Karnataka

Mumbai, Aug 10: Troubles seem to be mounting for Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) chief Dr Zakir Naik with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis hinting action against him after the Mumbai Police reportedly indicted him for “many unlawful activities”. According to reports, the Mumbai Police has recommended that the state book Dr Naik under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and

Bengaluru, Aug 10: The state government on Wednesday gave nod for booking criminal cases against 20 Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), BDA and PWD engineers allegedly responsible for allowing illegal constructions in Bengaluru, according to reports. Action is based on Additional Chief Secretary Mahendra Jain's recommendations. The notification says the officers who seem to be prima facie

Bengaluru, Aug 10: Sixteen years after Karnataka faced serial bombings by Deendar Channabasaveshwara Anjuman, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) sleuths have arrested Sheikh Amir Ali, a beggar and prime suspect in the case. Police sources said that for the past couple of years, Ali had been living a mendicant's life and surviving on alms The 50-year-old beggar is wanted in four blast

Vijayawada: Two Dalit brothers were allegedly tied to a tree, stripped and thrashed by a mob of self-appointed cow-protectors for skinning a dead cow in Andhra Pradesh, in a redux of the outrageous attack last month in Gujarat that has pivoted protests and a huge political controversy for the central government. On Monday, Mokati Elisa and Mokati Rajam were hired to skin a cow that had died of

Mysuru, Aug 10: The Mysuru police have arrested the prime suspect in the sensational murder of RSS?activist K?Raju. The police said they arrested Abid Pasha, 34, a resident of Bazaar Road in Hunsur town from near a water tank on Ring Road in Rajivnagar Cross in Udayagiri police station limits in the city on Sunday midnight. According to the police, Abid confessed to the crime and stated that he

Shivamogga/Bengaluru, Aug 10: BJP leader K S Eshwarappa said on Tuesday that differences of opinion among family members were common and BJP, which is also a family, is no exception. The Congress could never use the BJP's for political gains under any circumstance, he said. Speaking to mediapersons in Shivamogga, he said in every family, there will be small quarrels, but they will not harm

Mangaluru, Aug 10: II Additional District and Sessions Judge Sarvodaya Shettigar on Tuesday rejected the bail application filed by M. Naresh Shenoy aka NaMo Naresh, the main accused in the murder of RTI activist Vinayak Baliga. Shenoy, who was on the run following the murder on March 21, was arrested by the city police from a house in Hejmady near Udupi on June 25. He is among the seven persons

New Delhi, Aug 9: Cracking the whip on cow vigilantism, the Centre tonight asked all states not to tolerate anyone taking law into their hands in the name of protecting cow and take prompt action against such offenders. Home Ministry advisory came two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi denounced cow vigilantes and asked people to beware of its 'fake' protectors trying to divide society and

Mangaluru, Aug 9: A bullet tanker mishap on Tuesday near Uppinangady on the Mangaluru-Bengaluru highway not only resulted in gas leak but also disrupted water supply to this coastal city. The tanker ferrying liquefied petroleum gas plunged off the road and landed on Kumaradhara river after the driver applied sudden brake to avoid accident on a bridge near Udane under Uppinangady Police station

Udupi, Aug 9: Pramod Madhwaraj, the minister for fisheries, sports and youth affairs, Karnataka is the 10th richest state minister in India, according to a report by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). Mr Madhwaraj, who represents Udupi constituency in Karnataka Legislative Assembly, had entered the state cabinet through a recent cabinet reshuffle. Son of former MLA Late Malpe Madhwaraj and