Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jul 30: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's son, Rakesh Siddaramaiah, died of multi-organ failure at a hospital in Belgium today, official sources said. Rakesh, aged 39, was undergoing treatment at Antwerp University Hospital in Brussels, where he was rushed on Tuesday after he developed sudden pancreas-related complications. He had been on a European tour with his friends since

Darbhanga, Jul 30: A Dalit woman was allegedly beaten up and forced to drink her urine by four men after branding her as a "witch" at Pipra village in Bihar's Darbhanga district, police said today. Four persons beat up a Dalit woman and subsequently forced her to drink her urine on Thursday for allegedly practising witchcraft, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Anjani Kumar said. The woman left

Mangaluru, Jul 30: A group of miscreants owning allegiance to Hindutva outfits like Sri Ram Sena on Saturday illegally entered into a private school on the outskirts of the city and created ruckus in protest against the school management's decision to conduct special Arabic classes for students along with other foreign language classes. The incident occurred at St Thomas Aided Higher Primary

Shimla, Jul 30: The Himachal Pradesh High Court has issued orders calling on the Central government to ban cow slaughter in the country within six months. Further, in the order passed on Friday, the High Court directed that prohibitions be imposed on import and export of the cow/calf and sale of beef and beef products be banned – all to be complied within a period of six months. While passing the

Bengaluru, Jul 30: Normal life was today hit in Karnataka following a bandh called by pro-Kannada and farmers' organisations, protesting the Mahadayi Water Dispute Tribunal's interim order rejecting the state's petition seeking 7.56 tmcft for drinking water projects. Transport services have been hit with several transport workers unions, autorickshaws and cab unions extending support to the call

Mangaluru, Jul 30: Following approval from the Deputy Commissioner, the Mangaluru city police has invoked the Karnataka Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug offenders, Gamblers, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Slum Grabbers Act, 1985 (Goonda Act) against two miscreants. They are Kabeer aka Kabeer Kandavara, resident of Kaikamba, Mangaluru, and Raja, 21, alias 'Japan Manga

Mangaluru, Jul 30: The Mangaluru City Corporation has resolved to name the Town Hall after social reformer late Kudmul Ranga Rao, who fought for the rights of depressed classes and strived for their welfare. The decision comes about six months after the renovation of the five decade old Town Hall of Mangaluru, which hosted thousands of political, social and cultural events in the past 50 years

New Delhi, Jul 30: With Parliament passing the Compensatory Afforestation Bill, Karnataka is set to receive more than Rs 900 crore from the Union government to create and conserve forests and ecology. Karnataka's share (Rs 917 crore) is more than Tamil Nadu's (106 crore) and Kerala's (Rs 76 crore), but less than that of Andhra Pradesh (Rs 2,223 crore) and Maharashtra (Rs 2,435 crore) which had

In a sensational charge, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has faced accusation of 'baby snatching'. News magazine Outlook has reported that Sangh Parivar women have taken away tribal girls from Assam. The parents were told that the girls were being taken away for educating them but now they are not able to contact the kids. Journalist Neha Dixit has reported that 30 girls in the age group 3-11

Bengaluru, Jul 30: Sleuths of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Friday arrested one more person in connection with the suicide of Chikkamagaluru DySP Kallappa Handibag. Vijay Kumar, 22, a painter from Dodda Bommasandra in Vidyaranyapura in Bengaluru was arrested following a tip-off, the police said. The CID believes that he assisted Praveen Khandya, the prime suspect and secretary of