Karnataka

Lucknow, Nov 19: A controversy has been sparked with BJP deciding to felicitate its MLAs Sangeet Som and Suresh Rana, accused of inciting communal violence in Muzaffarnagar, at Narendra Modi's rally in Agra on Thursday. "These two MLAs were lodged in jail and NSA was slapped on them by the Samajwadi Party government. The party will be felicitating them at Modi's rally in Agra and tell the people

Kaup, Nov 19: Terming the BJP prime ministerial candidate Narenra Modi's massive rallies as'street play' or'Dombarata' former prime minister and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda said that the BJP has designed its own publicity machine but the fact is that no party can be strengthened through just rallies. Addressing the reporters at the residence of JD(S) leader Vasanth Salian on Monday, he said that

Belthangady, Nov 19: Defamation cases have been filed against nine persons including parents and uncle of Saujanya along with activist who has been fighting for justice in the Saujanya murder case. Dheeraj Kelle, Uaday Jain, Mallik Jain have filed individual cases against them. The complainants have said that their names were dragged in the Saujanya murder case unnecessarily while the parents of

New Delhi, Nov 19: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the State government to shift Abdul Nasser Ma'adani, the leader of Kerala's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who is in jail as an accused in the 2008 Bangalore serial blasts, to Manipal Hospital for treatment. The direction came after Ma'adani's counsel, Prashant Bhushan, stressed that the former was suffering from multiple diseases. The

Mangalore, Nov 19: Several cars parked on the roadside were damaged when a person out to test drive a car hit one of the cars here, on Monday. It is said that a person picked a second hand car from used car yard in Bejai andtook it for a test driver. However, he soon ran into a car parked nearby. In this mishap several cars parked in a string were damaged, creating road block in Bejai area for

Bangalore, Nov 19: A teenage girl was allegedly gang-raped by four men at Kannamangala in Doddaballapur taluk of Bangalore Rural district, late on Sunday night. The 15-year-old victim is a class X student and the only daughter of her parents, who are agriculture labourers in the village. The incident came to light after a villager found the girl lying unconscious at a farm on the outskirts of the

Bangalore, Nov 19: An additional 1,000-odd liquor shops may come up in the State if the State Excise Department has its way. However, the Siddaramaiah government may not rush through a decision on the issue. Excise Minister Satish Jharkiholi told reporters in Bangalore on Monday that there is a demand for opening five-six new liquor shops in each of the 176 taluks. “The government is ready to

Mangalore: Mogaveera Yelu Pattana Samyukta Sabha raising suspicion over the death of Sohan, a 13-year-old boy who drowned while swimming in Mangalore City Corporation swimming pool on October 25, has said that Sohan has been swimming since 2008 and hence it is unlikely that he would have drowned. Sohan, a class 8th student of Amrita Vidyalaya in Boloor, had gone to swim along with his four friends

Mangalore, Nov 18: Following the hour-long address by Gujarat chief minister and BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi at a rally which was held in Bangalore on Sunday, veteran Congress leader B Janardhan Poojary on Monday lashed out at the claims made by Modi in the rally. Addressing mediapersons here on Monday, Mr Poojary rebuked the claim made by Modi that the NDA government was

Bantwal, Nov 18: Two Bantwal youths were killed and two others were grievously injured when their car was hit by the speeding lorry in Anekal near Kushalnagar. The deceased have been identified as 20-year-old Muhammad Sabir, a resident of Maripalla in Bantwal taluk and 20-year-old Kalandar of B C Road. Sabir was working at Golden Plywood run by his brother. One of the injured has been identified