Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jul 9: Two days after Deputy Superintendent of Police M K Ganapathi committed suicide in Madikeri, a team of the Criminal Investigation Department, led by Additional Director General of Police C.H. Pratap Reddy, on Saturday visited the office of Inspector General of Police (Western Range) in Mangaluru, as part of investigation. Ganapathi was working with the IGP's office since about

Mangaluru, Jul 9: B Janardhana Poojary, who was the first senior Congress leader to demand CBI probe into the sensational suicide case of IAS officer DK Ravi over a year ago, on Saturday went all guns blazing against chief minister Siddaramaiah for hesitating to handover Mangaluru DySP M K Ganapathi suicide case to CBI and backing tainted minister K J George. Speaking to media persons in Mangaluru

Hyderabad, Jul 9: Terming the terrorist organisation ISIS as the biggest threat to the mankind, AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi called its members "dogs of hell". "ISIS sent one of its suicide bombers to Medina...it is a fraud, an army of criminals...these people are dogs of hell ("jahannam ke kutte"), Owaisi said, addressing a protest meeting organised by the Muslim organisations

Mumbai, Jul 9: Internationally acclaimed orator Dr Zakir Naik, who is facing heat over reports that one of the Dhaka attackers was inspired by his speeches, today said that no Bangladesh government official had said that he inspired the act of terrorism. "I spoke to Bangladeshi government people. They told me that they do not believe I inspired these Bangladeshi terrorists to do this act of

Mangaluru, Jul 9: The sixth graduation ceremony of St Aloysius College, Mangaluru was held on Saturday at its Loyola Hall, here. Rev. Fr Stanislaus D'Souza SJ, Provincial Karnataka Jesuit Province, declared the ceremony open followed by the Oath-taking ceremony led by Rev. Fr Dionysius Vaz SJ, Rector of St Aloysius Institutions. There were a total of 1638 graduates with 924 UG graduates and 579 PG

Hubballi, July 9: Clarifying that there was no question of handing over the suicide case of Dy.SP M.K. Ganapathy to the Central Bureau of Investigation, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said here on Saturday that the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) was capable of bringing out the truth. Speaking to presspersons at Hubballi airport during a brief stopover on his way to Haveri district, Mr

Chandigarh, Jul 9: After Punjab, a proposal has been made to the BJP government in Haryana to levy gau sewa tax' or 'cow cess' to generate funds for the welfare of cows in the state. Haryana Gau Sewa Ayog has proposed the government to levy Rs 2,100 on booking of banquet hall, 5 per cent cess on collection of entertainment tax, Re 1 per bag of foodgrain and sought 50 per cent collections of

Mangaluru, Jul 9: The investigation into the sensational suicide case of Mangaluru DySP M K Ganapathi has revealed that one of the main reasons for his anger towards former home minister K J Gorge was that the latter had turned down request of former to revoke his suspension in 2014. Mr. Ganapathy had a long tenure serving in various capacities in the Bengaluru city police, but it was also marked

Karachi, Jul 9: Famed philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi, who set up one of Pakistan's biggest welfare organisations and was revered as a “living saint” by many in the South Asian country, died in hospital late on Friday. The announcement of his death triggered a wave of accolades on TV and social media. Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif paid tribute to him as “a great servant of humanity,” and

Bengaluru, Jul 9: Rubbishing reports that he had harassed or pressured Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) from Mangaluru, M K Ganapathi, who committed suicide in Madikeri on Thursday, Bengaluru Development Minister K J George made it clear that he would not resign. “It is not true that I had harassed him. I never spoke to any senior officer about him during my tenure as home minister,” George