Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jun 19: The Mangaluru city police have invoked the Goonda (The Karnataka Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug offenders, Gamblers, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Slum Grabbers Act, 1985) Act against Kiran Shetty (27) and Mohammed Sharief (45). In a press release, the police said Kiran Shetty alias Bombay Kiran was allegedly involved in four major crimes

Mangaluru, Jun 18: The Mangaluru City police have arrested Srikant (42) of Kavoor for his alleged involvement in the murder of 51-year-old RTI activist Vinayak Baliga. With this the police have so far arrested six persons. The police have already arrested Vineet Poojary, Nishit Devadiga, Shiva alias Shivaprasad, Shailesh (40) and K. Manjunath Shenoy alias Manju Neereshwalya (39). Vinayak Baliga

Mangaluru, Jun 18: Amidst the rumours of Health and Family Welfare Minister UT Khader's removal from the Karnataka Cabinet in its fresh reshuffle, he has earned the praise of Congress high command. According to highly placed sources, Mr Khader, who has topped a series of surveys conducted by various news agencies to assess the performance of ministers in the state, will continue to handle health

Kasaragod, Jun 18: High drama ensued after Ramesh Chennithala, the Leader of Opposition in Kerala Legislative Assembly, got stuck in a lift in District Bank building due to power failure on Saturday. Mr Chennithala had gone there to attend a reception meeting organised by the district Congress committee on the third floor. According to sources, Mr Chennithala entered the lift at 11 am. He was

Udupi, Jun 18: Veteran Congress leader and Minister for Urban Development Vinay Kumar Sorake is like to be dropped from the Karnataka cabinet along with a few other ministers, highly placed sources said. In an exercise aimed at refurbishing the image of his government, Chief Minister Siddaramiah is all set for a fresh cabinet reshuffle within a day or two as Congress high command has reportedly

Bengaluru, Jun 18: Housing Minister and veteran Kannada film actor MH Ambareesh, who is likely to be dropped from the Karnataka Cabinet for poor performance, said that "Cabinet reshuffle did not matter to him anymore." "I never asked to be in the Cabinet. They made me a minister... They have the liberty of removing me from the Cabinet... I am happy either ways, as I have served the people for

Udupi, Jun 18: A 23-year-old man was shot dead during a hunting expedition last night at Myakodu near Halageri village in Udupi district. The victim has been identified as Prashant Shetty (23) son of Vittal Shetty, a resident of Halageri, Byndoor. According to sources, Prashant was invited for hunting expedition by his friend and neighbour Ankith Shetty (23), son of Seetarama Shetty. The duo had

New Delhi, Jun 18: Karnataka Cabinet is all set to be revamped in a day or two with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today saying he has got the green signal from the Congress High Command to drop some ministers and induct fresh faces. "We discussed all names to be dropped and inducted with AICC President and Vice President Sonia and Rahulji. We have convinced them. High Command has authorised me to go

Dubai, Jun 18: Dr Kaup Mohamed, the Dean and Director of the London American City College, who hails from Kaup in Udupi District, has been conferred with a Doctorate in Business Administration from the Apollos University, California, USA. The Board of the Apollos University in California and the Board of the Euro College and several other dignatories, faculty members, staff members, students and

Mysuru, Jun 18: Kannada Novelist S L Bhyrappa received the fourth highest civilian Padma Shri award at his residence here on Friday. The Centre had conferred the award on the writer for his contribution to literature and education. Additional chief secretary Subhash Chandra visited the residence of Bhyrappa around 4.30pm and presented the award in the presence of his friends and family members