Karnataka

Kottayam, Jun 30: A senior Kerala MLA today waved a pistol at a group of people, said to be estate workers, who allegedly shouted slogans at him and "challenged" him during his visit at a site near an estate in the district to take stock of a land dispute. Independent MLA P C George, representing Poonjar in Kerala Assembly, said he "displayed" the pistol when a "group of goons challenged" him

Bengaluru, Jun 30: The police have arrested a dismissed pygmy collector of a cooperative society who had stabbed a 20-year-old woman to death and stolen Rs 36,000 from her house in Kumbalgod on Wednesday night. Kavya was alone at her house when her neighbour and Venkatesh (20) stabbed her 20-25 times, the police said. According to the police, Kavya was an employee of Mahalakshmi Cooperative

Bengaluru, Jun 30: The day that tipplers and bar-hoppers in Bengaluru dreaded is here, as 827 liquor outlets and restaurants with bars within 500 metres of the highways in the city will either shut down or go dry from Friday midnight. Officials of the Excise department are preparing a zone-wise list of the outlets and the list is getting longer every day. “The number of outlets and bars is likely

Bengaluru, Jun 30: Following the electrocution of four elephants at an estate in Kodagu on Tuesday, the Forest department has filed a case of abetment and hunting against Chamundeshwari Electricity Corporation Limited (Cesc). This is the second such case filed against the power supply corporation this year. This time the Forest department has filed a case after four female elephants came in

Bagalkot, Jun 30: S R Patil, member of the Legislative Council, assumed charge as the working president of the state Congress (North) at a function at Koodalasangama in the district on Thursday. Speaking on the occasion, K C Venugopal, AICC General Secretary in charge of Karnataka, called upon the party workers to begin preparations for next year’s Assembly elections. Venugopal said it is

Udupi, Jan 30: The general body meeting of the Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC) was adjourned amid unprecedented scenes of a man who entered the meeting without permission being manhandled, here on Thursday. It all began with Congress councillor Geeta Shet saying at the meeting that she was not being supported by fellow ruling Congress councillors on matters relating to her Kadiyali ward. She

Mangaluru, Jun 29: The Hindutva hardliners have upped the ante against Sri Vishwesha Teertha, the chief pontiff of Paryaya Pejawar Mutt for hosting an iftar meet at Krishna temple during Ramadan and promoting communal harmony. In a joint press meet on Thursday Sri Ram Sena and Hindu Maha Sabha accused the senior pontiff of betraying Hindu activists fighting for Hindutva by feeding Muslims in

Ramgarh (Jharkhand), Jun 29: On a day Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned that killings in the name of cow protection won't be tolerated, a Muslim man was beaten to death by a mob here today on suspicion that he was carrying beef in his vehicle. A case has been registered on the basis of a video footage of the lynching, police said. The incident took place just a couple of days after a mob

New Delhi, Jun 29: The CBI today announced a reward of Rs 10 lakh for anyone giving whereabouts of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Najeeb Ahmed, who is missing for over eight months now. People willing to share any information on the whereabouts of Najeeb can contact the CBI investigators on 011-24368641, 24368638, 24368634 and 9650394796, the agency sources said. The CBI, which is

New Delhi, Jun 29: There is a mad rush to link Aadhar number with permanent account number (PAN) on the income tax website before July 1. People have even found the website crashing. Many think if they don't link their Aadhar with their PAN before July 1, their PAN will become invalid. Well, that's true but not as many understand it. The linking will become mandatory from July 1, and it's not