Karnataka

Bengaluru, Aug 1: Home Minister G Parameshwara on Sunday said the government will take strict action against police personnel who used brutal force against the agitating farmers in Navalgund taluk of Dharwad district. Addressing reporters here, the minister said that he has directed ADGP Kamal Pant to conduct an enquiry into the police excesses and submit a report in a week's time. Appropriate

Bengaluru, Aug 1: Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara on Sunday apologised for the alleged police brutality on women in Dharwad district during the state-wide shutdown against an inter-state tribunal's verdict on sharing of Mahadayi river, which went against the state. "I apologise to the women and children who were caned by police at Yamanur village in Dharwad district while searching for

Mangaluru, Jul 31: Three Hindutva activists have been arrested by Mangaluru police on Sunday in connection with an anti-Arabic raid' on a private school in the taluk. A few more miscreants are likely to be arrested. The arrested have been identified as Santosh, Nitin and Dinesh, all said to be activists of Sri Ram Sena, an extremist Hindutva outfit which is responsible for several vigilante

New Delhi, July 31: Justifying the assault on Dalits in Una by cow vigilante groups recently, BJP MLA MLA from Hyderabad Raja Singh has said it was a very good thing to happen. Singh, in a video uploaded on Facebook, said “Jo Dalit gaye ke maas ko le ja raha tha, jo uski pitai hui hai, woh bohut hi achhi hui hai (Those Dalits who were taking the cow, the cow meat, those who were beaten, it was a

Mangaluru, Jul 31: Social worker K K Shahul Hameed has been unanimously elected President of Jamiyyatul Falah (JF) Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Central Council. K K Shahul Hameed, Syed Zubair Shah, Zameer Ambar Mr Hameed, who is also the chairman of Education and Health Standing Committee in Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat, has been serving in the Bantwal unit of the JF. The election of new office

Bengaluru, July 31: The mortal remains of Rakesh Siddaramaiah, elder son of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, will be flown on Monday to Mysuru from Belgium, an official said on Sunday. The body will be taken to Mysuru and the last rites will be performed at the T Katur Farm House tomorrow evening, a government press release said. "The cortege with the body is being flown by Emirates Airlines

Udupi, Jul 31: A hotelier has been missing in Udupi for past four days under mysterious circumstances. His mother suspected that he might have been kidnapped by his wife and son. Bhaskar Shetty (52), the proprietor of the Hotel Durga International, here is the missing man. He left his home on July 28 but never returned. In a complaint lodged at Manipal police station on Saturday, Mr Shetty's

Mumbai, Jul 31: As the lenders and tax authorities cool their heels for Vijay Mallya to return to India, they will put under hammer next month assets worth over Rs 700 crore of the embattled businessman's long-defunct Kingfisher Airlines. The items waiting for the right bidders are plenty -- the erstwhile headquarters Kingfisher House near airport here; cars and office furniture; Mallya's plush

New Delhi, Jul 31: Congress today attacked Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar over his jibe against actor Aamir Khan, accusing BJP and RSS of "concerted conspiracy" to hound Dalits, minorities, writers, actors and whoever dissents against the Narendra Modi government. "Shameful that @manoharparrikar threatens 'teaching a lesson' to 'actors', instead of training his guns elsewhere," Congress

Meerut, Jul 31: A gang of a dozen robbers gang-raped a 35-year-old Noida woman and her 14-year-old daughter for close to three hours near Bulandshahr late Friday night. Police detained 15 people on Sunday in connection with the case. The rape survivors were headed for Shahjahanpur from Noida and driving down the Delhi-Kanpur National Highway 91 with four of their family. The family had started