Karnataka

Bengaluru, Mar 21: V.S. Ugrappa, senior Congress leader and chairman, expert committee to suggest amendments to existing laws to prevent atrocities on women and children, while defending the State government's decision to set up the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), accused the Opposition BJP of creating an unnecessary controversy over the issue. Responding to questions from presspersons on Sunday, Mr

Dubai, Mar 20: Dubai-based budget carrier flydubai on Sunday announced a $20,000 financial assistance to the kin of each of the 62 passengers, including an Indian couple, aboard its ill- fated flight bound for Russia that crashed after missing the runway in bad weather. Flydubai, a sister firm of Dubai's flagship carrier Emirates Airlines, said in a statement that at present, its priority is to

Chandigarh, March 20: A widow sister-in-law of Bhartiya Janata Party MP Kirron Kher has accused her sister and her actor husband Anupam Kher of land grab and continuous harassment by allegedly using their power. Gurinder Sandhu, a 50-year-old widow has made allegations against Kirron Kher and Anupam Kher for allegedly dispossessing her from her ancestral home. The widow claimed that the house in

Shahjahanpur (UP), Mar 20: Days after a sharp shooter who killed 3 witnesses in Asaram cases was nabbed, father of the girl, who was allegedly sexually assaulted by Asaram Bapu, has been threatened by an unidentified person to withdraw the case or face dire consequences. "Some person had called me yesterday threatening me to withdraw the case against Asaram Bapu. The caller said that if the case

Mangaluru, Mar 20: Thumbay Moideen, Founder President of the UAE-based international business conglomerate Thumbay Group received The Eminent AloysianAlumini Award 2016', jointly organized by the management of St. Aloysius College – Mangaluru and the St. Aloysius College Alumini Association (SACAA) at a special function held at Fr L.F. Rasquinha Hall, LCRI Block, St Aloysius College on Saturday

Kochi, Mar 20: They were huddled in front of the TV hoping against anguished hope, watching the rescue team in Russia sifting through the plane wreckage. Until the names of their kin flashed on the screen, as the two Indians who died in the crash. Some of them were too shocked to react, some broke into tears, one of them fainted. Little did members of the Chamakkala House in Perumbavur know that

Mysuru, Mar 20: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and some right-wing groups have been trying to gain political mileage by keeping the issue of Sangh Parivar activist Raju's murder alive, according to sources of intelligence department. Even former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, MP Shobha Karandlaje and others tried to provoke the people in Mysuru recently. The police had videographed their

Mangaluru, Mar 20: Anti-Yettnahole diversion activists have defaced the photographs of a union minister and three state ministers from Dakshina Kannada in the banners and hoardings put up in the city. Banners and hoardings carrying photographs of DV Sadananda Gowda, B Ramanath Rai, K. Abhayachandra Jain and U.T. Khader were targeted by the activists in the wake of fresh proposal by the government

Mysuru, Mar 20: The Mandya district revenue officials and police prevented Sri Ram Sene Chief Pramod Muthalik from entering the district, on Saturday, following a notice issued from the Mysuru police to maintain law and order. Mr. Muthalik, a controversial leader known for his provocative speeches, was heading to Mysuru to meet the family of BJP worker Raju, who was murdered at Kyathamaranahalli

Bengaluru, Mar 20: JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday accused Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Congress legislators from Kolar and Chikkaballapur of siphoning off money meant for the Yettinahole drinking water project. Addressing the JD(S) workers at the Palace Grounds, he said the government had claimed to have already spent Rs 1,800 crore on the project, but nothing had been done on ground