Karnataka

Kalaburagi/bengaluru, Jul 12: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday categorically stated the murder of RSS worker Sharat Madiwala in Bantwal of Dakshina Kannada district will not be handed over to National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the state police were competent enough to probe the incident. Addressing reporters here, Siddaramaiah said, “There is no need to hand over the case to the NIA

Bengaluru, Jul 12: The Mahalakshmi Layout police on Tuesday recorded statements of BJP Yuva Morcha office-bearer Rajendra Urs, who is the prime suspect in the recent attempt to kidnap Vinay, the personal assistant (PA) of Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council, K S Eshwarappa. The police had arrested a few habitual offenders in this connection. They had confessed that they tried to

Bantwal, Jul 11: Even though the trouble hit areas of Dakshina Kannada are slowly returning to normalcy, the district administration has decided to extend the prohibitory orders for 10 more days in four taluks. As per the previous order of the district administration, the Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code will be ended at midnight on July 11 in Bantwal, Sullia, Puttur and Belthangady

Bengaluru, Jul 11: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today ruled out any major revamp of his cabinet and said three positions that are vacant will be filled up soon. "No major surgery. Neither major nor minor, there is no surgery at all. Only vacant places will be filled up,"he said when asked about "major surgery" of thecabinet. Speaking to reporters in Kalaburgi, more than 600 km from here

Mangaluru, Jul 11: After much hue and cry from activists and public, Mangaluru Mayor Kavita Sanil along with a team of officials on Tuesday raided a few massage parlours and silk game centres operating illegally in different parts of the city. This is the second such raid by the first lady of the city in last one week. The officials first raided Olive Leaf Ayurvedic Therapy Centre at Bejai

The terror attack on the bus of Amarnath yatris in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday evening would have claimed more innocent lives had it not been for the exemplary courage shown by Salim Sheikh, the driver of the bus, who drove the pilgrims to safety amid indiscriminate firing of bullets by militants. It was about 8.20 pm. A white-coloured bus (GJ09Z9979) with 56 Amarnath pilgrims on board was

Mangaluru, Jul 11: In an alleged case of road rage, a 27-year-old man who was driving a goods tempo was attacked by a few miscreants at Masthikatte in Ullal on the outskirts of the city on Tuesday. Austin Monteiro (27), son of Uliya resident Lawrence, was admitted to a hospital in Ullal after the attack. Austin has suffered stab injuries to his hand. The incident occurred when he was driving a

New Delhi, Jul 11: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a nationwide stay on Central government’s new rules that had imposed a blanket prohibition on the slaughtering of cattle (cows, bulls, buffaloes, camels, heifers) brought from animal markets. Issued on May 23, the notification bans the sale of cattle for culling and also restrains sacrificing the animals for religious purposes. A bench led by

Mangaluru, Jul 11: The local units of Bharatiya Janata Party and other saffron outfits have warned state government and police department of major agitation if the Sangh Parivar leaders, booked in connection with stone-pelting incident during the funeral procession of slain RSS worker Sharath Madivala on Saturday, were arrested. Cases have been registered at Bantwal Town Police Station against BJP

Udupi, Jul 11: Police have arrested three persons in connection with the connection with the alleged gang-rape on a 15-year-old girl last week in a moving bus belonging to Karnataka State Road Transportation Corporation Limited (KSRTC). The arrested are KSRTC bus conductor, Yuvaraj Kattekar (45), driver Veerayya Hiremath (40), and additional driver Raghavendra Badagera (43). They have been booked