Karnataka

New Delhi, Nov 16: The Karnataka government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that reports of the Comptroller and Auditor (CAG) can be relied upon for initiating action for cognisable offence against former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa. The action is with regard to cases related to denotification of land. The state government countered the senior BJP leader's contention that the registration of

Mangaluru, Nov 15: Demanding the immediate withdrawal of the demonetisation scheme, B Janardhana Poojary, a former Union Minister of State for Finance has warned the Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the move would destroy Bharatiya Janata Party. Mr. Poojary, who had appreciated the demonetisation the very next day of the PM's unexpected announcement, on Tuesday took a U-turn and said that the

New Delhi, Nov 15: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of receiving Rs 12 crore as bribe while he was Gujarat Chief Minister. The accusation came during his speech in the Delhi assembly, called to debate a resolution to urge President Pranab Mukherjee to direct the union government to immediately withdraw the "draconian demonetisation" move. "On

New Delhi, Nov 15: The government today decided to declare an NGO promoted by Islamic orator Dr Zakir Naik as an outlawed organisation under the anti-terror law for five years for its alleged terror activities. The decision has been taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Cabinet approved a proposal to declare Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) as

New Delhi, Nov 15: Reflecting their growing proximity, India and Israel today decided to further "broad-base" their already close defence partnership and intensify cooperation in combating radicalisation and extremism, while calling upon global community to act tough against terror networks and States harbouring them. The two countries also agreed to deepen their cooperation in a variety of areas

Mangaluru, Nov 15: A day after a 10-year-old madrasa student was stabbed by the motorbike-borne miscreants, Manjanady and Montugoli villages under the limits of Konaje police station on Tuesday observed a self-motivated bandh. The peaceful bandh was the collective decision of the villagers to exert pressure on the police department to nab the culprits who attacked a minor boy without any

Madikeri, Nov 15: In a shocking incident, a guest teacher was found murdered at West Nemmale village near Shrimangala on Monday. Prameela, 34, daughter of Kumar, was working as a guest teacher at a primary school in the village. She was married to Girish, owner of Priyadarshini Hotel in Gonikoppal, some years ago. However, the couple with two children, had parted ways five years ago. Ever since

Bengaluru, Nov 15: Mining baron and former Karnataka minister Gali Janardan Reddy has hired several models - including around fifty from Mumbai alone - to distribute pan at his daughter Brahmini's wedding with businessman Rajeev Reddy on Wednesday. The many varieties of pan that Reddy's guests will be treated to are believed to have cost Rs 20 lakh, and the models who'll be giving them out have

London, Nov 15: A 15-year-old Indian-origin boy hanged himself to death allegedly after being bullied in a school in the city of Leicester in the East Midlands region of England. Brandon Singh Rayat died in August but his mother, Mina Rayat, decided to speak out on Monday at the start of National Anti-Bullying Week. "I begged doctors to hospitalise him because it was all too much. I told them he

New Delhi, Nov 15: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a ban on burqas and other face veils in public places due to security threat to the capital, saying it is not a public interest matter. A bench of chief justice G. Rohini and justice Sangeeta Dhingra Sehgal dismissed the plea saying, “If it is a policy decision, the government will