Karnataka

Mangalore, Aug 27: Union Minister DV Sadananda Gowda has brushed aside the allegations against his only son of ditching a Kannada starlet, who revealed earlier in the day about her intimate relationship with Karthik Gowda. Responding to the queries of media persons the minister said that neither he, nor his family indulged in any kind of wrongdoing. “My life is an open book. Entire world knows my

Mangalore, Aug 27: In an embarrassment for Union Minister DV Sadananda Gowda, his only son Karthik Gowda on the day of his engagement has landed in a fresh scandal. Kannada starlet Mythriya Gowda has announced that she is already married to Mr Karthik, who got engaged to someone else on Wednesday. The model-turned-actress was seen making her claims on local TV channels, asking how Mr Karthik could

Mangalore, Aug 27: The flight carrying the first batch of Haj pilgrims was flagged off by former education minister B A Mohideen at Mangalore International Airport in Bajpe on Wednesday, in the presence of Minister for Infrastructure Development, Information and Haj R Roshan Baig. The flight carrying a total of 130 Haj pilgrims, including 64 male and 66 female pilgrims, was flagged off at 10 a.m

Mangalore, Aug 27: After much effort, five persons have been arrested by Mangalore police in connection with celebrating' the demise of noted literary figure U R Ananthamurthy last week. The arrested have been identified as Manoj Poojary (30), Vijesh Poojary (24), Sharath Shetty (20), Anil and Umesh. Police had been on the lookout of several accused ever since the miscreants, purported to be

New Delhi, Aug 27: Some within the party are calling it a self-goal. And more than one party leader admits it was a mistake raking up the issue of "Love Jihad" in politically sensitive Uttar Pradesh. Several leaders now say that Uttar Pradesh party president Laxmikant Bajpayi went overboard in propagating the concept before the leadership in New Delhi gently pulled up the state unit. With

New Delhi, Aug 27: In a landmark verdict the Supreme Court on Wednesday advised the Prime Minister or Chief Minister of a State not to induct charge sheeted persons facing trial for offences involving moral turpitude as Ministers though there was no limitation or restriction in the Constitution which debars any Member of Parliament or Legislative Assembly being included in the Cabinet. A five

Mangalore, Aug 27: A team of officials will visit Mangalore Passport Seva Kendra on September 10 to review the process of passport issuance. Addressing the media persons MLC Ivan D'Souza said that he had been demanding the Passport Seva Kendra in Mangalore should get more staff and process about 1,000 passport applications a day against the present 350 Earlier, Mr D'Souza e led a delegation of

Gaza, Aug 27: Gazans celebrate victory after seven weeks of resistance against the Israeli offensive against the Palestinians of the coastal enclave. On Tuesday, Palestinian groups and Egyptian mediators confirmed that the Cairo-based talks ended in truce. Palestinians poured into the streets of the war-torn sliver to celebrate as the Egyptian-brokered truce took effect at 1600 GMT. People and

Mumbai, Aug 27: Police have beefed up security at the residence and office of actor Shah Rukh Khan after fugitive gangster Ravi Poojari mentioned the actor's name in an SMS threat issued to film producer Karim Morani and followed it up with a threat call to the actor's office. The threats came after three unidentified men from the Poojary gang fired three rounds outside Morani's Juhu residence on

Bangalore, Aug 27: Hitting out at the Union Home Ministry for providing Z category security to controversial BJP MLA Sangeet Som, an accused in Muzaffarnagar riots, Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Tuesday said only such accused can get security under NDA Government. "Sangeet Som is someone who is an accused in Muzaffarnagar riots. He has been felicitated by BJP on a stage; also another accused