Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jun 23: Dakshina Kannada district police has busted an inter-state gang of areca nut, cattle and vehicles thieves and recovered property worth Rs 20 lakh on Wednesday. The arrests were carried out based on incidents reported in Vittal police station limits of Bantwal circle over the past one-year where a gang operated rampantly poisoning pet dogs and then taking away areca nut left for

Bengaluru, Jun 23: A new political outfit of progressive organisations is in the offing. A decision to this effect will be taken in a mega convention of civil society members at Dharwad on July 9 and 10. However, no formal announcement has been made regarding the launch of a political party. It will be led by Melkote MLA K S Puttannaiah, Kudachi MLA P Rajeev, Dalit writer Devanuru Mahadeva and

Mangaluru, Jun 22: A day after a ghastly road mishap claimed lives of eight school children and injured a dozen others at Trasi in Kundapur taluk, police units in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts conducted surprise checking of vehicles ferrying school children in the morning and evening. Mangaluru City Police Commissioner M Chandra Sekhar, Dakshina Kannada SP Bhushan Gulabrao Borase and Udupi

Mangaluru, Jun 22: A Muslim cleric was killed on the spot when a speeding lorry used for sand transportation rammed into his motorbike at Kadambar, Hosangadi near Manjeshshwar on Wednesday. The victim has been identified as Abdul Razzak Mavlavi (40), son of Abbas Mavlavi, a resident of Macchampady. He was the chief cleric of a mosque at Majeerpalla Urni in Kasaragod district. The tragedy occurred

Udupi, Jun 22: The Congress high command has reportedly deputed former union minister Oscar Fernandes to defuse the rebellion fire erupted in party's Karnataka unit against chief minister Siddaramaiah after recent major revamp in the cabinet. As part of efforts to mollify the disgruntled ministers, Party sources said the party high command has directed Mr Fernandes to hold talks with the

Muzaffarnagar, Jun 22: A 35-year-old woman who was displaced from her native village during the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots, gave birth on a road after she was allegedly denied admission by a government hospital here, prompting a probe by the Chief Medical Officer (CMO). The incident occurred yesterday when the pregnant woman was denied entry at the government primary health centre in Kandhla town

Bengaluru, Jun 22: Less than two years for the next assembly elections, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah has effected a major cabinet rejig in what's largely seen as an image makeover. The CM, however, decided to leave the major existing portfolios with senior Ministers, except that of UT Khader and R Roshan Baig. Here's the list of ministers and their portfolios: Siddaramaiah Cabinet Affairs, Personnel

New Delhi, Jun 22: In an attempt to shed the Muslim-hatred' image of Rashtirya Swayamsevak Sangh, ambassadors from nearly 140 countries - Muslim and non-Muslim 'allies' of India are invited by a Sangh Parivar organisation to attend an international iftar party at Parliament House Annexe on July 2. Organised by RSS propped Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM), a body of Muslims patronised by Sangh

Kasaragod, Jun 22: Gold ornaments worth Rs. 22 lakh were found missing from the locker of a bank in the border town of Uppala on Tuesday. A team of Cooperation Department officials found that gold ornaments kept in eight packets in the locker of the Communist Party of India-controlled Majbayal Service Cooperative Bank's Bhagavathi Temple branch were missing, sources here pointed out. The

Bengaluru, Jun 22: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who allocated portfolios to 13 of his new ministers on Tuesday, has avoided changing portfolios of senior ministers, obviously fearing rebellion. While forming a new team, Siddaramaiah took some bold decisions like removing senior leaders like V?Srinivas Prasad and actor-turned-politician M H?Ambareesh. But he did not show the same zeal in allocating