Karnataka

Bengaluru, Sep 2: Police released sketch of two suspected killers of Kannada writer M M Kalburgi on Wednesday. The two unidentified of Kalburgi, who shot him dead on Sunday, had been seen by his wife. They had knocked his door and asked for Kalburgi, calling him “Sir”, and tehn shot him dead. Karnataka has decided to hand over the case to CBI, but CID has been investigating the case till the

Bengaluru, Sep 2: Time is ticking away for thousands employees of the ailing state-run HMT, formerly Hindustan Machine Tools, as they face uncertain future due to an imminent closure of some of its loss-making watch subsidiaries despite talks of a golden handshake. Known once as "Timekeeper of the Nation", the state-run behemoth is set to lay off 2,900 of its staff, including 1,091 from its twin

New Delhi, Sep 2: As more Indians surf for online pornography, despite efforts to ban it, experts caution that excessive exposure to explicit sex on the net may result in some of them turning into porn addicts and hypersexuals. "Obsessive porn viewing can turn some into hyper-sexuals and addicts. This may later lead to porn dependence or even promiscuity, leading to relationship break-ups," says

Bengaluru, Sep 2: A day-long shutdown called by trade unions received a mixed response in Karnataka on Wednesday. Normal life was hit as buses and autos didn't ply and factories, banks and shops were shut. With employees of the state-run transport corporations joining the strike, thousands of people were stranded in cities and towns across the state. The state-run Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport

Mangaluru, Sep 2: Dozens of labourers and activists took part in a protest meet held in the heart of the city of Mangaluru on Wednesday amidst dawn-to- dust Bharat Bandh called by central trade unions against the alleged anti-labour policies of the Narendra Modi-led NDA government at the Centre. Addressing the protesters who had converged in front of the office of the Deputy Commissioner

New Delhi, Sep 2: Top Union Ministers and leaders of BJP were in attendance today as a crucial three-day co-ordination meet of RSS and its affiliates started today in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also expected to participate with a host of issues including those confronting the Centre likely to come up for discussion. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj

Mangaluru, Sep 2: The cities and towns across twin coastal districts of Karnataka on Wednesday woke up to another ‘Bharat Bandh’ with all the private buses and most of the government buses remaining off the roads in Mangaluru and Udupi. Most of the shops and business establishments were remained closed in Mangaluru and Udupi along with banks and insurance companies. Dakshina Kannada district

Bengaluru, Sep 2: Home Minister K J George on has confirmed that the second complaint of rape charges against Ramachandrapura Mutt seer Raghveshwara Bharathi Swami would be referred to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, George said the CID was already probing the first case where the seer has been accused of sexually assaulting a singer. "As the CID is

Mangaluru, Sep 2: The Lifeguards of Panambur Beach Tourism Development Project in the coastal city have rescued five runaway children from Bengaluru and managed to send them home through Panambur police. All the rescued are Class 9 students of a school at Mathikatte in Bengaluru. While four of them are residing at Mathikere one boy is from Yeshwanthpur. Vasanth Salian, life guard head at the

Mangaluru, Sep 2: In connection with the brutal Hindutva assault on a Muslim youth in the city occurred more than a week ago, the police have arrested another accused. The arrested has been identified as Padmanabha (38), a resident of Bajpe on the outskirts of the city. With this, 14 persons have been arrested in relation to the case. The police had arrested 13 accused on August 25. The arrested