Karnataka

Bengaluru, July 18: KJ George, the Minister for Bengaluru Development and Town Planning, tendered his resignation on Monday following a local court order which stated that charges will be filed against him and two other police officers for abetting the suicide of Deputy Superintendent of Police MK Ganapathy. The other two police officers against whom an FIR will be registered are Additional

Bengaluru, Jul 18: In fresh embarrassment for the Congress government in Karnataka, a senior party functionary has courted a controversy with an audio clip of her purportedly pressuring a police official into releasing trucks seized for transporting sand during banned hours going viral. In the clip of her telephonic conversation with Sub- Inspector Udappa Kattikar, KPCC women's wing president

Bengaluru, Jul 18: A local court on Monday ordered charges to be filed against Minister for Bengaluru Development, K J George, and two other policemen for abetting the suicide of Mangaluru Deputy Superintendent of Police MK Ganapathy. Ganapathy's body was found hanging from the ceiling fan in a room at a lodge in Madikeri on July 7. Before taking the extreme step, he had told a local TV channel

Riyadh, Jul 18: A customer shot dead an employee at a fast food restaurant for delaying his order. The incident took place on Saturday in Saudi Arabia. According to the Saudi Gazette, a co-worker of the victim had called the police to report the incident. "The police showed up to the scene to find the expatriate had been shot and blood was pooling from his body. The victim was taken to the

Kasaragod, Jul 18: A former principal of a medical college in Kerala has been arrested by police for allegedly raping a minor girl in his clinic. The accused is P.V. Narayanan, the former principal of Kozhikode Medical College, who currently owns a private clinic. According to the police, the girl had visited his clinic in Kozikode for treatment on July 12. Dr. Narayanan was arrested following a

New Delhi, Jul 18: BJP leader Navjot Singh Sidhu quit as a member of Parliament on Monday, a move that was instantly seen as a precursor to his exiting the party. "The people of Punjab are looking for a change," was his telling comment to media just before he put in his papers. There is a strong buzz that the 52-year-old former cricketer and commentator will join Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party

New Delhi, July 18: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was flying high in June, jetting from Afghanistan to Mexico in a whirlwind of red carpet diplomacy crowned by a speech to the U.S. Congress extolling democracy and investment opportunities in the subcontinent. But when Modi returned home, he was reminded of the headwinds those ambitions face, as his hardline Hindu supporters agitate for a greater

Mangaluru, Jul 18: Three associates of a notorious criminal have been arrested by the sleuths of City Crime Branch (CCB) in Mangaluru on charges of executing his demand for protection money (hafta) from a local resident. The arrested are Preetham (22) from Aakash Bhavan, Rithesh (19) from Malady Road, and Vishal Kumar (22) from Kunjathbail, Kavoor. Mangaluru city police acted on a complaint lodged

Kasaragod, Jul 18: Four activists of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh have been arrested in Kannur yesterday in connection with the July 11 murder of a 38-year old CPM worker over political rivalry in the politically volatile Payyannur district, police said. A team led by Payyannur Circle Inspector V Ramesh arrested Vysakh, 21, Sukesh, 29, Prejithlal, 21, and Anoop, 21, all hailing from the district

Mangaluru, Jul 18: Embarrassed over the arrest of two of its employees on charges of gold smuggling at Mangaluru International Airport, the SpiceJet has suspended both of them. The sleuths of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Friday had taken two SpiceJet employees into custody after they seized gold biscuits on board Mumbai-Mangaluru flight number Sg479. The flight was on its