Karnataka

Bengaluru, Sep 22: Chief minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday decided to convene a one-day legislature session on Friday to seek the opinion of elected representatives on the Supreme Court's order to release 6,000 cusecs ofCauvery water per day to Tamil Nadu. He has deferred implementation of the order until such time. The move - which virtually amounts to defying the apex court - will give some

New Delhi, Sep 22: The Supreme Court has asked former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and his wife as well as an advocate, who accused the JD(S) leader of abusing his position in granting mining lease and allotment of site to private firms, to produce relevant documents. A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Prafulla C Pant directed petitioner advocate M Vinod Kumar's counsel Nikhil

Mangaluru, Sep 21: An engineering student died after his motorbike collided with a tipper-lorry in Naguri on Mangaluru-Bengaluru National Highway on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Ahmed Raiyan (19), son of Riyaz Chenna, a native of Bhatkal. He was a first year Bachelor of Engineering student of Sahyadri College of Engineering, Adyar Mangaluru. According to police, Raiyan was on his

Udupi, Sep 21: The Court of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate remanded the two main accused — Navneet Shetty and Niranjan Bhat — in the Bhaskar Shetty murder case in judicial custody till October 3, here on Wednesday. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is investigating the case. The CID had sought police custody of Rajeshwari Shetty, wife of Bhaskar Shetty, for four dayson Tuesday

Bengaluru, Sep 21: Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) Supremo H.D. Deve Gowda on Wednesday advised the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah against releasing water to Tamil Nadu, as directed by the Supreme Court on Tuesday. “There is no need for Mr. Siddarmaiah to resign at this juncture, let him take a firm stand against releasing water,” Mr. Gowda told media persons. “I don't want to

Mangaluru, Sep 21: Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee has urged the police to file a suo motu case against a prominent Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader for attempting to disrupt peace and communal harmony through provocative speech. This comes two days after Dr Prabhakar Bhat Kalladka, the most influential RSS leader in the district, delivered a controversial speech at a rally

Mangaluru, Sep 21: For past twelve days the family members, colleagues and friends of Abubacker Padubidri, a non-resident Indian from Udupi district of Karnataka, have been anxiously waiting for any positive news about him, as the Mangaluru City Police have failed to make any headway in the mysterious missing case. 48-year-old Abubacker, who had come from Saudi Arabia to his homeland, had gone

Bengaluru, Sep 21: BJP has decided to boycott the all-party meeting called by Chief Minister Siddaramaih today to discuss the future course of action following Supreme Court's order directing Karnataka to release 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu till September 27. The party has demanded that the government should call the Assembly session immediately to decide the issue. "I have already

Magaluru, Sep 21: In the wake of recent terror attack on the Army camp at Uri in Jammu and Kashmir which left 18 Indian soldiers dead, a silent solidarity march will be held in Mangaluru on September 23. The programme is being organised United for a Better Dakshina Kannada', a forum which comprises organisations belonging to different faiths including Ahinda, Buntara Yane Nadavara Mathr Sangha

Mangaluru, Sep 21: Retrofitting downtown area of the city, re-development of old-port and fisheries harbour and development of a solar farm on an island facing the old port are some of the highlights of the smart city project proposal of the Mangaluru City Corporation, which envisaged a total investment of Rs. 2,000 crore in the next five years. Welcoming the move of the Union government to