Karnataka

Bengaluru, Apr 9: Former Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra on Monday said he doesn’t think marital rape should be made an offence in India. “There is no necessity to bring such kind of law. This is my personal view,” he said. Participating in the inaugural session of National Conference on Transformative Constitutionalism in India: Reflections on Shifting Paradigms organised by the KLE Society’s

Belagavi, Apr 9: A youth allegedly slitthe throat of a friend for not giving him Rs 200. The incident took place at Gangwadi in the city late on Sunday night. Ravi Gadiwaddar, 22, the Injured youth was taken to a private hospital and is said to be out of danger. Both the accused and the injured are from the same area. Malmaruti police arrested accused Hanamant Gadiwaddar, 24 on Monday and are

Bengaluru, Apr 8: The CCB Police have unearthed a inter-State illegal arms selling gang, arrested 8 people and seized from them two country made pistol, 8 live bullets and one Air gun from them in the City. Police said on Monday they also seized Rs 55,000 cash, one saw blade, a car, 2 Motorbikes from the gang. This included two illegal weapon sellers from Maharashtra and six buyers of illegal arms

Mandya, Apr 8: With election campaign coming to a boil ahead of April 18 phase polls in 14 Lok Sabha segments in Karnataka, the state is witnessing political skirmish and it turned worse when Janata Dal (S) and supporters of independent candidate Sumalatha clashed in Mandya segment leaving three JD(S) workers injured. The incident was reported from Gurudevanahalli in this sugar bowl of Karnataka

Ballari, Apr 8: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Jagadish Shettar today said that "the lives of 40 CRPF soldiers could have been saved if Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy had informed the Union Government about the possibility of 'Pulwama' attack two years back." Demanding legal action against Kumaraswamy, he said that "it was a cooked up story saying that he had knowledge about

Shivamogga, Apr 8: BJP’s rabble-rouser and former minister K S Eshwarappa has submitted a complaint to Superintendent of Police M Ashwini alleging that he received a death threat call from an unknown person. He has also sought police security for him. In the complaint, he said an unknown person phoned him on April 6th when was heading towards Shivamogga from Bengaluru and made a death threat to

Bhagalkot, Apr 8: Strongly refuting the charges of the KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao that RSS was involved in the selection of the BJP nominees to contest in the General elections, BJP leader K S Eshwarappa said “RSS is an independent institution, which teaches about Hindutva and propagate its values”. Addressing newsmen, here on Monday, Eshwarappa, who is on election campaign in North-Karnataka

Bengaluru, Apr 8: Former Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and senior BJP leader R Ashok today predicted that Congress would trigger the fall of the coalition government in the State as people were disillutioned with the JD(S)-Congress tie-up to usurp power that had resulted in skirmishes between the leaders of the two parties that is spilling over to the joint campaign for the coming Lok Sabha

Mangaluru, Apr 8: A chilling case of sexual assault on a teenage girl by her own family members has come to light in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka. The 17-year-old victim hails from Bantwal taluk. The uncle of the victim has already been arrested by the police after he allegedly raped her on April 3 in Ullal. Now they are on the lookout for her father, who had allegedly been sexually

Byndoor, Apr 8: The former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa said on Sunday that the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition government in the State would collapse after the parliamentary elections. He was speaking at a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers meeting at Byndoor in Udupi district. The Byndoor Assembly segment in Udupi district comes under the Shivamogga parliamentary constituency. Mr