Karnataka

Bengaluru, Sep 30: A scuffle over bus passes turned ugly when a woman BMTC conductor allegedly bit two hands of students in public on Thursday. The incident took place near Kammagondanahalli off Jalahalli, north Bengaluru. Punith Gowda, who is pursuing diploma in engineering, and his classmates Guru Praveen and Pavan were travelling to college on a BMTC bus plying between Peenya 2nd stage and

New Delhi, Sep 30: A senior female civil judge, her husband and a lawyer were arrested here on Thursday on charges of demanding a bribe of Rs 22 lakh from a person to settle a complaint in his favour. Searches conducted at the residence of the judge, Rachna Tiwari Lakhanpal, led to the recovery of Rs 94 lakh in cash, two locker keys and several documents. Rachna, the senior civil judge (West) of

Kasargod, Sep 30: The police on Thursday arrested four members of a gang on charges of stealing around 20 sovereigns of gold ornaments, Rs.25,000, and a car from the a house at Kadambar, near Manjeswaram. The arrested have been identified as Moideen Ansar, Abdul Rahman Mubarak, Mohammed Haneefa, and Imthiyas, all in their 20s and residents of the town and nearby areas. They were charged under

Madikeri, Sep 29: The case pertaining to the alleged suicide of Dy.SP M.K. Ganapathi took a curious turn on Thursday after his son Nehal Ganapathi abstained from filing objections to the CID report. The JMFC court in Madikeri, based on Mr. Nehal's complaint, had directed that an FIR be registered against Minister K.G. George and two senior police officials. The CID submitted a B' report to the

New Delhi, Sept 29: Ahead of the Supreme Court hearing on sharing of Cauvery water tomorrow, Karnataka Chief Minister K Siddaramaiah today said the state cannot spare any quantum of water for Tamil Nadu as it will be detrimental to drinking water requirements of its people. Speaking to the media after a meeting on the issue between the two states convened by Union Water Resources Minister Uma

New Delhi, Sept 29: Union minister Uma Bharti today appealed for peace between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu on Cauvery water issue and said she may go on hunger strike on the border of the two riparian states if there is any report of fight between them. A meeting convened by the Centre today to iron out the differences between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka on the impasse, failed to achieve any

Bengaluru, Sep 29: In what came as an indication of a third straight drought year, Karnataka has declared 68 taluks in 22 districts as drought affected, including 16 taluks in the Cauvery Basin from Mysuru, Mandya and Chamarajanagar districts. The state, which has already issued advisories to farmers against sowing water-intensive crops (like paddy and sugarcane) is also battling in the Supreme

Mangaluru, Sep 29: Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy will be celebrating Beary Language Day on October 3 like previous years as it had come into existence on the same day in 2007. Announcing this at a press meet here on Thursday, B A Mohammed Hanif, president of the Academy, said that a week-long programme to promote Beary language and culture would commence on the same day. He said Dakshina Kannada

New Delhi, Sep 29: A meeting convened by the Centre to iron out differences between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka on the impasse over Cauvery river water sharing failed to achieve any breakthrough today. At the meeting convened by Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti, Tamil Nadu refused to accept Karnataka's proposal that an expert committee be sent to the river basin to assess water availability

Mangaluru, Sep 29: U T Khader, minister for food and civil supplies, on Thursday dismissed as a blatant lie the allegation by a Bharatiya Janata Party leader that the former was part of a Rs 500 crore condom scam. "It is a blatant and shameless lie," the Congress leader told reporters when his reaction was sought to BJP leader and former corporator NR Ramesh's fresh allegations. Allegations by