Karnataka

Bengaluru, Mar 17: Law Minister T?B?Jayachandra on Wednesday said the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB)?will be given full investigation powers in keeping with the provisions of the Code of Criminal?Procedure (CrPC) and the government will also come out with a detailed manual on the functioning of the newly constituted body. Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, Jayachandra ruled out government

Mangaluru, Mar 16: “If the notification on formation of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) is not withdrawn, your name will go down in history as the person who weakened the institution of Lokayukta,” veteran Congress leader B. Janardhana Poojary warned Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday, while registering his strong opposition to the formation of the ACB. Maintaining that an executive order by

Udupi, Mar 16: The government will set up a commissionerate for hassle-free administration of the 10 city corporations in Karnataka including Mangaluru, Minister for Urban Development Vinay Kumar Sorake said. In addition, the Minister said all urban development authorities, such as Mangaluru Urban Development Authority and Mysuru Urban Development Authority, would be brought under a commissioner

Gndhinagar, May 16: In five years, the state government received 1,838 applications from people of various religions to convert to another religion. Of them, 1,735 applications (94.4%) were filed by Hindus who wanted to renounce the religion of their birth to embrace some other creed. The state's anti-conversion law - Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act mandates that a citizen obtain prior approval

Mumbai, Mar 16: AIMIM MLA Waris Pathan was today suspended from Maharashtra Assembly for refusing to say 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' with legislators cutting across party lines pressing for action against him through a unanimous resolution. Pathan, who represents Byculla seat in South Mumbai, will not be allowed to attend the proceedings of the House till the end of ongoing Budget session. Parliamentary

Jaipur, Mar 16: Four Kashmiri students were arrested following rumours that they had cooked beef in their hostel room in a private university in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh district. In fact the four students were attacked by a group of goons including outsiders after the rumours spread but prima facie the meat was not found to be beef. The incident occurred on Monday night when the rumour spread that

Mumbai, Mar 16: After a 10-year hiatus, dance bars are set to reopen in Mumbai and Maharashtra state with activists warning women and girls could be trafficked and abused in these venues but bar owners arguing this is legitimate, needed work. Maharashtra in 2005 suspended the licences of hundreds of bars and hotels that featured skimpily dressed women dancing to Bollywood tunes on a small stage

New Delhi, Mar 16: A mob beat up four Kashmiri students at a private university in Rajasthan over rumours that they were cooking beef inside their hostel rooms in a campus that is vegetarian by policy. The incident led to scuffles with Kashmiri students at Mewar University in Chittorgarh. There are around 800 Kashmiri students on campus. “Some mischief mongers spread rumours that the students were

Mangaluru, Mar 16: Senior Congress leader and Dakshina Kannada district-in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai has criticised his party colleague and Puttur MLA Shakuntala Shetty for considering removing the name of Deputy Commissioner A.B. Ibrahim as the host on an invitation card for annual festivities of a temple administered by the State government. The development comes after media reports accused

Mysuru, Mar 16: Mysuru limped back to normality on Tuesday, a day after violence gripped the city during the bandh called by the Bharatiya Janata Party to protest the murder of its party activist Raju. Hundreds of police personnel, including the Rapid Action Force (RAF), on Tuesday took out a flag march in trouble-hit Kyatamaranahalli and surrounding areas under Udayagiri police limits here. DCP