Karnataka

Bengaluru, Oct 4: A private complaint was filed in the Lokayukta Special Court on Saturday against nine politicians including Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for “drawing salary or other remunerations without surrendering their licence of practising as lawyers.” The complaint filed by Anti Corruption Council of India Trust president Hussain Mueen Farooq and its member Rudrappa, accuses Siddaramaiah

Bengaluru, Oct 4: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is investigating the case of unnatural death of 2009 batch IAS officer D K Ravi, is set to file a closure report or a ‘B’ report after concluding the case to be one of suicide. Sources familiar with the probe said the closure report is awaiting approval of CBI headquarters before it is filed before a sub divisional magistrate. “A

New Delhi, Oct 4: Of the 583 candidates contesting in the first phase of Bihar assembly elections, 174 have criminal and 130 have ‘serious’ criminal cases – including murder and crimes against women – against them, while 146 are ‘crorepatis’, a recent study has found. In the study conducted by the Bihar Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), the signed affidavits of all the

Jodhpur, Oct 4: A 10-year-old Dalit student of a government school in Osian tehsil in Jodhpur district sustained minor injuries after his teacher allegedly thrashed him for touching utensil when the mid-day meal was being served inside the school premises, the police said on Saturday. A Class 4 student at the government secondary school in Osian tehsil, 50 km from Jodhpur, Dinesh Meghwa was

Bengaluru, Oct 3: Upset over the delay in arrest of Kannada thinker M M Kalburgi's killers even a month after he was gunned down, six Kannada writers today returned their awards to Kannada Sahitya Parishat. "All the six Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation Aralu Sahitya Award winners have returned awards, disappointed over the delay in the arrest of the killers of Kalburgi," Kannada

Mangaluru, Oct 3: Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy organised ‘Beary Language Day’ with much enthusiasm and zeal in Mangaluru on Saturday, as part of a publicity campaign to promote and popularise Beary language and culture in the district and other parts of the state. Former Higher Education Minister B A Mohideen inaugurated the programme held at T V Raman Pai Convention Centre at Kodialbail here

Mangaluru, Oct 3: Veteran Congress leader B Janardhan Poojary informed that he had paid a visit to Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi to notify her of the adverse impact of Yettinahole project taken up by the Congress-led state government in Karnataka and urged her to take action to stop the project after discussing the matter with her in detail. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, he

Mysuru, Oct 3: A woman, who was scolded and threatened for allegedly beating a cow, drenched herself with kerosene, and set herself ablaze in H.D. Kote in Mysuru district on Friday. The victim, identified as Kuppamma, has suffered severe burns and is battling for her life in hospital. It all came about when Kuppamma found a cow munching on some of the cereal and rice kept outside her house for

Mumbai, Oct 3: Catholic Church in India has demanded ban on the play 'Agnes of God', an adaptation of American playwright John Pielmeier's drama about a nun giving birth to a dead child, alleging it is a "wrongful portrayal" of priests and nuns committed to a life of celibacy and hurts the sentiments of the Christians. According to the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI), the play "is the

Bantwal, Oct 3: In a shocking incident, a 28-year old man barged into a house and sexually assaulted a 19-year-old endosulfan-afflicted girl at at Peruvai in Bantwal taluk. Jurisdictional Vittla police managed to arrest the accused identified as Rajesh Rai, a resident of Kadambila in Peruvai village on Friday evening. According to a complaint lodged with Vittla police station Rai gained entry into