Karnataka

Mangaluru, Nov 22: In a fresh incident of moral policing, a paramedical student was allegedly attacked by a group of vigilantes for roaming with her female friend belonging to different community under the limits of Ullal police station. Touseef, Nizamuddin, Rahul Police have managed to arrest two persons on charge of attack on Rahul, hailing from Ranchi. The arrested have been identified as

Chikkamgaluru, Nov 22: The district administration has filed a case against Sri Ram Sene founder Pramod Muthalik and others for staging a protest inside the Guru Dattatreya Bababudan Swamy Dargah atop Bababudangiri Hills during the valedictory function of Dattamala Abhiyana on Sunday. A case has been registered by the Chikkamagaluru Rural police on charges of assaulting a public servant (Section

Haveri, Nov 22: A 15-year-old girl was raped and murdered at a house in Mruthyunjaya Nagar on Sunday. Police said the victim was alone at home, when the incident occurred. She was raped and stabbed in the neck. The incident came to light when the victim's parents returned home around 11 pm. Police have arrested two persons identified as Shivananda Sharanappa Hadapad and Ganesh Mahadevappa Talavar

Bengaluru, Nov 22: Two major cases of illegal mining against former minister G Janardhana Reddy have not been investigated so far. Large scale illegal mining using two leases in favour of Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) in Andhra Pradesh along with three other mining companies have remained uninvestigated despite a report by Central Empowered Committee (CEC). There has been no effort on the part

Chikkamagaluru, Nov 21: The Dattamala Abhiyana, conducted by Sri Rama Sene, concluded on Sunday, with devotees participating in a procession in the town and visiting Guru Dattatreya Bababudan Swamy Dargah atop Bababudan Hills. The Sene has been conducting Dattamala Abhiyana for the past 12 years. Sene workers and Datta devotees, who had reached Chikkamagaluru from different places, took out Shobha

Bangalore, Nov 21: The Income Tax department today conducted surveys on at least ten locations of high-end event management firms, catering and multi-media service providers who were engaged for the extravagant wedding of daughter of Karnataka's former BJP minister G Janardhan Reddy. Officials said that taxmen visited seven locations here and three in Hyderabad of those event management companies

Mangaluru, Nov 21: The Sangh Parivar leaders in Dakshina Kannada on Monday openly threatened the chief minister Siddaramiah of a communal violence in the coastal district if his government failed to prevent attacks onHindus' in the region. Most of the speakers resorted to communally provocative speeches at the protest meet organized by Hindu Hitarakshana Samiti, an umbrella body of various

Hubballi, Nov 21: Chief minister Siddaramaiah said that the hotel industry will move to the next level if all hoteliers maintain quality and hygiene. Addressing the valedictory of 17th state-level convention of the Karnataka Pradesh Hotels and Refreshments Association here on Sunday, Siddaramaiah said that he had reduced the value added tax for hoteliers from 4% to 2% when he was finance minister

Bengaluru, Nov 21: Former Prime Minister and JD(S) president H D Deve Gowda appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday to allow district central cooperative (DCC) banks to accept demonetized notes in the interest of the farming community. In a letter to the PM, Gowda stated that the Reserve Bank of India's circular dated November 17 should be modified as it bars DCC banks from accepting

Vijayapura, Nov 21: The JD(S) will release a list of 120 candidates for the next assembly elections by the end of January or first week of February next year, said its state president H D Kumaraswamy at Muddebihal on Saturday. Speaking to reporters, Kumaraswamy said that to reach the goal of winning 113 seats, the party should grab at least 40-45 constituencies in the North Karnataka region. Asked