Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jun 20: The Karnataka Lokayukta on Saturday filed FIRs against former chief ministers and BJP and JDS leaders BS Yeddyurappa and HD Kumaraswamy in an alleged illegal land denotification case. According to RTI documents, Kumaraswamy and Yeddyurappa have been made, respectively, the number one and number two accused in the case. Both former chief ministers are accused of denotifying a

Bengaluru, Jun 20: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday announced to organise an investors’ meet named “Invest Karnataka 2015” from November 23 to November 25 in Bengaluru, even as his government continues to dillydally taking a decision on adopting the land acquisition enactments. “We are yet to take a decision on it (on whether to adopt new land acquisition ordinance of the NDA government or

Mangaluru, Jun 19: Based on a tip off given by Air India security, officials of Customs of the Mangalore International Airport intercepted a passenger and seized about 4.110 kilograms (including moisture content) of dark green dry leaves believed to be 'cannabis', a narcotic drug commonly known as marijuana or ganja. The accused has been identified as Muhammed Ershad (31) son of Chemberika

Bengaluru, Jun 19: What do you do if you find a full-grown 'crocodile' in the middle of a busy city road? Most would scream out in terror, naturally. And that's what happened on Thursday on Sulthanpalya Main Road in north Bengaluru that took the motorists and locals by surprise. People, spotted a life-size crocodile in one of the water-filled potholes, were about to scream for help on spotting the

Beijing, Jun 19: China has banned civil servants, students and teachers in its mainly Muslim Xinjiang region from fasting during Ramadan and ordered restaurants to stay open, official websites showed as the holy month began on Thursday. Shops and restaurants owned by Muslins have also been ordered to continue selling cigarettes and alcohol over the course of the month – or be shut down altogether

Mangaluru, Jun 19: Members of Mangalore Bar Association staged a peaceful demonstration in the court premises at Karangalpady here on Friday and also boycotted court proceedings, seeking justice against the rejection of CBI’s request for sanction to prosecute 54 police personnel who were chargesheeted in connection with the violent incidents during a clash between the police, advocates and

Udupi, Jun 19: The two college students from Udupi district, who ran away from their houses on Wednesday, reportedly surfaced in Mumbai. The Udupi district police traced both the girls to Mumbai on Thursday night. K. Annamalai, Superintendent of Police, said that the police had formed a special squad to trace both these students. “They will be here in Udupi in a day or two. They are both fine,” he

Kasaragod, Jun 19: A 56-year-old man who is an accused in a murder case sustained serious stab wounds while he was on his way to the Alacode police station in Kannur on Thursday. Puthanpura Jose, 56, who was on bail in connection with the murder of Sharath Kumar was brutally stabbed by a six-member masked gang which came in an autorickshaw and on a motorbike near Alacode, police sources here said

Mnagaluru, Jun 19: Customs officers at Mangalore International Airport, on the outskirts of the city seized foreign currency notes amounting to total of 20,000 Saudi Arabian Riyals in various denominations (equivalent to Rs 3.52-lakh) from a Dubai-bound passenger. The accused has been identified as Jafar Sadique Chala Mohammed Kunhi, a resident of Vidyanagar in neighbouring Kasargod. Jafar was not

Lucknow, Jun 19: Shahana Bi had no idea about the difficulties she was going to face in getting possession of the house she had bought in Katghar area in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad town. The house papers were in order and the registration deed too had been properly executed in her favour. The problem lay in something else.. Shahana was a Muslim and the house she had bought in a predominantly Hindu