Karnataka

Sarukhetry/Assam, Apr 7: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of making grandiose statements during his visits abroad while spreading hatred' at home, and cautioned voters in Assam against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) communal politics controlled from Nagpur'. “Modiji jab videsh jaate hain toh sabko gale lagate hain aur awam ko lekar badi badi batein

Mumbai, Apr 7: All the statements were given in front of a magistrate and hence admissible as evidence to nail the alleged culprits that include a 'sadhvi' and a serving Indian Army officer. In a major setback to the 2008 Malegaon blasts case, seven statements of witnesses - all recorded in the presence of a magistrate and admissible as evidence - have gone missing from the Special NIA Court

Bhatkal, Apr 7: After a marathon interrogation the National Investigation Agency (NIA) released the Bhatkal youth who was detained at the Pune International Airport for alleged links with the Islamic State (IS) two days ago. A senior government official said that it was a case of mistaken identity. Ismail Musab bin Abdul Rawoof (34), a shoe salesman, was on way to board an Air India flight to

Bengaluru, Apr 7: Five students were debarred from across the State for copying during the second language SSLC?examination that was held on Wednesday. One each from Bagalkot and Chikkodi and three students from Yadgir have been arrested. Yashoda Bopanna, Director, Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board, has said that one of the students in Yadgir had a cellphone and the other two were

Bhatkal, Apr 7: A 34-year-old man from coastal Karnataka's Bhatkal town has been detained at the Pune International Airport when he was about to board a flight to Dubai. Sources said that intelligence officials detained Ismail Musab (34) on Tuesday on charge of suspected links with terror outfit ISIS. Even though he was heading for Dubai, security agencies suspect that he had planned to head to

Bengaluru, Apr 6: Criminal Investigation Department (CID) sleuths on Wednesday arrested two more teachers in connection with the PU II question paper leak case. The two physical education (PE) teachers — Anilkumar HK of Poornaprajna College, Sadashivanagar, and Satish Kumar of Government High School, Mathikere — have been long-time friends and, ironically, even recipients of the 'best teacher'

Mangaluru, Apr 6: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders are behind the murder of Right To Information activist Vinayak Baliga, according to Dakshina Kannada district in-charge Minister B. Ramanath Rai. Responding to a question at a press conference here, Mr. Rai said that not only in the Baliga murder case, but the BJP leaders were also behind the murder of Harish Poojary of Bantwal that took place

Mangaluru, Apr 6: The Mangaluru Police have issued a look-out notice against Naresh Shenoy, the founder of the city unit of NaMo Brigade (now known as Yuva Brigade), a right wing group, in connection with the murder of 51-year-old RTI activist Vinayak Baliga. The activist was hacked to death allegedly by three persons near his house at Kodialbail here on March 21. The police have so far arrested

Manama, Apr 6: Saudi Arabia could introduce a system for its millions of expatriates that would be similar to the Green Card system in the US. The inclination, announced by Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud in an interview with Bloomberg, would help the kingdom generate new revenues for the national economy. No details were given by Prince Mohammad, but with around nine million

London, Apr 6: Less than 20 per cent of people portray themselves truthfully on social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter, a new UK-based study has found. According to the survey of 2,000 Britons, just 18 per cent represent themselves accurately, while the huge majority only post content which makes their lives look more interesting to their friends and family. The results also