Karnataka

New Delhi, Jul 31: The Delhi police has arrested one more MLA of Aam Aadmi Party. This time Narela MLA Sharad Chauhan was picked up by a Special Investigating Team probing the suicide of a woman. Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ravindra Yadav confirmed the arrests and added that details about Mr. Chauhan's specific role will be shared later. Chauhan is one of the seven persons arrested in

Mysuru, Jul 31: Rakesh Siddaramaiah (39), son of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who died on Saturday, had celebrated his last birthday in Mysuru on July 13. Rakesh, who was born in 1977 in Bengaluru, had expressed his wish to contest the Assembly elections in 2018, on his birthday. He had said that he would contest from either Varuna or Chamundeshwari constituency with the consent of his father. He

Mangaluru, Jul 31: A woman, who attempted to suicide by jumping into Arabian Sea at Someshwar beach, was rescued by the lifeguards on Saturday. The rescued woman is a resident of Chembugudde, Thokkottu. Soon after she jumped into the sea, a few beachgoers started shouting. Lifeguards of Panambur Beach Tourism Development Project plunged into action and managed to rescue her. Ironically the woman

New Delhi, Jul 31: In a humanitarian crisis, over 10,000 Indian workers in Saudi Arabia are facing severe food shortage due to financial hardship after losing their jobs and the government has ordered its mission in the Gulf nation to provide food to them besides other assistance. Late in the evening, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj appealed to 30 lakhs Indians in that country to help

Hubballi, Jul 31: Former chief minister and state JD(S) president H?D?Kumaraswamy has set Monday (August 1) afternoon as the deadline for the government to release around 180 farmers who were arrested in Navalgund after a violence there, and to withdraw cases booked against them. On his way to Yamanur, Alagawadi and Navalgund, where police beat up farmers, Kumaraswamy told mediapersons at the

Bengaluru, Jul 31: JD(S) leader H D Deve Gowda on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi could have easily resolved the Mahadayi river water sharing dispute, but had chosen to “neglect” it. Addressing the media here, Gowda said the BJP was ruling at the Centre and in the states of Maharashtra and Goa. “Resolving this issue would not have been such a big task for the prime minister. He, however

Mangaluru, Jul 30: Governor Vajubhai?Rudabhai Vala on Saturday, asserted the need to further encourage robot-assisted medical applications. Addressing the gathering during the launch of new facilities at Yenepoya University that included a robotic surgery unit, Vala said, “Robotic is the new invention and is known for perfection. There is a need to give a push to it.” Praising Chancellor Yenepoya

Mangaluru, Jul 30: Even as hundreds of Sangh Parivar activist continued to post sadistic comments on social media celebrating the untimely death of Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah's elder son Rakesh, a senior BJP leader, who too had lost his son 13 years ago, has expressed deep condolences over the sad demise of 39-year-old budding leader. “The grief of having lost a child can be known only

Bengaluru, Jul 30: Even when 39-year-old Rakesh, the elder son of Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah, was lying on his deathbed in Belgium, the latter got no sympathy from the Kannada television channels and the other media in the State. The regional news channels began to target the CM the moment he left for Belgium to visit his ailing son, who was in an extremely critical condition since

New Delhi, Jul 30: Nearly 800 Indian workers are reportedly starving for the last three days in Saudi city of Jeddah after losing their jobs and Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh is traveling to the Gulf nation to sort out the issue. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said the Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia has been directed to serve food to them and that she was monitoring the