Karnataka

Shiggaon (Haveri district), Feb 17: As many as 23 people have been arrested in connection with a clash among groups belonging to two communities at Tadasa village in the taluk late on Monday nigh. Miscreants threw stones at the police station, damaging a few police vehicles. The police resorted to lathi charge to bring the situation under control. First, a clash broke out between two groups over

Bengaluru, Feb 17: A 26-year-old man’s body was ripped apart after he was run over by a lorry at Thippegondanahalli near Nelamangala (National Highway-4) on Tuesday morning. According to police, the deceased has been identified Harish N (in pic) a resident of Gubbi in Tumakuru district who was working in a private company in Whitefield in the City. He had been to his village to cast his vote

Mangaluru, Feb 16: The students of Mangalore University staged a protest at Mangalagangotri seeking the arrest of those responsible for the suicide of Hyderabad Central University research scholar Rohith Vemula, here on Tuesday. Addressing the protesters, research scholar Raghu said there is no meaning in terming someone as traitor who speaks about Ambedkar. Even when a movement is initiated in

Bagalkot, Feb 16: A member of legislative council belonging Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka has expressed his desire to shoot and kill those oppose Afzal Guru. MLC Narayansa Bhandage told media persons here that he would have shot dead “anti-national” elements opposing the hanging of Afzal Guru, had he been at the JNU in New Delhi. “I would have gunned them down with an AK-47,” the MLC said

Mangaluru, Feb 16: KMC Hospital, Mangaluru, successfully removed a pre-cancerous tumor from the liver to save life of 62-year-old lady Kalyani and thus giving a new lease of life and ending four years of suffering and agony. The surgery was performed by Dr. Satyanarayana N, Gastrointestinal, Hepatobiliary Surgeon, KMC Hospital Mangaluru, and she was also treated by Dr. Suresh Shenoy

Bengaluru, Feb 16: In a setback to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, ruling Congress in Karnataka today won one seat and its rival BJP two in the fiercely-fought February 12 assembly bypolls. In the direct fight, BJP retained Hebbal in Bengaluru and wrested Devadurga in Raichur district from Congress which snatched Bidar in north Karnataka from its arch rival. Of the three seats that went to by-polls

New Delhi, Feb 16: Top editors of national media and hundreds of journalists today hit the streets demanding action against those involved in beating up members of their fraternity in a court complex in police presence and sought Supreme Court's intervention in protecting freedom of speech. The journalists, shouting slogans against the Modi Government and Delhi Police, marched from Press Club of

The BJP has defeated the ruling Samajwadi Party in Assembly bypoll in riot-hit Muzaffarnagar. The result of the bypoll is being seen as a setback for the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, where Assembly elections are due in 2017. The ruling party has also lost Deoband seat to Congress. Counting of votes for the bypolls held in the Assembly constituencies of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Bihar, Punjab

Devadurga, Feb 16: Bharatiya Janata Party has managed to snatch Devadurga assembly seat from Congress party in the recently held bypoll to the three assembly constituencies in Karnataka. After the 18th and last round of counting, K Shivanagowda Naik of BJP has bagged 72,645 votes while Congress candidate Rajashekhar Naik secured only 55768 votes. Karyamma of JD(S) bagged 9156 votes. The result is

Bidar, Feb 16: Congress party candidate Raheem Khan made a decisive comeback in the district politics with his impressive win in the byelection for the Bidar North Assembly seat. The byelection had been necessitated by the death of sitting MLA Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli. Khan had lost to Nagamarapalli in 2013 elections. Khan trounced his nearest rival - BJP candidate Prakash Khandre - by a margin