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Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra on Wednesday, December 15, said the police have been given a free hand to act against elements from any community who vitiate communal harmony. ''We have not given any direction to police to act against one community and not the other. We want law and order in the state and communal harmony is important for us. We have given a free hand to police to act

Puttur, Dec 15: Amidst continued tension following the lathi charge by police on the activists of Popular Front of India who were protesting outside the Uppinangady police station, the administration has imposed section 144 in the entire Puttur Subdivision as a precautionary measure. Puttur Assistant Commissioner and Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Dr. Yatish Ullal issued an order imposing Section 144

Bengaluru, Dec 15: Amid high drama in Karnataka Legislative Council, 15 Congress MLCs were suspended on charge of 'bad behaviour'. They were protesting in the Well of the House. Council chairperson Basavaraj Horatti suspended the following MLCs: SR Patil M Narayanaswamy BK Hariprasad Pratapchandra Shetty CM Ibrahim Nazeer Ahmed RB Timmapur Basavaraj Patil Itagi Aravinda Kumar Arali UB Venkatesh MA

Group Captain Varun Singh, the lone survivor of the Tamil Nadu chopper crash that killed 13 including CDS Bipin Rawat, succumbed to injuries on Wednesday. "IAF is deeply saddened to inform the passing away of braveheart Group Captain Varun Singh, who succumbed this morning to the injuries sustained in the helicopter accident on 08 Dec 21. IAF offers sincere condolences and stands firmly with the

Bengaluru, Dec 14: The proposed anti-conversion bill that the BJP government in Karnataka is likely to introduce during the ongoing Winter Session of the state legislature is expected to have penal provisions, and may also insist that the persons who wish to convert to another faith file an application with the Deputy Commissioner two months in advance. Also, the person who wishes to convert is

Bengaluru, Dec 14: The ruling BJP on Tuesday fell one seat short of gaining a simple majority in the Karnataka Legislative Council. The party bagged 11 of the 25 seats, from 20 Local Authorities' constituencies in the state, for which the biennial election was held on December 10, and counting was taken up on Tuesday. The opposition Congress also managed to clinch 11 seats, while the JD(S) won two

Mangaluru, Nov 20: Minister for Social Welfare and Backward Classes Welfare Kota Srinivas Poojary and Congress leader Manjunath Bhandary have emerged victorious in the elections to the Karnataka Legislative Council from the local authorities’ constituency of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi. With this, Mr Poojary, who hails from Kota in Udupi district, elected to the council for the fourth time. He was

Dubai, Dec 14: Public and private sector employees will be entitled to the same types of leaves under the new unified general provisions announced by the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation on Monday. The new provisions, under the Federal Decree Law no. 47 of 2021, aim to unify the public and private sectors to build an integrated, sustainable and competitive labour market that grants

Belagavi, Dec 13: Former Karnataka minister and senior Congress leader K.J. George on Monday said the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government is planning to table the anti-conversion bill with an "ulterior motive", claiming the population of Christians in the southern state has come down. "The population of the Christian community has come down in the state. I request the Chief Minister

Mangaluru, Dec 13: Terming the BJP government latest anti-conversion bill a political gimmick, Mangaluru MLA U T Khader said that the saffron party is an expert in diverting people’s attention from real issues. Addressing media persons in the city, the former minister said that in the last two years, the BJP-led government in Karnataka failed to issue any BPL ration cards, sanction houses for the