Karnataka

Belagavi, Feb 18: Staff of Sambra airport here triggered to protest after police head constable deployed on airport duty allegedly assaulted the joint general manager of the airport on Wednesday noon following silly issue. According to sources, Eshwarappa, head of infrastructure development activities at the airport was assaulted by the constable named Karlakoppa on the issue of removing

New Delhi, Feb 18: There should be no Taliban culture in India and the law should be allowed to take its course, say ABVP office-bearers who have resigned from the party in protest against the Centre's handling of the raging row at JNU and "legitimising" actions of right wing fascist forces. "JNU is the most nationalist institution in the country. I do not support the government's stand over the

Mangaluru, Feb 18: It was nothing but honesty that motivated Pushpavathi, a middle class woman from Mavinakatte village near Sullia town on the outskirts of the city to return a gold chain worth Rs 1.7 lakh she found on road to its owner Zarina Begum. Pushpavathi found the expensive and attractive jewellery lying on the road when she was walking towards a shop on Wednesday. She forgot her work and

Shivamogga, Feb 18: The Lokayukta court, on Wednesday, issued summons to six people including BJP national vice-president B S Yeddyurappa and his daughter B S Arunadevi on charges of obtaining Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) sites under journalist quota. The six accused have been directed to appear before the court for the hearing on March 18. Yeddyurappa had reportedly recommended KHB to allot

Bhatkal, Feb 18: Maulana Abdul Bari Nadvi, an Islamic scholar and symbol of peace and co-existence in Bhatkal, passed away after a couple of months of illness at private hospital in the coastal city of Mangaluru on Wednesday. The demise of 54-year-old scholar, who was the principal of Jamia Islamia Educational Institutions and Khatheeb of Jamia Masjid for several years, came as a shock to the

Chennai, Feb 18: In an another setback to self-styled godman Nithyananda, the Madras High Court on Wednesday restrained him from functioning as head of four mutts in Tamil Nadu. When the case came up for hearing, Justice R Shivakumar also stayed further proceedings in a suit filed by Nithyananda pending before the Principal Sub-Court in Nagapattinam with regard to his properties in Nagapattinam

Mandya, Feb 18: The verbal spat between former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy and former MP and actor Ramya has turned too personal with both hurling a torrent of abuses against each other. The mild verbal attacks and counter attacks between Ramya and MP C S Puttaraju during the first two days of the campaign for the ZP and TP polls turned serious, with Kumaraswamy reacting to her statements. Both

Hyderabad, Feb 17: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has earned a big thumbs-down from a key colleague in the then "India Against Corruption" movement, N Santosh Hegde who says the AAP chief has not done anything to curb corruption in the first year of power. "The most important effort which is supposed to be against corruption, I don't see anything that is being done at all," Hegde, a former

Lucknow, Feb 17: Puri Shankaracharya Swami Adhokshjanand today alleged that right wing (Hindutva) outfits were issuing irresponsible statements on contentious issues, pushing the nation to the brink of riots. "The right wing organisations supporting the BJP are making irresponsible statements on Ram Mandir and other such issues and throwing the country on the brink of communal riots," he told

Mangaluru, Feb 17: Ahead of Zilla and Taluk Panchayat elections, the security has been beefed up in the three districts of Western Range—Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Chikkamagaluru—wherein voters will throng to polling booths on February 20. Alok Mohan, Additional Director-General of Police (Law and Order), told media persons in the city on Wednesday that police had taken all necessary measures to