Karnataka

Vijayapura, Mar 28: Six people, including a two-year-old girl and five labourers, were killed when the tractor in which they were travelling was hit from behind by a lorry at Horti near here in the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. The accident occurred at around 12.45 am. Fifteen people were injured in the accident. The victims were labourers at the Nandi sugar factory. All of them belong

Mangaluru, Mar 27: With the government appearing to be adamant on going ahead with the Yettinahole water diversion and other similar projects thereby destroying the fragile eco-system of the Western Ghats and affecting life in the coast, the Netravati Rakshana Samyukta Samithi has decided to up the ante and has urged people to jump into the movement. “We have almost reached a dead-end in the fight

Mangaluru, Mar 27: Two persons have been arrested by Mangaluru City Police City Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths in connection with murder of RTI activist and electrical contractor Vinayaka Panduranga Baliga in Mangaluru on March 21. The arrested have been identified as Vinith Poojary (26), son of Dejappa Poojary, a resident of Batrekumeru Padavinangady in Kavoor and Nishith Devadiga (23), son of

Bengaluru, Mar 27: The Legislative Council is likely to witness a deadlock between the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP?from Monday, with the formernot being enthusiastic to table the full report of the Karnataka State Minority Commission on wakf properties in the House. The BJP has been demanding that the government table the report submitted by the commission headed by its then chairman

Ahmedabad, Mar 27: A video purportedly showing BJP MP from Porbandar Vitthal Radadiya kicking an elderly man at a religious function has gone viral on social media. However, Radadiya has denied kicking the person. While talking to reporters last night, he said the man seen in the video was at a religious function where he was "trying to spread superstition". The purported video showed Radadiya, in

Dubai, Mar 27: A delegation from Karnataka comprising two ministers and a former Supreme Court judge called on the Head of General Security for the Emirate of Dubai recently. Sources said that Karnataka Forest Minister B Ramanath Rai, Health Minister UT Khader and former Lokayukta justice Santosh Hegde on Friday held discussion with Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim at Jumeirah. On the

Bengaluru, Mar 27: More than 100 devotees, including 15 children, have been taken ill after consuming “prasada” at a temple at Sampige village in Turuvekere taluk of Tumakuru district. District Health Officer Shashikala said the devotees had consumed the prasada served at Anjaneya Swamy temple on Friday night. On Saturday morning, they complained of stomach ache and began throwing up. Around 65

Udupi, Mar 27: Congress leader B Janardhan Poojary has continued to exert pressure on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to drop the proposal to set up an Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) and the Yettinahole diversion project. Speaking to media persons, the former Union minister said the chief minister's hasty decision to set up an ACB will cost the government in terms of support from the public. He said

Kasaragod, Mar 27: Two Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) workers received stab wounds in a clash allegedly involving Communist Party of India (Marxist) activists at Kallooravi in Kanhangad. IUML workers, Faizal, 26, and Hakeem, 25, were hospitalised with deep wounds. The IUML accused the CPI(M) of targeting their workers to settle political scores over poll-related hoardings and posters, the

Bengaluru, Mar 27: Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Mallikarjun Kharge and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah have never seen eye-to-eye. The Kharge camp has always felt that it was Siddaramaiah who came in the way of their leader from becoming the chief minister of the state in 2013. There has been a buzz in the State Congress that Kharge will replace Siddaramaiah before the 2018