Karnataka

Bengaluru, Nov 3: In an unexpected development, the police probing into the murder case of RSS activist Rudresh, have arrested Hashim Sharif, the Bengaluru district unit chief of Popular Front of India. Commercial Street police picked up Mr Sharif on Wednesday night and formally arrested him in connection with the murder case on Thursday morning, sources said. According to police sources, Mr

Mangaluru, Nov 3: The fog has continued to haunt early morning flights at Mangaluru International Airport. Two inbound flights from United Arab Emirates were diverted to Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru and Calicut International Airport in Karipur respectively on Wednesday. Airport director J T Radhakrishna, airport director said that the flights were diverted on account of poor

Moodbidri, Nov 3: Alva's Education Foundation organized a gala eventAlva's Keraleeyam' a unique celebration which imbibe the rich and diverse cultural heritage of Kerala, at Nudisiri Vedhikhe, on Wednesday. The entire venue was decorated and enriched with traditional Keralite ambience including famousPookalam' around which 250 students performed Thiruvathira. The cavalcade of Panchavadyam, Theyyam

New Delhi, Nov 3: A most horrific story of sexual violence has come out from Kerala's Thrissur district after a woman, accompanied by her husband, recounted how she was gangraped by four men and later subjected to acute mental harassment by the police authorities. The incident came to light after popular Malayalam dubbing artist Bhagya Lakshmi narrated the woman's ordeal in a Facebook post. The

Kasargod, Nov 3: Two persons have been arrested by the Kumble police after a Gulf-bound accused them of trying to use him to smuggle ganja into a foreign country without his knowledge. The arrested have been identified as Muhammed Ashraf A B alias Asru (29) and Anwar Ahmed alias Bhaijan (58), both residents of Uppala in Kasargod district. According to the complainant, a native of Chowki Kambar

Bhopal, Nov 3: Rubabuddin Sheikh, brother of 2005 encounter victim Sohrabuddin Sheikh, and his guard have been hospitalised after they were assaulted allegedly by a local VHP leader, Bhairulal Tank, and others in Nagda town of Ujjain district. Both Rubabuddin and Tank, who runs a cow protection campaign, have been provided police guards. A case of attempt to murder, house trespass and rioting have

Udupi, Nov 3: M A Gafoor, a senior Congress leader from Udupi, has been appointed as the new chairman of Karnataka State Minorities Development Corporation. “It will be my endeavour to ensure that benefit of various government schemes for minorities reaches the last person among them,” said Mr Gafoor while thanking Chief Minister Siddaramiah and other party leaders for trusting him and giving him

Kasargod, Nov 3: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the Centre is initiating deliberate efforts to take away the hard fought rights of the oppressed sections of society by launching “anti-people” policies, especially in the party ruled north Indian States, former president of the All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) Subhashini Ali has said. This is not a question pertaining to a

Bengaluru, Nov 3: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has begun the exercise to contain dissent in the ruling Congress by making the long-pending appointments to boards and corporations. On Wednesday, he appointed heads to 91 state-run boards and corporations accommodating 21 Congress MLAs, besides a host of party functionaries and workers. The state already has 28 Cabinet ministers. With Wednesday's

Bengaluru, Nov 3: The High Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing on a batch of petitions seeking quashing of the Karnataka Town and Country Planning (Regularisation of Unauthorised Development or Constructions) Rules, 2014, or the Akrama-Sakrama rules. The petitioner's advocate Jayna Kothari contended that according to the rules, up to 25% of deviations in commercial buildings and 50% setback