Karnataka

Bengaluru, June 7: As the battle for representing Karnataka in the Rajya Sabha rakes up, the Congress on Monday moved at least 14 Independent MLAs from the state to a five-star hotel in Mumbai. As per the report, the confinement of MLAs has been done until Rajya Sabha and Vidhan Parishad elections are held in the state. Congress is said to fear horse trading ahead of Rajya Sabha polls and thus in

Abu Dhabi, Jun 7: Dr. BR Shetty, Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of NMC Healthcare, has been elected as Chairman of The Indian Business/Professional Group, one of the most active business groups among the 37 registered business groups in Abu Dhabi. The Group has been in existence for the past 25 years and currently comprises of about 200 members. At a discussion following the election, Chairman Dr

Patna, Jun 7: Patna Police have loded FIR against three Class XII toppers and Vaishali's VR College Management and examination and evaluation centre superintendents and teachers for forgery, cheating and criminal conspiracy. The FIR was lodged on Monday night after CM Nitish Kumar ordered police headquarters to set up a special investigation team under an additional director general of police. The

Thiruvananthapuram/ Kochi, Jun 7: A senior judge of the Kerala High Court revealed in open court on Monday that he was offered Rs 25 lakh as bribe to ensure a favourable verdict in a gold smuggling case. The judge, Justice K T Sankaran, made the statement while considering a batch of petitions filed by relatives of the nine accused challenging their detention under COFEPOSA (Conservation Of

Udupi, Jun 7: Anupama Shenoy, the Deputy Superintendent of Police of Kudligi sub-division in Ballari district, whose sudden resignation attracted the attention of media and opposition parties, may change her decision if the state government transferred her to Mangaluru, according to her family. Anupama is the eldest among the three children of Radhakrishna Shenoy and Nalini Shenoy, who hail from

Bengaluru, Jun 7: Shoddy work by the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) in filling trenches dug for a pipeline project on Kammanahalli Main Road claimed the life of a woman on Monday. The victim, Jolly Abraham (45), was a preschool teacher and was being dropped to work by her husband on a bike as usual when the front wheel got stuck in a trench which was not filled properly. Jolly

Tumakuru, Jun 7: The question papers for SSLC and II PU examinations will be printed in the examination hall 10 minutes before the commencement of the exams from next year. Higher Education Minister T?B Jayachandra told reporters here on Monday that the question papers would be mailed simultaneously to all the examination centres from the central control room of the department. Arrangements would

Udupi, Jun 7: Suspected dengue fever has claimed two more lives in two separate villages of Karkala taluk in Udupi district. A 17-year-old girl and a 34-year-old woman died of suspected dengue at Mala and Bajagoli villages respectively, on Friday, revealed Rohini, District Health and Family Welfare Officer. The deaths would be confirmed after the arrival of the dengue audit report. There was high

Mangaluru, Jun 6: Condemning the delay in the arrest of NaMo Brigade's Mangaluru unit convener Naresh Shenoy in connection with the murder of RTI Activist Vinayak Baliga, a group of activists on Monday took out a protest march to the house of Mangaluru South MLA J.R. Lobo. Members of the Democratic Youth Federation of India, Dalit Sangarsha Samiti, and the Students Federation of India participated

Greater Noida, Jun 6: Nine months after the Dadri lynching, the situation in Bishada village became tense again today as locals held a protest meeting ignoring prohibitory orders demanding that an FIR be registered against the victim's family for alleged cow slaughter. The demand was sparked after a controversial forensic report stated that the meat found at the scene of the attack on Mohammad