Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jun 19: An old Congress office in Karnataka was vandalized on Sunday by angry supporters of Qamar Ul Islam, who was sacked as Minister for Minority Welfare, Haj and Wakf Board. Our office at Kalburgi was ransacked by Islam's supporters after they learnt he was dropped in the cabinet reshuffle, a party leader told reports here. Kalburgi is about 650 km from Bengaluru in the state's

Bengaluru, Jun 19: SpiceJet will soon offer passengers the option of booking a taxi to reach the airport at the time of ticket purchase in several cities across India including Mangaluru. In this regard, the carrier has joined hands with cab aggregator mytaxiindia' (MTI). SpiceJet, which connects 35 destinations in different parts of the country, expects the move to help it attract more passengers

Bengaluru, Jun 19: In a major revamp, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today sacked 14 ministers and inducted 13 members into his Council of Ministry in the long awaited exercise. With the Congress High Command giving the go-ahead, nine ministers of cabinet rank and four ministers of state were inducted at the swearing in ceremony at Raj Bhavan with Governor Vajubhai Vala administering the

Udupi, Jun 19: An Indian expatriate from Udupi district of Karnataka was killed in a road accident in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Muhammad Arifullah (42), son of Mullithot Gafoor Sab, from Basroor in Kundapur taluk. He had been living in Dammam city of Saudi Arabia for past several years along with his wife and six children. According to sources, he

Bengaluru, June 19: Blaming the adverse environment created by the BJP-led regime at the Centre for Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan's decision to not continue with his current post after the end of his tenure in September, former union minister Veerappa Moily on Saturday hinted at the RSS being involved in the entire matter. Moily criticised the saffron outfit for having

Bengaluru, Jun 19: A college drop-out, who befriended a teenage girl belonging to an affluent family on social media, has been arrested on charge of blackmailing and extorting Rs 7 lakh from her. The accused is Rahul Sampath aka Rahul Kumar Sampath (22), a resident of Banashankari, south Bengaluru. Son of a film producer from Sandalwood, Rahul would befriend rich teenage girls by approaching them

New Delhi, Jun 19: The entire expenditure incurred by dalit and backward class students on coaching for competitive examinations will now be borne by the Union government, according to the revised Scheme of Free Coaching for SC and OBC Students which has done away with the cap of Rs 20,000. The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has revised the central sector scheme under which it will

Puttur, Jun 19: One person was killed and a three others sustained injuries in a collision between a KSRTC bus and a car at Kolpe near Nelliyadi in Puttur taluk on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Ashok Reddy, a resident of Bengaluru, who was onboard the ill-fated car. The injured have been admitted to a private hospital. The condition of one is critical. The bus was plying from

Hyderabad, June 19: Claiming that 50,000 Muslims migrated after the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday asked the BJP if it would send a fact-finding committee there, akin to the one sent by it to Kairana on the issue of alleged migration of Hindus. The Hyderabad Lok Sabha member termed as "bogus" the list of 346 families

Bengaluru, June 19: Even before the Congress leadership could finalise the council of ministers, dissent voices were heard from those rumoured to have been dropped. Some of them have even threatened to resign from the party if they are not made minister. Primary and Secondary Education Minister Kimmane Ratnakar was among the first to remark on the reshuffle. He put up a Facebook post late on