Karnataka

Bengaluru, Aug 17: Home Minister G Parameshwara on Tuesday said the Opposition parties should not politicise the issue of some students shouting anti-India slogans recently in Bengaluru. Speaking to reporters, he took exception to BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa writing to Union Home Rajnath Singh on the issue. “The police in Karnataka are capable of investigating the case. Using the issue for

Bengaluru, Aug 17: Senior BJP leaders are said to have confronted party president B?S?Yeddyurappa at the party's core committee meeting on Tuesday questioning his “unilateral” selection and appointment of office-bearers. The 11-member core committee, the party's highest decision-making body in the state, held its first meeting after Yeddyurappa took over as state-unit president in April this year

Udupi, Aug 16: The Principal Civil Judge's Court (Senior Division) on Tuesday remanded all the three suspects in the Bhaskar Shetty murder case --- wife Rajeshwari, son Navneeth and astrologer Niranjan Bhat --- in judicial custody up to August 24. The judge pronounced the judicial custody as police did not seek the extension of police custody. The first suspect Rajeshwari has been shifted to the

Thokkottu: NH-66 at Thokkottu will be altogether different, once Transit One Mall resumes all its services. A Mangaluru based Real Estate development firm Ecologic Habitat' is all set to revolutionize the idea of travelling on the Indian Highways with the concept of Transit oriented development. Ecologic Habitat has established Transit One' First of the Transit series of theme based malls. It is

Bareilly, Aug 16: The senior mufti of the Dargah-e-Ala Hazrat in Bareilly has issued a fatwa, or an Islamic edict, against popular food outlet Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), terming it a sin' to eat there. The development comes amidst allegations that the KFC is serving non-halal chicken to its customers with invalid halal certificates. “It came to my notice that the chicken served in KFC outlets

Kochi, Aug 16: A top Kerala official's comments that staring "annoyingly" at a woman for 14 seconds can land a man in jail as per certain sections of law has gone viral on social media with a state minister terming them "irritating". "There are sections in law to jail a man for annoyingly staring at a woman for 14 seconds. Please use it (the provisions in the law), if it is the case," State Excise

Udupi, Aug 16: The Karnataka state government has ordered a probe by Criminal Investigation Department (CID) into the murder of NRI businessman Bhaskar Shetty. The development comes after several media reports exposed the alleged special treatment' accorded to the accused in the murder case by the Udupi police. Minister of State for Fisheries, Youth Empowerment and Sports, Pramod Madhwaraj, who is

Mangaluru, Aug 16: Former Dakshina Kannada district in charge minister B A Mohideen has been selected for the D Devaraj Urs Award' on the occasion of the 101st birth anniversary of the former chief minister. The award, instituted by the State government, carries a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh and citation. The selection committee chose the Beary community stalwart for the prestigious award in

Bengaluru, Aug 16: A sedition case was filed against the India chapter of Amnesty International on Tuesday for allegedly allowing its employees to raise anti-India slogans at an event on Kashmir in Bangaluru. The development was confirmed by Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara, who said that a sedition case has been filed against the India brand of Amnesty International for raising pro-Kashmir

Bengaluru Aug 16: With the mayoral polls scheduled for September 19, the spotlight is once again on the JD(S) led by father-son duo HD Deve Gowda and HD Kumaraswamy. Will the JD(S) stay with the Congress or forge an allianc e with the BJP this time? While JD(S) leaders have chosen to play their cards close to their chest, the Congress and BJP are leaving no stone unturned in wooing the party whose