Karnataka

Shivamogga, Jun 6: Two members of Akhila Havyaka Okkoota were injured after an assault by the ardent devotees and followers of Ramachandrapur Mutt in Sagar on Sunday. The injured have been identified as Uday Puttur and T.T. Hegde who had gone to Brasam Hall in Sagar to attend the meeting organised by the Okkoota. The functionaries of Okkoota had convened a meeting to demand Raghaveshwara Bharati

Bengaluru, June 6: Exhausted commuters plying between Corporation Circle and Majestic on Sunday evening had no idea why a man was holding placards on the busy stretch. Not many bothered to ask him either. Intending to fight for women's safety, he wanted the government to set up a special anti-rape squad in all police stations across the country, which should include three professional women police

Panaji, Jun 6: Goa will overtake states like Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in Information Technology (IT) sector in the coming years on account of the state's talented youths, Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said today. "Goa is a blessed state. If the state government is serious and sincere, it can find solutions to the problems. On the IT industry front, we are sincere," Parsekar said, after

Bengaluru, June 6: Karnataka Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy rode on a battery-driven bicycle on Sunday here to promote greater use of electric vehicles and mark the World Environment Day. "Electric vehicles are future of road transport as they are economical, energy eco-friendly and energy efficient. Technologies have to be developed to make them affordable, sustainable and safe for all," he

Bengaluru, Jun 6: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed the Returning Officer for the Rajya Sabha election to submit a report on a complaint that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was trying to induce independent MLAs by offering them special grants. The JD(S) had on May 29 lodged the complaint with the ECI, charging Siddaramaiah with indulging in election malpractice. The chief minister

Mangaluru, Jan 6: In a tragic-incident a 37-year-old woman from Dakshina Kannada lost her life and three of family members critically injured when their car met with an accident near Dammam in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province. The deceased has been identified as Umamima. Her husband Abdul Razzak (40), daughter Arifa (17) and son Muaad (9) have been hospitalised with severe injuries. The family

Mandya, Jun 6: Superintendent of Police Sudhir Kumar Reddy on Sunday dismissed N Ramakrishna, a constable attached to the District Armed Reserve (DAR), from service with immediate effect, citing dereliction of duty. The dismissal order said that by staging a protest on Saturday, Ramakrishna had violated the law and hindered the functioning of the department. Constables were directed to refrain

Belagavi: Jun 6: Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti-backed Independent MLA, Sambhaji Patil from Belagavi South constituency, infamous for his anti-Kannada stand, is back in the news again for all the wrong reasons. Patil, his wife Ujwala S Patil, and their son Sagar are facing a charge of dowry harassment with latter's wife lodging a complaint with the Women Police Station here on Saturday. The complaint

Mandya, Jun 6: An interfaith couple in love, who had eloped and married recently, were accepted by their respective parents on Sunday. Thanks to police personnel who mediated between the couple and their peeved parents, who eventually gave their consent. Naveen (23), son of Revanna, of Harohalli in Pandavapura taluk and a Hindu by birth, was courting Farhana Sultana (22), a Muslim. Naveen was

Doha, Jun 6: Vowing to root out corruption in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he has "faced problems" by depriving the "sweets of many" and saved over Rs 36,000 crore annually by stopping leakage and theft in government schemes. Addressing the Indian diaspora at the end of his two-day visit to Qatar, Modi said, "We have only cleaned up the surface (on corruption) and a detailed