Karnataka

Bengaluru: May 31: The JD(S)?on Monday sprung a surprise by fielding two candidates for the polls to the Legislative Council. It is banking on the support of the BJP?to win the second seat. The party last week had announced former MLC?K?V?Narayanaswamy as the candidate. On Monday, it introduced a new face to the party - S?M Venkatapathi, who is runs a chain of hospitals and educational

Mangaluru, May 30: Manjunath Shenoy alias Manju Neereshwalya, said to be a close aide of Naresh Shenoy alias NaMo Naresh, a prime accuse in RTI activist Vinayak Baliga murder case, was granted bail by the II Judicial Magistrate First Class Court on Monday. Manjunath, a photographer by profession, was arrested on Sunday by a police team on the charge of harbouring NaMo Naresh, who has been

Chengannur, May 30: In a gruesome incident of patricide over property dispute, a 36-year-old IT professional has allegedly shot dead his NRI father, cut his body into pieces and dumped them at various locations here. Police said Sherin John, working with a company in IT hub Technopark, was arrested after he confessed that he had killed his father Joy V John (68) last week. John was living in US

Mysuru, May 30: Noted Kannada writer D. Javare Gowda, popularly known as “De. Ja. Gow.” in literary circles, passed away in a hospital here on Monday. He was 101. Dr. Javare Gowda leaves behind his son, J. Shashidhar Prasad, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mysore, and daughter, Shashikala, who is settled abroad. Dr. Javare Gowda was admitted to the Sri Jayadeva Institute of

Mangaluru, May 30: For Bollywood actress Ileana D'Cruz beaches across this coastal city are very special, attractive and amazing! The 28-year-old multi-lingual celebrity, who was in Mangaluru on Sunday for the closing ceremony of the All Cargo Indian Open of Surfing' on Sasihitlu beach minced no words to praise the pristine atmosphere of the beaches here. Born in Mumbai and brought up in Goa

Panaji, May 30: Police on Monday claimed to have arrested a Nigerian who has been accused of kidnapping and raping a 31-year-old woman here late on Saturday night. Speaking to reporters Superintendent of Police Umesh Gaonkar said the accused, one of two who are accused of committing the alleged crime, was nabbed in a train at Panvel railway station in Maharashtra. "I do not have any more details

New Delhi, May 30: He could not walk, he could not sleep. That's what 23 years in prison had done when they came to an end 17 days ago, in a Jaipur prison late in the evening. Nisar-ud-din Ahmad says when he stepped out, he saw his brother, two years older than him, Zaheer-ud-din Ahmad, waiting. “I felt a terrible heaviness in my legs. I froze. For a moment, I had forgotten I was free,” said Nisar

Bengaluru, May 30: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah has reportedly slammed MLA BA Mohiuddin Bava during Congress Legislative Party meeting for failing to convince his brother BM Farooq to refrain from contesting Rajya Sabha polls on Janata Dal (Secular) ticket. JD(S) has fielded Mr Farooq, the proprietor of Fiza group and president of Bearys Welfare Association for Rajya Sabha polls from

Mangaluru, May 30: Promising to make policing people-friendly, 1995 batch IPS officer Jeji Arun Chakravarthy took charge as the new Inspector General of Police of Western Range of Karnataka state police on Monday. Mangaluru city police commissioner M Chandra Sekhar, who as the in-charge IGP after the transfer of Amrit Paul to Central Range, formally handed over the Mr Chakravarthy at the latter's

Mumbai, May 30: The Shiv Sena and BJP today demanded action against AIB and comedian Tanmay Bhat for a video in which he allegedly mocked singing legend Lata Mangeshkar and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. The Sena asked Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to take stringent action against AIB and Bhat for allegedly seeking to vitiate social harmony through videos on Mangeshkar and Tendulkar. Party leader