Karnataka

Ahmedabad, May 15: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) President Praveen Togadia's cousin brother Bharat Togadia and 2 other were stabbed to death by unidentified men on Saturday in Gujarat's Surat. Praveen Togadia is the working International President for VHP. Bharat is the brother of Praful Togadia who is a Congress candidate as well as the leader of Opposition of Surat Municipal Corporation. Babu

Kolkata, May 15: BJP West Bengal president Dilip Ghosh has kicked up a controversy by calling girl students of Jadavpur University "below standard and shameless who are always in search of opportunity to be in the company of male students". Ghosh made the remarks while reacting to allegations of molestation by the girl students of the institution last week during a scuffle between ABVP and Left

Bengaluru, May 15: In yet another instance of tug-of-war between Governor Vajubhai R. Vala and the State government, the former has declined to give assent to the Ordinance on reserving a percentage of construction works for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/STs) in various government departments. While this is part of a series of decisions of the government that have failed to get the

Bengaluru, May 15: Two students from Sudan were killed on the spot when their motorcycle rammed into a goods vehicle on Kasturinagar flyover in K.R. Puram on Saturday morning. Ironically, they were returning home after visiting a friend, who had met with an accident just an hour earlier. Abdul Rehman Mubarak, a pharmacy student, was driving and his friend Awap Khalifa, a commerce student, was

Kasaragod, May 15: The over two-month-long campaign for the Assembly election ended in the district on Saturday evening with major political parties taking out colourful processions to showcase their strength. In sharp contrast from the past, the campaign marked the strong presence of BJP-led NDA which has embarked on a vigorous electioneering in a bid to make its maiden entry to the State

New Delhi, May 14: The four-month window for declaring domestic blackmoney will open on June 1 and those opting to come clean by paying 45 per cent tax and penalty will not be subject to scrutiny and enquiry by tax department. The Income Declaration Scheme 2016 will remain in force till September 30 for filing of declarations and payments towards taxes, surcharge and penalty must be made latest by

Mangaluru, May 14: A minor girl who was forced to discontinue her education and work as a domestic help for a male medical student in his rented house at Babbukatte near Thokkottu on the outskirts of the city was rescued by the Childline. Soon after receiving a tip-off through its helpline (1098) Childline Mangaluru acted swiftly and rescued the 12-year-old child labourer. Their centre coordinator

Coimbatore, May 14: Electoral officials in Tamil Nadu today seized about Rs 570 crore from three containers during checking in Tirupur district, which the occupants of the vehicles claimed was for inter-bank money transfer. Officials said that personnel accompanying the containers told them that they were transferring Rs 570 crore from State Bank of India in Coimbatore to Vishakhapatnam branches

Bengaluru, May 14: Chief minister Siddaramaiah, law minister TB Jayachandra, health minister UT Khader and rural development minister HK Patil have emerged toppers in a survey conducted by a leading English daily newspaper to assess the performance of ministers of Karnataka's Congress government which completed three years on May 13, 2016. Here is the scorecard published by The Indian Express. The

Mangauru, May 14: Another youth has been stabbed by a group of miscreants in Ullal town of Mangaluru taluk, which had witnessed a spate of stabbings earlier this month. 27-year-old Shamsuddin, a local resident, was hospitalised with severe injuries after Friday's attack on the premises of Sayyid Madani Dargah, which had also witnessed violence a couple of weeks ago over the selection of its