Karnataka

Bengaluru, Nov 8: Urban Development Minister Roshan Baig has filed a Rs 10-crore defamation case against former minister Shobha Karandlaje. The case has been filed in the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court, charging her with making abaseless allegation' against him. Baig, in the petition, said that Karandlaje had unnecessarily dragged his name in the RSS worker R Rudresh's murder case

Bidar, Nov 8: A BJP worker was found murdered in a village in this district, an incident which comes close on the heels of the murder of an RSS worker in Bengaluru and the mysterious death of a BJP activist near Mysuru. The deceased, Sunil Dongre's body was found near an educational institution Monday morning, a senior police official said here. The body bore multiple stab injuries in the stomach

Mysuru,?Nov 8: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, on Monday, defended his government's decision to celebrate the Jayanti of 18th-century ruler Tipu Sultan across the state. The chief minister accused the BJP and pro-Hindu organisations of creating law and order problem to disturb communal harmony. Speaking to reporters at Mysuru Airport in Mandakalli, Siddaramaiah questioned what was wrong in

Mangaluru, Nov 7: Two siblings were killed in a head on collision between a car and a motorbike near Uppinangady, here on Monday. The deceased have been identified as Akshata, 25, and her brother Shivananda, 19, residents of Balthila village in Bantwal Taluk. The duo were on their way to Golithottu to attend a function at their relatives house. When they reached Bedrodi, a car hit their two

Mangaluru, Nov 7: Home Minister G. Parameshwara on Monday asked the Bharatiya Janata Party and other organisations not to protest against the State government-sponsored Tipu Jayanti on Thursday. If the organisations turn violent in their protests, the police are capable of handling them. “We are capable of fire fighting,” he said. Talking to reporters, Dr. Parameshwara said the State government

Kalaburagi, Nov 7: Controversial seer and former leader of Hindu Mahasabha Pranavananda Swami, who had once attempted suicide, has now entered martial life. The pontiff of Sharanabasaveshwar Mutt, Aremallapur in Haveri district, married a Kerala girl, Mira, at the Shanaranabasaveshwara Temple in Kalaburagi city on Monday. Besides the Peethadhipathi of Sharanabasaveshwara Samsthana Sharanabasappa

New Delhi, Nov 7: The Information and Broadcasting ministry has put on hold the order against Hindi channel NDTV India, sources told PTI on Monday. Earlier, NDTV India had moved the Supreme Court against the government's order banning its telecast for a day on November 9 for its coverage of the Pathankot terror attack. The petition challenged the Constitutional validity of the government order

Bengaluru, Nov 7: The shooting of an action sequence for an upcoming Kannada movie turned tragic, when two actors who jumped off a copter into Tippagondanahalli reservoir, 35 km west of Bengaluru, were drowned on Monday afternoon. The actors were filming the stunts for an upcoming filmMasti Gudi,' which stars Duniya Vijay in the lead role. While filming the scene, Vijay and the two actors, Anil

Bengaluru, Nov 7: A heavily drunk Tanzanian student ran his car over a 58year-old milk vendor, killing him instantly in north Bengaluru on Sunday. The rashly driven Opel Astra allegedly hit Velu Swamy , ramming him and his two-wheeler against the metal footpath railings. Kevin Muziba, 21, the Tanzanian student at the wheel of the car, had 283 mg of alcohol in his blood, way beyond the permissible

The Kerala government on Monday informed the Supreme Court that it favours the entry of women of all age groups in Sabarimala temple. Women aged between 10 and 50 years of age are traditionally not allowed into the Sabarimala temple. The LDF government had in July justified the stand taken by the previous Congress-led UDF regime, supporting the restrictions. Details awaited.