Karnataka

New Delhi, Oct 25: Completely controlled by the Narendra Modi-led union government, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has shut down seven commissions. An official order issued Wednesday said a total of seven state commissions would cease to exist with effect from October 31. No reason for their dissolution has been given. The commissions being wound up are the: Jammu and Kashmir State Human

Tanur: An Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) worker was hacked to death in Kerala's Tanur town on Thursday evening. The 38-year-old worker was hacked to death at around 7:45 pm while he was going to the mosque. The IUML leaders alleged that the CPI (M) workers were behind the murder. The police has registered a case under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). After the incident, the police

New Delhi, Oct 25: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to file response on the plea seeking to allow entry of Muslim women in all mosques in the country. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S.A. Bobde and S.A. Nazeer sought response from the government and listed the matter for November 5. The court was hearing the plea filed by Yasmeen Zuber Ahmed Peerzade asking

Bengaluru, Oct 25: The Central Crime Branch (CCB) on Friday arrested two persons in another case of alleged match-fixing in Karnataka Premier League. According to Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sandeep Patil, "Another case of match-fixing has been uncovered by CCB in Karnataka Premier League. Bangalore Blasters Bowling coach Vinu Prasad and Batsman Vishwanathan have been arrested." "The

New Delhi, Oct 25: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court order granting bail to Congress leader DK Shivakumar in alleged connection with a money-laundering case being probed by the agency. On October 23, the Delhi High Court had granted bail to Shivakumar while taking into note that he had been extensively interrogated by the

Bengaluru, Oct 25: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, in New Delhi on Thursday, told the Supreme Court that new Karnataka Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri had no difficulty in hearing aggrieved MLAs and taking a fresh call. "We have no difficulty in hearing them all (disqualified MLAs) and take a fresh call," Mehta told a Bench of Justices N.V. Ramana, Sanjiv Khanna and Krishna Murari. Mehta was

Tumakuru, Oct 25: Eight people were killed on the spot and two critically injured in two separate road accidents that took place in the district, here. Police said on Friday five people were killed and one person injured when their car dashed against a parked Tractor at Hosakere village in Kunigal Taluk on Thursday evening. The deceased were identified as Kiran (24), Madhu (24), Mohan (22)

Mysuru, Oct 25: Former minister and Congress leader C H Vijayashankar is likely to return to his former party, the BJP, ahead of bypolls in Karnataka. Vijayashankar met BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel on Thursday, a day after Kateel and chief minister BS Yediyurappa discussed bringing him back into the party fold during a meeting on Wednesday. During the meeting in Bengaluru, local leaders

Bengaluru, Oct 25: Senior Karnataka Congress leader D K Shivakumar met party chief Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi on Thursday and thanked them for extending support to him, a day after he was released on bail by the Delhi High Court in a money laundering case. He also met senior party colleague K C Venugopal and advocate Mukul Rohatgi during the day. Shivakumar, the Congress's all-weather

New Delhi, Oct 25: Moderate rainfall is forecast for south Konkan, Goa and Karnataka due to the formation of a deep depression over the east-central Arabian Sea. It is likely to intensify further into a cyclonic storm during the next six hours, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). "It is very likely to move east-northeastwards till October 25 evening. Then it is very likely to