Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jul 13: Bengaluru Development Minister K J George on Tuesday said he would tender his resignation only if Chief Minister Siddaramaiah asks him to do so. Notwithstanding the mounting pressure from the Opposition parties, which have been gunning for his ouster ever since police officer M K Ganapathi committed suicide recently, George claimed that he was innocent in the case. He also asked

Bengaluru, Jul 13: A lawyer has filed a complaint with the Upalokayukta against the Circle Inspector and Station House Officer (sub-inspector) of the Madikeri Town police station for not invoking section 306 of the IPC (abetment to suicide) in the case of unnatural death of DySP M K Ganapathi. Amrutesh N P complained that officers at the Madikeri police station “succumbed to pressure and failed to

Ahmedabad, Jul 12: A group of Dalits were allegedly beaten up by six persons for skinning a dead cow at a village in Gir Somnath district in Gujarat, following which three persons were arrested, police said today. The victims, belonging to a Dalit community at Mota Samadiyara village of Una taluka in Gir Somnath, claimed that they were skinning an already dead cow, while the six accused claimed

Mangaluru, Jul 12: The activist of Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday stormed the premises of the office of the Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner in the city to exhibit their anger towards the Congress government of Karnataka in the wake of Mangaluru DySP MK Ganapathi's suicide. The main demand of the agitators was that chief minister Siddaramiah should take necessary steps to arrest K J George

Kochi, Jul 12: The Kerala High Court on Monday granted bail to all the 41 accused remanded in judicial custody in connection with the Puttingal fireworks tragedy in Kollam, which claimed 110 lives. Justice P. Ubaid issued the order while allowing petitions filed by the accused, most of them were office-bearers of the Puttingal temple managing committee. 'No preventive measures' The police charge

Mangaluru, Jul 12: In a bizarre incident, a taluk panchayat member allegedly assaulted a doctor at Kokkada village near Dharmasthala after the latter asked the former to be cautious while driving. Dr Ganesh Bhat (48), an Ayurvedic practitioner, who suffered nose injuries in the attack, got admitted to a private hospital in Nelyadi. According to Dr Bhat he had been to a temple on Monday morning in

Mangaluru, Jul 12: Medical education minister Sharanprakash R Patil has promised to examine the proposal to set up a government medical college in Mangaluru city or other part of Dakshina Kannada district. Replying to a question raised by Ivan D'Souza, chief whip of Congress in the legislative council, who also hails from Mangaluru, the minister said that the government is planning to set up more

Mumbai, Jul 12: Amidst continued media trial against Dr Zakir Naik, the State Intelligence Department (SID) of Maharashtra has given him clean chit and made it clear that the most sought after Islamic orator will not and cannot be arrested on his return to India. Sources in the special team of the SID handling the investigation ordered by the Maharashtra government said: “There is no case to be

Expressing shock over the hate campaign, false allegations and media trial against him in the wake of recent terrorist attack in Dhaka, Dr Zakir Naik, the most sought after Islamic orator, has issued a written statement to the press reiterating that he never supported terrorism or violence in any form whatsoever. Dr Naik had earlier planned for a press conference on Skype from Saudi Arabia

Payyannur, Jul 12: Two political rivals were hacked to death within hours by miscreants in Payyannur as political vendetta-led violence erupted in parts of Kannur district. Police said that C V Dhanaraj (36) a CPI (M) worker and C K Ramachandran (46), an auto-rickshaw driver and member of BMS, affiliated to BJP were the two killed on Monday night. Dhanaraj was killed at his house at about 10 p.m