the government said "some issues" have been found after an interim report was received by the Union Home Ministry. "What he did is not wrong...he showed the truth

Mangaluru, Jan 11: In a heartrending incident, four persons of a family drowned in a river after offering special prayers at Kajoor dargah in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada district on Wednesday. The deceased have been identified as Abdul Raheem (30), his wife Rubeena (25), and latter's siblings Yasmin (23) and Subhan (15). They had come from Pakeeranakatte, Kaup in Udupi to perform ziyarah

New Delhi, Jan 11: Delhi tops the list of 20 most polluted cities in the country where 1.2 million deaths take place every year due to air pollution, according to a Greenpeace India report published today. It also claimed that none of the 168 cities it assessed complies with air quality standards prescribed by the World Health Organization (WHO). According to the report, 1.2 million deaths take