Karnataka

New Delhi, Feb 27: The BJP and the JD(S) are working on forging an alliance for grabbing power in the zilla and the taluk panchayats where there is a hung verdict in the recently held polls. Senior BJP leader and Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda met JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda and discussed the issue here on Thursday. Sadananda Gowda told Deccan Herald that he had discussed with Deve Gowda over

Mysuru, Feb 27:The Second Additional District and Sessions Judge Vijaykumar M?Anand?Shetty on Friday awarded life imprisonment to a Mysuru corporator and seven of his accomplices in a double murder case in Hunsur. C?Mahadesh alias Avva' Madesha, a history-sheeter and Janata?Dal (Secular)?corporator from Ward 32, and seven others had hacked Rajesh alias Gandhi and Ramesh from Paduvarahalli to death

Udupi, Feb 26: A large number of residents of Ambalpady, Kadekar and Kediyoor on Friday blocked the National Highway 66 for about 20 minutes at the Ambalpady Junction here, demanding that an underpass at the junction be constructed there to ease traffic congestion. Addressing the protestors here, Bhaskar Shetty, co-convener of Rashtriya Heddari Balakedara Hitarakshana Samiti, said that four

Mangaluru, Feb 26: In what could have been a major tragedy, off-target bullets from firing range hit the window panes of classroom of a government high school on the outskirts of the city during a training session of coast guard personnel. The incident occurred on Thursday morning when the classes were in progress at Dakshina Kannada Government Composite High School located at Moodushedde here

Mangaluru, Feb 26: Mangalureans, cutting across religion and caste, offered a grand welcome to Yogi Nirmalnathji, the Peethadipathi-designate of Kadali (Kadri) Yogeshwar Mutt on his entry to the city accompanied by over 500 sadhus, as part of what is called the Navanath Zhundi, on Friday. Called the Raja of Kadali Yogeshwar (Jogi) Mutt, the Peethadipathi is elected every 12 years and this time

New Delhi, Feb 26: Dalit student Rohith Vemula's mother on Friday launched a scathing attack on HRD minister Smriti Irani, accusing her of resorting to "blatant lies" while talking in Parliament about her son's suicide and that "life imprisonment" will not be enough for her and others "responsible" for his death. Radhika Vemula, flanked by her other son Raja, said BJP will be "decimated to the

New Delhi, Feb 25: Over fifty per cent of the population defecates in the open in India which has highest number of people in the world indulging in the practice, Lok Sabha was informed today. Replying to a question about whether India has the highest number of people in the world defecating in the open, Union Minister Ram Kripal Yadav replied in affirmative. "Yes. As per Joint Monitoring

Mysuru, Feb 26: MLC Go Madhusudan has urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to table the report of the Karnataka State Minorities Commission on Wakf properties, headed by Anwar Manipadi, in the coming legislature session so as to protect properties that rightfully belong to the minorities. The report was submitted on March 26, 2012. Addressing mediapersons here on Thursday, the MLC said, politicians

New Delhi, Feb 26: Alleging that 'Freedom 251' smartphone scheme was a "fraud", Congress MP Pramod Tiwari in Rajya Sabha today strongly objected to the presence of BJP leaders at the launch of the scheme to sell smartphones at a price of Rs 251 and sought a reply from the government. "I am making a definite allegation. This government is going to do a big scam. This is going to be the biggest scam

Bengaluru, Feb 26: The Yelahanka police have arrested a BMTC bus conductor after a woman studying in a private college posted on Facebook that she was locked up in the bus for around 45 minutes after her friend indulged in a scuffle with the conductor on Wednesday evening. According to the police, the victim Bharathi (name changed) and her friend Ojhashree Singh, a native of Faridabad (Haryana)