Karnataka

Bengaluru, Dec 3: The JD?(S), which is not very hopeful of performing well in the Legislative Council polls scheduled for December 27, is still hoping to strike a deal with the ruling Congress. While the Congress has so far not extended any support to the JD(S) to fight the elections for the 25 seats, the party supremo H?D?Deve Gowda has not given up hopes. The task of Gowda has become difficult

San Francisco, Dec 3: Air India's first non-stop flight from New Delhi to San Francisco has landed here amid rousing welcome, becoming the first Indian airline to provide a direct air connection to the West Coast in the US. Starting journey from Bengaluru, the flight will travel non-stop from Delhi to San Francisco and passengers travelling to San Francisco will undergo customs and immigration

Mangaluru, Dec 3: Dr Zakir Naik, an internationally acclaimed Islamic orator and the founder of Mumbai-based Islamic Research Foundation, will be addressing the people of Mangaluru on January 3, 2016. The South Karnataka Salafi Movement (SKSM), which is hosting Dr Naik’s event in Mangaluru on Wednesday held a preparatory meet at Jamiyyatul Falah auditorium. Presiding over the meeting, B Ramanath

Bengaluru, Dec 2: Qamural Islam, Minister for Minority Welfare and Wakf, has brushed aside opposition to Tipu Jayanti celebrations and said the State government is firm on continuing the celebrations every year. Qamarul Islam felicitates Tipu Sultan’s 7th generation grandson, Shahzada Ismail Shah “We will not yield to the opposition which is politically motivated,” the Minister told media persons

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 3: Damning charges of sexual abuse and corruption hit Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Wednesday, as a prime accused in the solar scam deposed before a judicial commission with claims of “evidence” to expose the chief minister. Biju Radhakrishnan told the commission that Chandy and five others including two ministers had sexually used his former partner and co-accused

Belagavi, Dec 3: A trial court handling Karnataka Control of Organise Crimes Act cases further extended the judicial custody of underworld don Bannanje Raja till December 22 here on Wednesday. Mangaluru-based Bannanje Raja, who is facing charges of murders, including that of the Karwar-based businessman R.N. Nayak, and extortion, was arrested in Morocco in February. He was subsequently handed over

Mangaluru, Dec 3: A 55-year-old man from Vittla in Bantwal taluk, who had gone for hunting along with his friends Tuesday night lost his life after a double-barrel gun was misfired. Budda Nayak (55) had accompanied his neighbours Satish, Sundara and Chidananda for hunting in Punacha village near Vitla. According to Shashidhar, son of Nayak, while the hunters group was walking to a private property

Udupi, Dec 2: The Udupi Utsava, the annual festival of the coastal district, got off to a colourful start here on Wednesday at the Royal Garden grounds comprising a grand display of culture and traditions of the country. Udupi MLA Pramod Madhwaraj, who inaugurated the Utsav, said that the event had generated revenue of about Rs. 12 lakh for the Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC) last year. This

Mangaluru, Dec 2: In a gut-wrenching tragedy, two siblings including an expatriate worker who had recently returned from a Gulf country for his wedding were crushed to death after a speeding lorry rammed into their motorbike at Sattikallu in Bantwal taluk on Wednesday. The victims have been identified as Ashiq (26) and his brother Shafeeq (23), sons of Putthaka from Kalladka. It is learnt that

Bengaluru, Dec 2: The Lokayukta police will soon file a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in Supreme Court in the case relating to the FIR they had registered against Industries and Tourism Minister R V Deshpande and former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa. The High Court had quashed the FIR pertaining to the allotment of land to companies with fake identities. The case taken up for investigation by the