Karnataka

Amaravati, Jan 22: The Centre will soon take up a major project to link rivers Godavari and Cauvery that will resolve water issues between four southern states, Union Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari announced on Monday. The objective of the project, expected to cost upto Rs 60,000 crore, is to make good use of about 1100 tmcft of Godavari water that currently drains into the sea, he said

Bengaluru, Jan 22: The Ramanagara district police who are investigating into the incident of alleged assault on the Congress MLA, Anand Singh by fellow legislator J N Ganesh, both from Ballari district were, looking on the whereabouts of the accused, who is facing the charges of attempt to murder. According to sources, the accused MLA, who had denied the charges of assault on Mr Singh, is

Tumakuru, Jan 22: Tens of thousands of devotees made a beeline leading to Sri Siddaganga Mutt on Tuesday, to have a glimpse of the ‘Walking God’ Sri Shivakumara swamiji the who passed away at an age of 111 years due to age related issues, here yesterday. Large numbers of devotees who stood in the queue that spanned for over six kilometer to have the darshan of their most loved sage, and the air

Bengaluru, Jan 22: Acclaimed social scientist Shiv Visvanathan, who recently earned the wrath of a section people for criticising the wrongdoings of armymen, has strongly defended his stance saying that he cannot justify heinous crimes such as rapes and extra judicial killings in the name of nationalism. “I am a scholar and have to follow the logic of truth. I have to speak what I think is the

Lucknow, Jan 22: Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board Chairman Waseem Rizvi, who is known for his provocative and controversial rants, has now claimed that madrasas promote ISIS ideology. Rizvi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking him to shut all madrasas across the country so that students are not influenced by the terror ideology. "If madrassas are not shut, in 15 years, more than half of

Bengaluru, Jan 22: For close to a decade, Siddalinga Mahaswami, 55, has been the ‘de-facto’ pontiff of the Siddaganga muttin Tumakuru, one of the richest mutts in the state. Following the demise of Shivakumara Swami, Siddalinga swami will officially take over the reins of the prominent Lingayat mutt in the next few days. A ‘home grown’ seer, Siddalinga swami is an ardent follower of Shivakumar

Mangaluru, Jan 22: A young Catholic nun, who was pursuing her graduation, was found dead at a convent in Bejai in the city yesterday. The deceased, Sr Reshma D’Souza (23), belonged to Ursuline Franciscan Sisters (UFS) congregation, Mangaluru province. It is believed that she died following a massive heart attack She was a student of II BA at St Aloyisus College in the city. When Sr Reshma did not

Mumbai, Jan 22: Nationalist Congress Party or NCP leader Dhananjay Munde has demanded a probe either by the R&AW or a Supreme Court judge into the death of his uncle and former union minister Gopinath Munde after a cyber expert claimed that the BJP leader was "killed" as he was aware of hacking of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Dhananjay Munde, who is the Leader of

Bengaluru, Jan 21: A case of attempt to murder was registered Monday against Congress MLA J N Ganesh in connection with the alleged brawl with lawmaker colleague Anand Singh at a resort near here, police said. The case was registered based on a complaint by Singh, who has been hospitalised for injury suffered in the brawl late Saturday night. Singh and Ganesh, both from Ballari district, had a

Karwar, Jan 21: As many as eight people drowned after a boat ferrying devotees to the mainland from an island temple capsized off the Karwar coast on Monday. The incident occurred at around 3 p.m. when the devotees were returning after participating in ‘Koormagad Narasmiha Jatre’ held at Koormagad island, around 3 kms from Karwar. According to the Indian Navy, there were 26 persons on the boat of