Karnataka

Bengaluru, Oct 18: Former Karnataka minister and senior BJP leader S Suresh Kumar on Monday said RSS workers should be allowed to arm themselves. Addressing a protest in Shivajina gar against the murder of RSS worker Rudresh R by two motorcycle-borne men, Suresh Kumar said if police are unable to provide protection to RSS workers, they should be allowed to carry weapons. "The murders of Kuttappa

Mangaluru, Oct 18: The Mangaluru City Corporation and the giant industries that operate heavy bullet tankers on Suratkal-Kana-MRPL Road have finally reached an accord to repair 4.5 km long stretch. In a meeting convened by Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel on Monday, Mangaluru Mayor Harinath, MRPL officials and some councillors agreed in principle to repair the road first with funds drawn

Kolar, Oct 18: In the third such case in recent months in Karnataka, a police official allegedly shot himself dead with his service revolver at Malur Police Station in Kolar district in the early hours today. 38-year-old Raghavendra Muniyappa, a circle inspector, returned to the police station after a night patrol and shot himself fatally around 2 AM, police said. The reason for the extreme step

Udupi, Oct 18: Lifeguards at the Kapu beach in Udupi district saved rescued two persons from drowning on Monday evening. According to Yatish Baikampady, chief executive officer of the Panambur Beach Development Project, a family of eight from Mangaluru had been to Kapu on Monday evening. When Sadanand Devadiga (42), a resident of Maroli, was caught in the currents, his relative Milan Devadiga (26)

Bengaluru: Oct 18: Former minister V?Srinivas Prasad has charged that a group of six “ill-intentioned people” is running the state government and controlling the party. The six -- Digvijay Singh, Siddaramaiah, Mallikarjun Kharge, G Parameshwara, K?J?George and D?K?Shivakumar -- are regularly bribing the party high command, he said. At?a press conference after submitting his handwritten resignation

Mangaluru, Oct 18: Issues likelove jihad', cow trafficking, conversion of Hindus into other faiths, terrorism, drug mafia, migration of Hindus and atrocities faced by Hindus are likely to be discussed at the upcoming Bajrang Dal convention in Mangaluru. The three day south Karnataka regional conference of the youth wing of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad will be held Sanghaniketan, the local RSS

Bengaluru, Oct 18: "Et tu, Brute (you too, Brutus)," said former minister V Srinivasa Prasad, immediately after submitting his resignation letter on Monday . The famous words from Willliam Shakespeare's Julius Caesarwere directed at none other than chief minister Siddaramaiah, whom Prasad accused of betraying him. A one-time confidant of the CM, Prasad resigned as member of the legislative

Bengaluru, Oct 18: Despite strong opposition from the citizens, the state government has decided to go ahead with the steel flyover project between Basaveshwara Circle and Hebbal flyover. “The project has been already finalised and there will be no public consultation again. Those who are opposing the project should have raised objections when we sought public opinion. About 73% of the feedback

Bengaluru, Oct 17: Death row convict B A Umesh Reddy on Monday moved the Karnataka high court seeking for commutation of death sentence imposed on him citing 'compelling supervening circumstances'. The counsel for Reddy, a notorious serial rapist and killer, mentioned about the filing of the petition before a division bench headed by Chief Justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee on Monday morning

Ahmedabad, Oct 17: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today appeared to give credit to "RSS teaching" for the decision to launch cross-LoC surgical strikes even as he slammed those seeking proof for the Indian Army's anti-terror operation in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. "I wonder, with the combination of Prime Minister who comes from Mahatma Gandhi's home state, and I, Defence Minister, coming