Karnataka

Bengaluru, Sep 26: A prominent seer in Karnataka was today chargesheeted in a court here for alleged rape in a case filed by a woman. Raghaveshwara Bharati Swami has been accused of repeated rape by the woman, who was a singer in a troupe at his Shivamogga district-based Ramachandrapura Mutt. Running into six volumes, the 1,340-page charge sheet filed by the Criminal Investigation Department

Bengaluru, Sep 26: Normal life was affected in the IT city and other parts of Karnataka today following a 12-hour statewide bandh called by several pro-Kannada outfits demanding implementation of Kalasa-Banduri canal project, over which state government has locked horns with neighbouring Goa. With various public transport unions supporting the bandh, buses were not plying, while availability of

Mangaluru/Udupi, Sep 26: Life in twin coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi was not affected by the statewide strike call on Saturday. Service and city buses are functioning as usual, while schools remained open. There was total attendance in almost all the schools in the twin districts with teachers attending their normal classes and students showing normal attendance. However, hardly

Bengaluru, Sep 26: MJ Akbar, journalist-turned-Rajya Sabha member has described Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi a “spoilt child” of Indian politics. Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru, the national spokesperson for BJP said that Congress has been behaving with ‘complete irresponsibility’ under Rahul’s leadership and he is the country's ‘most prominent mislead’. “He has no experience

Belagavi/Yadgir/ Bagalkot, Sep 26: The communal violence, which erupted in Bgalkot district two days ago during a Ganapati immersion procession, spread across north Karnataka on Friday. Chikkodi in Belagavi district and Surpur in Yadgir district saw communal violence on Thursday night and Friday, with groups of youths in both places barging into localities dominated by Muslim community, alleging

Gulbarga, Sep 26: This one is straight out from a Bollywood masala flick. A group of men murdered a man by forcefully drowning him during Ganpati visarjan in Gulbarga, Karnataka. With this the Ganapati Visarjan festivities turned out to be a watery grave for Mallikarjun, an employee of a private firm. When Gulbarga police fished out the body of Mallikarjun, an employee with a private firm, it

Bengaluru, Sep 26: Three women have lost their lives after reportedly consuming liquor at their house at Shivanagar tanda near Guttal in the district on Thursday night. It is learnt, the victims had reportedly consumed liquor from the bottles that were earlier used to store pesticides. The deceased have been identified as Kamalavva Somappa Lamani (65) of Guttal tanda, Renukavva Sannappa Lamani (30

Lucknow: Sep 25: In an apparent attempt to send the message of peace and brotherhood in a city with a long history of sectarian clashes, members of Shia and Sunni communities, including religious leaders of both sects, offered joint “namaz” (prayer) here on the occasion of Eid al-Adha on Friday. The joint prayer was offered at the historic Sibtainabad Imambara, which was constructed during the

Mangaluru, Sep 25: A meeting convened by Karavali Jeevanadi Nethravathi Rakshana Samithi here on Friday passed a resolution demanding the State government to halt the ongoing Yettinahole project. It was also demanded to hold discussions on the project in Mangaluru instead of Bengaluru. They demanded that the affidavit on water user right submitted to the National Green Tribunal, be withdrawn and

New York, Sep 25: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sparked a controversy by autographing an Indian flag to be gifted to US President Barack Obama by celebrity chef Vikas Khanna, evoking sharp reactions over the alleged violation of the flag code. Social media was abuzz with the issue of Modi signing on the tricolour which Khanna said he will hand over to Obama. Khanna had prepared the menu for the