Karnataka

New Delhi, Nov 17: Providing much needed relief to farmers across the country, Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das on Thursday announced that farmers can withdraw up to Rs 25,000 per week against crop loans. The government also decided to increase the limit in crop insurance premium cases to 15 days. “Government has decided that time limit in crop insurance premium cases will be extended by

Bengaluru, Nov 17: A 27-year-old man killed his two sons on Wednesday after having a spat with his wife the previous night over chicken curry. Police are looking for the accused, Satish Kumar, a plumber and resident of Beereshwaranagar, off Kanakapura Road in south Bengaluru. Police said Shivashankar, 5, and Aditya, 4, who attended an anganwadi in RBI Layout, were strangled by their father. The

Mumbai, Nov 17: A day after Narendra Modi-led union government banned the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) as an unlawful association under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for five years, the Maharashtra BJP government will soon initiate steps for taking over its Islamic International School (IIS) at Dockyard Road. School and higher education minister Vinod Tawde said once a notification

Kasargod, Nov 17: In yet another breakthrough in the case in connection with the looting of around Rs.1.5crore from a Maharashtra-based gold merchant by intercepting a car at Cherkala near here in August, the police have arrested one more person. A police team headed by Vidyanagar circle inspector Babu Peringeth arrested Noushad, 36, a resident of Mattannur in Kannur on Tuesday. The accused was

Udupi, Nov 17: Prime Narendra Modi-led BJ government's surgical strike on high value notes claimed an elderly man's note in Udupi district. Mahabala Poojary (70), a resident of Rajeev Nagar at Palimar near here, reportedly died after he failed to collect sufficient money for his treatment as he could not obtain his pension in the wake of the ongoing currency woes. He is survived by his wife Indira

Mangaluru, Nov 17: Police have arrested two miscreants in connection with the attack on an elderly Muslim man after a Hindu girl eloped with his son at Shirankal in Kanyana village of Bantwal taluk. The accused have been identified as Chandrahas and Dinesh, both rowdy-sheeters. They had allegedly entered the shop of one Aboobakar in Shirankal around 7 p.m. on Sunday and attacked him with lethal

Tarikere, Nov 17: A 38-year-old man who was detained in connection with a motorcycle theft committed suicide by hanging in a toilet of the Tarikere town police station on Wednesday. The deceased Pradeep was a resident of Basaveshwara street, Tarikere, the police said. Around 9.30 am, the police intercepted Pradeep who was moving suspicisouly on a bike near the taluk office, adjacent to the

Udupi, Nov 16: The court of the chief judicial magistrate issued a non-bailable warrant against two persons charged with destruction of evidence in the Bhaskar Shetty murder case, here on Wednesday. M. Santharam Shetty, Special Public Prosecutor, said that since two persons accused of destruction of evidence in the case, Srinivas Bhat and Raghavendra, were absent in the court, when their names

Ahmedabad, Nov 16: Dalit leader Jignesh Mewani and three of his associates were sent to judicial custody after they refused to apply for bail following their arrest in connection with a protest, police said today. Mr.Mewani, who has emerged as the face of Dalit protest after the Una cow vigilante incident, and 19 others were arrested by the police for allegedly trying to block a busy road near the

Bengaluru, Nov 16: Demonetisation may have sucked the cash out of the economy but did nothing to dim the lights of the big fat wedding of the season, the betrothal of the daughter of Gali Janardhan Reddy, former Karnataka minister and mining baron accused of multiple scams. The pre-nuptial bash at the Palace Grounds here had much to pop eyes at but also to note the incongruity: huge sets capturing