Karnataka

Gurgaon, Apr 3: A family, who was attacked by a mob, threatened of mass suicide on Monday, alleging that it was being pressured to withdraw the FIR and police were not taking action under "influence" of local politicians. A mob of over 40 persons pelted stones at the house of Mhd Akhtar in Bhup Singh Nagar area here and beat up members of his family, in an attack triggered by a game of cricket on

Thane, Apr 3: A Thane court on Tuesday summoned Congress president Rahul Gandhi and CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury to appear before it on April 30 in a civil defamation suit filed by an RSS activist against them for alleging a RSS hand in the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh. Vivek Champanerkar has sought Rs 1 each from Gandhi and Yechury as token compensation, claiming that the duo

Bengaluru, Apr 3: BJP's National President Amit Shah had drawn a huge crowd during his road show in the Banashankari in the Bengaluru. The BJP president, who had arrived more than two hours late to attend the road show on Tuesday, was taken in an open jeep for over two kilometers and the party workers greeted him with cheerfulness all along the two sides of the road. State party president B S

Vijayapura, Apr 3: A Class 10 girl student died after she collapsed at an SSLC examination centre in Indi town of Vijayapura district yesterday. The family members of the girl alleged that denial of timely treatment by the Indi taluk hospital led to her death. Sanjeevini Jadhav, from Indi Railway Station area, was writing the Science exam at Adarsha Vidyalay in Indi when she fell unconscious. “She

Bengaluru, Apr 3: An elderly businessman allegedly bludgeoned his wife to death and threw their pet dog from the terrace of their six-storey residential apartment before jumping to his death. The incident took place near Gayathri Vihar on 8th main of Sadashivnagar on Tuesday morning. The deceased have been identified as Atul Upadhyay (58) and wife Mamata (53). The couple, hailing from Mumbai

Udupi, Apr 3: Nisha James, the Superintendent of Police Nisha James of Udupi district launched the woman police patrol vehicle, “Rani Abbakka Force” on Tuesday to mark the Police Flag Day at the Chandu Maidan here. Speaking on the occasion after flagging off the patrol vehicle, Ms. James said that the woman patrol vehicle would start its operations from Tuesday itself. It would have a woman sub

Mangaluru, Apr 3: Anwar Manippady, former chairman of Karnataka State Minority Commission, has hit out at Siddaramaiah-led previous Congress government and H D Kumaraswamy-led incumbent Congress-Janata Dal(S) coalition government in the for dragging their feet on implementing his report on encroachment of Wakf property. Addressing a press meet here on Tuesday at the BJP election office, Mr

Karwar, Apr 3: Union Minister of State for Skill Development Entrepreneurship Anant Kumar Hegde, along with his supporters, took out a procession in Karwar on Tuesday before filing his nomination papers for the elections to the Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha Constituency as BJP candidate. The former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar and MLAs and MLCs and BJP leaders accompanied the Union Minister in the

Bengaluru, Apr 2: JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of wanting to make India a "Hindu Rashtra". The former prime minister also sought to know as to why article 370 of the Constitution that gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir should be abolished. "Why it should be abolished? The question is- why it should be abolished? I did not give article 370 there

Bengaluru, Mar 2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address two BJP campaign rallies in Karnataka on April 12 in Bengaluru and coastal city of Mangaluru. Announcing this at a press conference here today, BJP general secretary Arvind Limbavali said that Modi wave continues to prevail in the south Indian state. He said the PM will address rallies at Chitradurga and Mysuru on April 8. He will address