Karnataka

New Delhi, Jan 12: The Narendra Modi government's austerity polices have taken a hit after an RTI report revealed that many BJP MPs enjoyed their overstay at five-star hotels on tax-payers' money. The RTI report showed that till November 15, 2014, 92 MPs, since their election, several of them from the BJP, have been living at the Ashoka Hotel in Delhi, in spite of being allotted the government

Mangaluru, Jan 12: In a daring robbery, unidentified persons made away with cash and valuables worth over Rs 6 crore including gold, weighing 22-kg, from Sri Bhagavathi Co-Operative Bank Ltd at BC Road on the outskirts of the city. The major burglary which might have occurred anytime between last Friday night and wee hours of Monday, came to light around 10.a.m on Monday, when the employees opened

New Delhi, Jan 12: Non Resident Indians or NRIs will soon be able to cast their vote from abroad, without having to fly back to their hometown during elections. The Supreme Court today directed the central government to enable e-voting by NRIs within eight weeks. Hearing a plea filed by Pravasi Bharat chairman Nagender Chindam, the SC bench headed by Chief Justice HL Dattu said that the NRIs must

New Delhi, Jan 12: The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court of India that the Election Commission's recommendation to extend voting rights to Nonresident Indians through postal ballots has been accepted in letter and spirit. Taking note of the submissions, a bench comprising Chief Justice H L Dattu and A K Sikri asked the Centre to inform it about "further steps taken to implement the

Muzaffarnagar, Jan 12: A witness in the Asaram Bapu's Surat rape case, 35-year-old Akhil Gupta, was shot dead by unidentified assailants on Jansath Road under New Mandi police station area here when he was returning home this evening. Police said Gupta was shot at when he was on his way home and was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead. Gupta was cook and personal aide of

Kundapur, Jan 12: In a shocking incident, a Class 4 boy, who went missing after leaving his home at Kota near here, on Saturday, was found dead in a well under mysterious circumstances on Monday. Police retrieved the body of Sughosh Adiga (9) from a well at Bannadi-Upladi area with the help of local residents and fire personnel and sent it for post mortem. The dead body was recovered after, a 15

Jehanabad/Bihar, Jan 12: A group of activists, allegedly belonging to Bajrang Dal, today disrupted a prayer meeting of Christians and thrashed people attending it in Jehanabad town, around 55 km from Patna. Alleging that the prayer meeting this evening at Madhav Nagar locality was being used to convert people to Christianity, the attackers disrupted the Sunday gathering which was being attended by

Mangaluru, Jan 12: The organizers of Hindu Hridaya Sangama, a massive Hindutva convention scheduled to be held on January 16 at Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district, have raked up a controversy by using a terrorist's image in their hoardings. The photo of Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, a key accused in the 2008 Malegoan terror attack, which claimed at least seven human lives and injured many, on the

Bhatkal, Jan 12: Majlis-Islah-O-Tanzeem, a powerful organization in Bhatkal, which had given bandh call in the town on Monday, has put off the agitation following the intervention by the Deputy Commissioner and the Superintendent of Police of Uttara Kannada district. President of the association Mohammed Muzammil Kazia conveyed this to presspersons after Deputy Commissioner Ujwal Kumar Ghosh and

Mangaluru, Jan 12: Thousands of Muslims took part in the district level convention of the Samasta Kerala Sunni Students Federation's Dakshina Kannada held at the Nehru Maidan on Sunday. The convention was prelude to the silver jubilee function of the SKSSF, a wing of Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyathul Ulama, to be held in Thrissur in Kerala on February 19. SKSSF leader Shaikhuna Syed Muhammed Jifri, who